Lesson 4: Family, Kinships, and Marriage Flashcards
People who consider themselves related by blood, marriage or adoption (standard definition)
Family
People who occupy the same unit (house, apartment, etc.)
Household
What are the ways family’s definition can vary according to Fine (1993; 1995)
— Personal experiences
— Sexual orientation
— Cultural background
— Moral outlook
Married couple and the children, if any, of either both spouses
Census family
Nuclear/nucleus family
Mother, father, and children (if any)
The three components of family
Biological component, functional component, residential component
The biological structure of a family e.g. heterosexual, same sex
Biological component
To reproduce
Functional component
For society to provide us our needs
Residential component
What are three culturally significant parts of a Filipino family?
Ama, Ina, and Anak
This family centeredness supplies basic sense of ___, ___, and ___.
belongingness, stability, and security
Husband, wife, and children
Nuclear family
Husband, wife, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins
Extended family
Family in which one grows up
Family of orientation
Family formed when couple has their first child
Family of procreation
Established through marriage
Conjugal family
Family of blood relatives
Consanguineal family
Who coined the terms consanguinity and affinity?
Lewis Henry Morgan
What book did Morgan write about consanguinity and affinity?
Consanguinity and Affinity of Human Family
What year did Morgan write Consanguinity and Affinity of Human Family?
1871
True or False: Members of a society may use kinship terms without being biologically related.
True
Patterns of behavior and attitures in relation to the differences in terminology for referring to relationships as well as addressing others
Kinship system
The degree of genetic relatedness or coefficient of relationships between individual members of a species. What kinship definition is this?
Biology
The web of social relationships that form an important part of human lives. What kinship definition is this?
Anthropology
Any kinship group with a member lineally descending from a common ancestor
Descent group
Belonging to mother’s descent group
Matrilineal descent
Belonging to father’s descent group
Patrilineal descent
What are the three common cultural themes in marriage?
Mate selection, authority, and residence
The norms to govern who marries with whom in a human griup
Mate selection
Must marry within the group
Endogamy
To preserve culture in marriage
Endogamy
Must marry outside the group
Exogamy
For strengthening tribe through marriage
Exogamy
Social systems regarding gender and power in marriage
Authority
Social system where men dominate women
Patriarchy
Social system where women dominate men
Matriarchy
Social system where women and men are equal
Egalitarian
Where the married couple resides after marriage
Residence