Lesson 3 Flashcards
It refers to the organized sets of elements such as beliefs, rules, practices, and relationships that exist to attain social order.
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
It tells us that social institutions are ordered sets of rules, norms, beliefs, or values that organize human behavior.
INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH
It focuses on social relations rather than rules, norms, beliefs or values.
RELATIONAL APPROACH
– is considered a vital social institution.
- is considered as the foundation of the nation, as stated in the 987 Constitution.
FAMILY
also known as immediate families that are composed of parents and children.
NUCLEAR FAMILIES
are those that are composed of the nuclear family
and other relatives such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
EXTENDED FAMILIES
are composed of the spouses and their children
from a previous marriage.
RECONSTITUTED FAMILIES
one’s descent is based on the female line.
MATRILINEAL KINSHIP
one’s descent is based on the male line.
PATRILINEAL KINSHIP
refers to a descent system based on both the male
and female lines.
BILINEAL KINSHIP
culture-specific and it can either be monogamous or polygamous marriage.
MARRIAGE
for more Christian societies, marriage is monogamous which means that a spouse cannot have more than one spouse.
MONOGAMOUS
among Islamic societies, marriage can be polygamous which means that a person can have more than one spouse.
POLYGAMOUS
a husband could take many wives
POLYGYNY
a wife can have many husbands
POLYANDRY
