lesson 7.2: social institutions Flashcards
are standardized patterns of behavior, norms, and subsystems that support a society’s survival.The basic social institutions include the family, education, religion, economy, and government.
Social Institutions
is a social institution that refers to relations formed between members of the society.
kinship
refers to the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality.
It is a biological relationship.
descent
principles of descent (4)
unilineal descent
patrilineal descent
matrilineal descent
bilateral descent
usually traced through a single line of ancestors either from patrilineal or matrilineal descent but not both.
unilineal descent
affiliates a person with a group of relatives through his or her father.
patrilineal
affiliates a person with a group of relatives through his or her mother. i’m
matrilineal descent
affiliates a person with a group of relatives through his or her parents. Kinship is traced through both ancestral lines of the mother and the father.
bilateral descent
types of kinship
consanguineal kinship or kinship based on blood
affinal kinship or kinship based on marriage
is considered as the most basic and general form of relations. The relationship is achieved by birth or blood affinity. It is commonly called as relatives by blood.
Consanguineal kinship or kinship based on blood
refers to the type of relations developed when a marriage occurs. The husband forms new relations with his wife and her family likewise the wife forms new relations with his husband and his family.
Affinal kinship or kinship based on marriage
marriage across culture
endogamy or compulsory marriage
exogamy or out-marriage
monogamy
polygamy
it refers to marriage within their own clan or ethnic group.
endogamy
it refers to marriage outside their own clan or ethnic group.
exogamy
refers to a marriage where an individual has only one spouse at a time.
monogamy