Lesson 3 Flashcards
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It refers to the organized sets of elements such as beliefs, rules, practices,
and relationships that exist to attain social order.
Social institutions
It focuses on social relations rather than rules, norms, beliefs or values.
Relational Approach
It tells us that social institutions are ordered sets of rules, norms, beliefs, or
values that organize human behavior.
Institutional approach
It’s considered a vital social institution. In the Philippines, the family is
considered as the foundation of the nation, as stated in the 987 Constitution.
Family
also known as immediate families that are composed
of parents and children
Nuclear Family
are those that are composed of the nuclear family
and other relatives such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Extended family
are composed of the spouses and their children
from a previous marriage
Reconstituted families
one’s descent is based on the female line
MATRILINEAL KINSHIP
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
for more Christian societies, marriage is monogamous which
means that a spouse cannot have more than one spouse
MONOGAMOUS
among Islamic societies, marriage can be polygamous which
means that a person can have more than one spouse.
POLYGAMOUS
a husband could take many wives
POLYGYNY
a wife can have many husbands
POLYANDRY
It is an institution that addresses questions regarding limited resources of
society
The economy
The 4 Social Institutions
- Family, Marriage, and Kinship
- The Economy
- Educational and Health Institutions
- Religion
the answers to the important questions regarding the
resources of the society should be determined by the market
Liberal economists
They believe that the bourgeoisie or the social class are largely
controlling the means of production would have and overwhelming control over
the free-market economy
Socialists
made up of those who are involved in the financial sector like bankers, industrialists, and owners of corporations.
BOURGEOISIE (the social class)
the market and the state should be under the control of the proletariat or the laborers.
PROLETARIAT (the labors)
It is the solution to the alienation of man in a free market system and is an alternative to a free market system controlled by bankers and industrialists.
Communism
- It refers to cases when the market becomes inefficient due to imperfect competition, imperfect information, imperfect mobility, and the like.
- In the Philippine context, the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program –locally known as Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) could be seen as a government intervention in the economy.
Market failures
ensure that individuals are functionally literate.
Schools do not only ensure a literate population; they also transmit culture. The
beliefs, norms, values, and practices of a society are taught in classrooms
Educational Institutions
- It is an institution that involves a set of beliefs and practices of a particular
social group. - It is important therefore to know how the beliefs of a religion affect the
actions of its members
Religion
