WEEK 5 Flashcards
(17 cards)
pattern of relationships between and among individuals and social groups. (not mutual)
Social organization
collection of two or more people who participate in an enduring social interaction and relationship. (mutual)
Social group
quasi-group which possesses physical proximity, but lacks enduring social interaction. No sense of group identity in ______.
Aggregates
according to Charles Horton, Cooley, an American sociologist, it is a social group whose members share personal and lasting relationships.
Primary group
relatively large membership and an impersonal relationship among its members. Does not require strong personal and emotional ties among members.
Secondary group
prohibits their members to marry outside their circle.
Endogamy
practice of marrying someone from a different social group.
Exogamy
practice of having more than one marital partner.
Polygamy
practice having more than one wife. ( mistress; not married)
Polygyny
tradition of females having multiple husbands.
Polyandry
Spanish term for co-parenthood. By godparents.
Compadrazgo
aka Acephalous societies wherein there is a lack of government , authority, and judicial power.
Stateless societies
aka Cephalous societies have central governmental institutions, authority, and judicial power.
State societies
considered to be the smallest and most primitive, Families to live tgt in a common area.
Bands
tribal societies do not have a formal and organized political structure.
Tribes
characterized by a community leader– the chief– whose position could be passed on through his bloodline.
Chiefdoms
most politically organized and structurally developed among the classifications of society.
States
