Vocab 2 Flashcards
the relationships of groups within a society that hold it together
social structure
elaborations and meanings assigned by cultures to the biological differentiation of the sexes
gender
process whereby culture is transmitted from one generation to the next
enculturation
relatives by marriage or law
affinal kin
relatives by birth, “blood relatives”
consanguineal kin
marriages within a particular group/category
endogamy
marriage outside the group/category
exogamy
marriage where a person has one spouse at a time
monogamy
person is married to more than one person at a time
polygamy
man having several wives at same time
polygyny
compensation paid by groom/his family to bride’s family upon marriage
bride price
period of time after marriage where the groom works for the bride’s family
bride service
payment of a woman’s inheritance at the time of marriage, either to her or husband
dowry
married couple lives close to husband’s father’s relatives
patrilocal residence
married couple lives close to wife’s relatives
matrilocal residence
married couple establish household apart from relatives
neolocal residence
relationship that uses kinship terms but people involved aren’t necessarily related by blood/marriage
fictive kin
descent traced through female line
matrilineal descent
descent traced through male line
patrilineal descent
recognizing family as genetically close relatives (not in-laws) through both sexes
bilateral descent
corporate descent group composed of consanguineal kin who trace descent to a common ancestor
lineage
noncorporate descent group claiming descent from a common ancestor without knowing genealogical links
clan
aspects of society specifically concerned with the management of society’s public policy
political organization
externalized social controls designed to encourage conformity to social norms
sanctions
one by which goods are produced, distributed, and consumed, determines one’s access to natural resources
economic system
inheritance practice where the first born inherits majority of whatever is being passed down
primogeniture
