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UCSP M6S1
Flashcard MODULE 6 Subtopic 1 - Family as a Social Institutions
Term | Definition |
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Endogamy | Compulsory marriage in their own village, community, ethnic, social, or religious group |
Exogamy | Marriage custom where an individual is required by social norms to marry outside their own group, community, or social classes |
Monogamy | Both married partners only have one spouse |
Polygamy | One individual has multiple spouses |
Polygyny | One man is married to more than one woman simultaneously |
Polyandry | One woman is married to more than one man simultaneously |
Patrilocal | Married couple lives in the residence of his husband’s father |
Matrilocal | Man is expected to take residence in his wife’s mother area. |
Bilocal | Newlywed couple stay with the husband’s relatives and the kin alternately |
Neolocal | Requires both spouses to leave their households and create their own at times even in a different locality |
Nuclear Family | Parents + offspring. May include a stepparent, stepsiblings and adopted children |
Single-Parent Families | 1 parent + 1 or more children. Consequence of divorce o separation, births to unmarried mothers, death of spouse, desertion |
Stepfamilies/Reconstituted Families | Family units where one or both members have children from their previous relationship |
Patrilineal descent | Children are automatically made members of the father’s group |
Matrilineal descent | Children are automatically made members of the mother’s group |
Bilateral descent | Children can be made members of all ancestor’s groups |
Compadrazgo | Ritual coparenthood due to ceremonies |
Padrinazgo | Spiritual parenthood due to ceremonies |