Module 6 (Family as a Social Institution) Flashcards
two or more people related by blood, marriage, and adoption
family
social and economic unit that consists of one of more parents and their children
family
factory that develops and produces human personalities
family
institution that passes down the cultural traditions of a society by the next generation
family
is a social group that shares common residence, has presence of economic cooperation, produce offspring, include adults of both sexes wherein at least two of whom uphold
family
basic residential unit where economic, production, consumption, inheritance, child rearing and shelter are organized and carried out (Haviland et al, 2008)
household
can have other members aside from the family
household
socially or ritually recognized union or legal contract between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between them, between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws.
marriage
a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life
marriage
the foundation of the family and an inviolable social institution
marriage
four types of marriage patterns
endogamy, exogamy, monogamy, and polygamy
compulsory marriage in their own village, community, ethnic, social, or religious group
endogamy
marriage custom where an individual is required by social norms to marry outside their own group, community, or social classes
exogamy
both married partners only have one spouse
monogamy
one individual has multiple spouses
polygamy
types of polygamy
polygyny and polyandry
one man is married to more than one woman simultaneously
polygyny
one woman is married to more than one man simultaneously
polyandry
four types of postmarital residency patterns
patrilocal, matrilocal, bilocal, and neolocal
married couple lives in the residence of his husband’s father
patrilocal
man is expected to take residence in his wife’s mother area
matrilocal
newlywed couple stay with the husband’s relatives and the kin alternately
bilocal
requires both spouses to leave their households and create their own at times even in a different locality
neolocal
different types of family set-ups
nuclear family, single-parent families, and stepfamilies/reconstituted families
has parents + offspring and may include a step-parent, stepsiblings, and adopted children
nuclear family
has 1 parent + 1 or more children and is a consequence of divorce or separation, births to unmarried mothers, death of spouse, desertion
single-parent families
family units where one or both members have children from their previous relationship
stepfamilies/reconstituted families
network of relatives within which an individual possesses certain mutual rights and obligations
kinship
web of social relationships that humans form as part of a family
kinship
kinship is defined by
consanguinity and affinity
kinship through bloodline
consanguinity
kinship formed out of marriage or ritual
affinity
types of consanguineal kinship
unilineal descent and bilateral descent
child is automatically assigned to either his mother or father’s group
unilineal descent
children can be made members of all ancestor’s groups
bilateral descent
under unilineal descent
patrilineal descent and matrilineal descent
children are automatically made members of the father’s group
patrilineal descent
children are automatically made members of the mother’s group
matrilineal descent
types of affinial kinship
compadrazgo and padrinazgo
ritual coparenthood due to ceremonies
compadrazgo
spiritual parenthood due to ceremonies
padrinazgo
