WEEK 8 Flashcards
a simple collection of people who happened to be together in a particular place but do not significantly interact or identify with one another
Social aggregates
people who share a common characteristic (such as gender or occupation) but do not necessarily interact or identify with one another.
Social categories
re not just a collection of beings; they have some common interests that necessitate “interaction with to each other across time and space.
GROUP
a process by which the members of a group ignore ways of thinking and plans of action that go against the group consensus is said to be taking place.
GROUPTHINK
A social institution that refers to relations formed between members of society it explains the nature and reason for the formation of the different types of bonds that exist within society
KINSHIP
3 Types of Kinship
- Kinship by Blood
- Kinship by Marriage
- Kinship by Ritual
is considered as the most basic and general form of relations
KINSHIP BY BLOOD
KINSHIP BY BLOOD
is also known as
Consanguineal Kinship
refers to a biological relationship. Societies recognize that children from parents and exist a biological relationship between parents and their offspring
Descent
refers to the line where one’s descent is traced.
Lineage
usually traced by most societies through a single line of ancestors from either the male and female line
Unilineal Descent Principle
both males and females belong to the kin group of their father but they do not belong to their mother’s kin group
PATRILINEAL
focuses on the unilineal descent that is traced through the female line.
MATRILINEAL
Some societies trace their descent through the study of both parents’ ancestors. This is called as the nonunilineal or cognatic descent principle.
Bilateral Descent Principle
refers to the type of relations developed when a marriage occurs. When marriage takes place, new forms of social relations are developed.
kinsHip By marriage
kinsHip By marriage
is also known as
Affinal Kinship
Some societies practice endogamy, or compulsory marriage, in their own village, community, ethnic, social, or religious group.
ENDOGAMY
or out-mariage on the other hand, refers to a marriage custom where an individual is required by society’s norms and rules to marry outside of their own gris community or social classes.
EXOGAMY
came from the Greek words monos and gamos which literally mean “one union” refers to the marriage or sexual partnering custom or practice when an individual has only one male or female partner or mate.
Monogamy
on the other hand refers to the practice of having one more than one partner or sexual mate. It ca be polygyny (a man has multiple female partners or mates), or polyandry (a woman has multiple partners and mates).
Polygamy
Anthropologists are also interested in the rules of residence or location of couple’s permanent residence after marriage This new field of research anthropologists focuses on postmarital residency rules.
Postmarital Residency Rules
There are three forms of postmarital residency rules
Patrilocal
Matrilocal
Biolocal
rule of residence occurs when married couples stay in the house of the husband’s relatives or near the husband’s kin.
Patrilocal
rule of residence happens when the couples live with the wife’s relatives or near the wife’s kin.
Matrilocal