Ucspol Q2

• What does kinship mean?

  Relationships based on blood or marriage
• How does society define kinship interaction?

  By determining socially important kin and expected behaviors
• What are the types of kinship?

  • Fictive kinship: Not related by blood or marriage
  • Consanguineal kin: Kinship based on bloodline
  • Affinal kin: Kinship based on marriage
• What does kinship refer to in social relationships?

  Patterns of social relationships or their study
• What is descent in kinship?

  A group based on common descent from an ancestor
• What is unilineal descent?

  Membership based on either patrilineal or matrilineal descent
• What does cognatic descent refer to?

  All descendants enjoying membership through any linkages
• What is marriage defined as in kinship?

  An institution admitting men and women to family life
• What officially starts a marriage?

  The ceremony known as wedding
• What does a marital relationship involve?

  A contract defining rights and obligations
• How can marriage be viewed sociologically?

  As a partnership formalized by ceremony
• What are the two viewpoints of marriage?

  • Religious view: Marriage as a sacrament, dissolved by death
  • Legal viewpoint: Marriage as a contract with duties
• What is polygamy?

  Being married to more than one person
• What is polygyny?

  One man marries more than one woman
• What is polyandry?

  One woman marries more than one man
• What is monogamy?

  One man marries one woman
• What is serial monogamy?

  Marrying again after death or divorce
• What is group marriage?

  Two or more women and men marry together
• What is ritual kinship?

  • Involves godparenthood
  • Strengthens kinship ties
  • Godparents selected at significant events
• What role do godparents play in ritual kinship?

  They are tied to parents as co-parents
• Why are godparents chosen carefully?

  To ensure stability and proper character
• What is expected of a godparent?

  To assist in the child's upbringing
• What are variations in family patterns based on?

  • Internal organization
  • Origin
  • Descent
  • Power dynamics
  • Residence
• What is a conjugal family?

  A nuclear family focused inward
• What is an extended family?

  A family unit including other relatives
• What is the family of orientation?

  The family where one is born and reared
• What is the family of procreation?

  The family established after marriage and children
• What is a patrilineal family?

  A family tracing relationships through the father
• What is a matrilineal family?

  A family tracing relationships through the mother
• What is a bilateral family?

  A family tracing relationships through both parents
• What is a patriarchal family?

  A family where authority is with the oldest male
• What is a matriarchal family?

  A family where authority is with the mother
• What is an egalitarian family?

  A family with equal authority for both parents
• What is a patrilocal family?

  A family living near the groom's parents
• What is a matrilocal family?

  A family living near the bride's parents
• What is a bilocal family?

  A family choosing to stay with either set of parents
• What is a neolocal family?

  A family residing independently from both parents
• What is an avunculocal family?

  A family residing near the maternal uncle of the groom
• What is kinship politics?

  Power distribution among family members
• What does the Brutus Syndrome refer to?

  Politics filled with adversity and betrayal