Social Institutions Flashcards
refer to organized sets of
elements such as beliefs, rules, practices, and
relationships that exist to attain social order.
Social institutions
refers to well- established and structured
relationships between groups of people that are
considered fundamental components of a society’s
culture.
Social institutions
The elements of social institutions are
defined differently by various
perspectives.
Institutional approach
Relational approach
tells us that
social institutions are ordered sets of
rules, norms, beliefs, or values that
organize human behavior
Institutional approach
focuses on social relations rather than
rules, norms, beliefs, or values.
Relational approach
Examples of Social Institutions
- The Family
- Economy
- Education
- Health
- Religion
- Other non-state institutions
They differ from political institutions under a
state
is considered a vital social
institution.
Family
__________ considered the family
as having arisen from a man’s desire to
leave something of himself behind
Aristotle
In the Philippines, the family is considered
as the foundation of the nation, as stated in
the _____ Constitution.
1987
The ________ is a group of people who are
related by blood, marriage, and a shared
residence.
family
Kinds of Family
Nuclear families
Extended families
Reconstituted families
It is a vital
institution for the continued survival of
humanity because it nurtures off springs
from childhood into adulthood.
Family
also known as immediate families, are
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
is a social structure
defined by relations among
individuals linked by blood or
marriage ties.
Kinship
has been found
to have a significant influence in
defining the social status of
individuals in many societies.
Kinship ties based on descent can be
either matrilineal, patrilineal, or
bilineal
Kinship
Kinship ties based on descent
Matrilineal
Patrilineal
Bilineal
kinship means that one’s descent is
based on the female line.
Matrilineal kinship
means that
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
Marriages can either be
monogamous or polygamous
which means that a
spouse cannot have more than one
spouse
Monogamous
that is, a husband
could take many wives.
Polygyny
which means that a
person can have more than one
spouse
Polygamous
Type of Polygamy
Polygyny
Polyandry
where wife can
have many husbands. It was
prevalent in India during the
ancient times.
Polyandry
Marriage Across Culture
Endogamy
Exogamy
compulsory
marriage, in their own
community, social or
religious group.
Endogamy
marriage outside
of their own group,
community or social classes.
Exogamy
is an institution that addresses questions regarding
limited sources of society
Economy
The ____________ must addressed some basic
questions such as; what should be produced? how are these products
going to be produced? how much are these products going to be
produce? How much are these products?
Economy
According to _____________________, the answers to the important
questions regarding the resources of the society should be
determined by the market.
liberal economists
The market, according to _________________, is
a self-regulating mechanism.
Adam Smith
have a different point of
view regarding the economy.They believe that the
bourgeoisie or the social class that largely controls the
means of production would have an overwhelming
control over the free-market economy
Socialists
refers to cases when
the market becomes inefficient due to
imperfect competition, imperfect
information, imperfect mobility and the
like.
Market Failure
Two institutions that uphold basic human
rights
Educational institutions
ensure that individuals are functionally
literate
Educational institutions
ensure that
individuals have access to health services to
promote universal public health.
Health institutions
refers to the occurrence of the symptoms of a disease due to
the incomplete healing of a patient. It is usually recommended that patients take
time to heal because one could not force healing. This is quite problematic for a
society that demands quick and instant healing
Binat
refers to trembling hands or fingers. Allegedly, it is by
the subjection of the body to warm and cold conditions. It would not be
good for the body which was just subjected to heat to be immediately the
cold conditions
Pasma
is an institution that involves a set of beliefs and practices
of a particular Social group. The beliefs of religious groups affect
the behavior of their members.
Religion
refers to religions that believe in only one God.
Monotheism
religions believe in many Gods.
Polytheistic
Is not considered a religion but rather a belief
system that holds that both animate and inanimate things have a
spiritual essence.
Animism
States with governments that are under the power of religious leaders
Theocracies
