Kinship Flashcards
What are social aggregates?
People that happen to be together in a particular place, but do not significantly interact or identify with one another
ex. watching cinema, people at a concert
What are social categories?
People who share common characteristics but do not necessarily interact or identify with one another
ex. gender, LGBTQIA+
What is a social group?
People who regularly interact with one another on the basis of shared expectations concerning behaviour and who share a sense of common identity
ex. family, political parties, class groups
What are the types of social groups?
- primary group
- secondary group
- reference group
What is a primary group?
First person you interact with, typically small social group whose members share close, personal relationships
ex. families, childhood friends
What is a secondary group?
Can be small or large, mostly impersonal and usually short-term
ex. political parties, schoolmates, doctor-patient
What if a reference group?
Group we compare ourselves with, “identity association group”
ex. parents, siblings, teachers, peers
What is a network?
It is formed by the presence of social linkage invoked and availed by an individual for some personal, economic, religious, or political reasons
What is a groupthink?
A process in which the member/s of the group do not follow group consensus
What is a kinship?
It is a social institution that refers to relations formed between members of the society
Kinship by blood:
What is consanguineal kinship?
It is kinship based on blood relations (kadugo)
ex. the relationship between a child and his parents
Kinship by blood:
What is descent?
It refers to biological relationship, also refers to an individual’s child or offspring
Kinship by blood:
What is lineage?
It refers to the line where one’s descent is traced
Types of kinship:
What is unilineal descent?
It is descent traced by most societies through a single line of ancestors from either the male or female line
Unilineal descent:
What is patrilineal descent?
It is when you trace your origins through the male line
Unilineal descent:
What is matrilineal descent?
It is when you trace your origins through the female line
Types of kinship:
What is bilateral descent?
It is the study of both parents’ ancestors, this is called nonunilineal or cognatic descent principle