Quiz 3 Flashcards
Why is the parent-child relationship important to Filipinos?
Filipinos are family-oriented and base their identities on their families.
Why do experts doubt the future of families?
Due to declining marriage rates
What does the Philippine Family Code exclude?
Same-sex marriage and polygamous unions.
What are illegitimate children?
Children born out of wedlock.
What are cohabitants?
Couples living together with a child like a nuclear family but without marriage.
What is the difference between a household and a family?
A household can be a single person
What is a nuclear family?
A married couple with their biological or adopted children. It is the basic family form in all societies.
What is an extended family?
A family that includes additional relatives such as grandparents
What is nuclearization of families?
The increasing predominance of nuclear families over extended families.
What are other types of families?
Blended Family
What are the two classifications of families based on membership?
Family of Orientation (family one is born into)
What are the two types of descent groups?
Unilineal and ambilineal descent.
What is matrilineal descent?
Tracing kinship through the female line; children belong to their mother’s group for life.
What is patrilineal descent?
Tracing kinship through the male line; children belong to their father’s group for life.
What is neolocal residence?
A married couple lives independently from both families.
What is patrilocal residence?
A married couple moves to the husband’s father’s community.
What is matrilocal residence?
A married couple resides with or near the wife’s parents.
How did Edward Westermark define marriage?
A union between one or more men and one or more women
How does the Philippine Family Code define marriage?
A special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman for conjugal and family life.
What are the three aspects of kinship?
Forms of nomenclature and classification
What is endogamy?
Marrying within a specific ethnic
What is exogamy?
Marrying outside one’s group
What are consanguineal relations?
Blood relationships established through birth.
What are affinal links?
Relationships established through marriage
