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T.1.1. S Institution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Social Institution | a set of organized beliefs and rules that establishes how a society will attempt to meet its basic social needs |
| Mutual Expectations | a condition if our expectations regarding the other people's expectations correlate with their actual expectations towards us. |
| Individual | (n.) a single person, apart from others in a group and become a part of a society; (adj.) meant for just one |
| Society | A community of people who share a common culture |
| Sanctions | something that forces obedience with a law or rule |
| Roles | patterns of behavior that are representative of a person's social status |
| Checks and Balances | A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power |
| Executive Branch | the branch of government that carries out laws |
| Legislative Branch | the branch of government that makes the laws |
| Judicial Branch | Branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly. |
| Government | The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies |
| Religion institution | Frequently where society gets its primary beliefs and values, some societies closely link religion and government or education |
| Education Institution | the social institution through which society provides its members with important knowledge, including basic facts, job skills, and cultural norms and values |
| Economics institutions | Organizations created to pursue particular endeavors |
| Family Institution | The oldest and most fundamental institution, handles the bearing and rearing of children. |
| Legitimate | (adj.) lawful. rightful; reasonable, justifiable synonyms - legal, right, proper, genuine antonyms - unlawful, illegal, improper, unauthorized |
| Sacred | things that are set apart from society as extraordinary, inspiring awe, and deserving of reverence; seeing a certain place, object, or experience as special and creating markers that separate it from your day to day life |
| Rituals | A symbolic practice that highlight faith; many religions use certain actions during prayer that symbolize deference to God; Catholics making the sign of the cross before prayer, or Muslims supplicating themselves and facing Mecca, the birthplace of the pr |
| Profane | relating or devoted to that which is not sacred or biblical; secular rather than religious |
| Conflict Theory | due to society's never-ending competition for finite resources. The implication of this theory is that those in possession of wealth and resources will protect and hoard those resources, while those without will do whatever they can to obtain them. |
| Family | groups of people who are related by genetics, marriage, or choice, and who share material, emotional, and economic resources. |
| Kinship | A social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption |
| Marriage | a legal relationship, usually involving economic cooperation, sexual activity, and childbearing |
| Nuclear Family | a couple and their dependent children, regarded as a basic social unit. |
| Endogamy | marriage within the tribe, caste, or social group |
| Exogamy | marriage outside the tribe, caste, or social group |
| Extended Family | a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live nearby or in one household. |
| Family of Procreation | the family group created when one reproduces and within which one rears children |
| Family of Orientation | the family group in which one is born, grows up, and develops life skills |
| Polygamy | marriage to several people at the same time |
| Monogamy | Marriage to only one person at a time |
| Polyandry | a form of marriage in which women have more than one husband |
| Polygyny | a form of marriage in which men have more than one wife |
| Patrilocality | a residential pattern where a married couple lives with or near the husband's family |
| Matrilocality | a residential pattern in which a married couple lives with or near the wife's family |
| Neolocality | a residential pattern in which a married couple lives apart from both sets of parents |
| Patrilineal | relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the father |
| Matrilineal | relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother |
| Function of Family | stable satisfaction of sexual needs; procreation and rearing of children; provision of home; socialization; preserves cultural traits; entertaining child; fulfill all the economic needs; exercises social control. |
| Statuses | positions in society that are used to classify individuals |
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