Semi-Finals Exam

• Descents: Unilineal, Double Unilineal and Bilateral Descents
• Unilineal Descent - the child is automatically assigned either to mother r father's gorup
• Patrilineal descent - children are automatically assigned to the father's group only. The recognition of male offspring as the sustainer.
• Matrilineal descent - children is automatically assigned to the mother's group only. The strongest among Northeast India, Tribes of Taiwan and Malaysia. The recognition of female offspring as the carrier.
• Double unilineal descent - the child at birth is assigned to the mother's and father's group for a specific purpose.
• Bilateral descent - categorized children that are made members of all ancestors group
• Forms of Marriage: Monogamy, Polygamy, Polygyny and Polyandry
• Monogamy - both married couples only have one spouse. Each other.
• Polygamy - occurs when one individual has multiple spouses.
• Polygyny - one man is married to multiple woman simultaneously.
• Polyandry - one woman is married to multiple men simultineously.
• Polyandrous unions - bond of one woman to more than one man
• Group marriage - several men and woman are married to each other
• fictive marriage - a proxy represents a person who is not physically present in the event
• marriage - entails many economic implications. selection of spouses are given freely.
• arranged marriage - done to preserve tradition
• Kinship- possible through ritual or ceremony
• Donn Hart - called this type of kinship as Compadrinazgo, the Godparenthood complex
• Padrinazgo(Spiritual parenthood) - empasizes a vertical relationship
• Compadrinazgo - emphasizes a horizontal relationship
• Patterns of residency: Patrilocal, Matrilocal, Ambilocal and Neolocal
• Patrilocal Residence - married couple lives in the husband's father's place
• Matrilocal Residence - married couple lives in the wife's mother's place
• Ambilocal Residence - married couple can live either with the husband or the wife's family
• Neolocal Residence - married couple establishes their own household
• Contemporary Philippine Society - tends to be neolocal
• Family and the Household - basic element of the society
• Family - two or more people related by blood
• Household - basic residential unit
• Categories of a Household: Nuclear, Extended, and Other set up
• Nuclear Family - smallest family unit
• Family Orientation - the unit where one was born and raised
• Family Procreation - the unit that one forms when he/she takes a husband/wife
• Extended Family - three or more generations from household
• Other set up: Single-parent families and Stepfamilies
• Single-parent families - A family where one parent is the sole provider for the family.
• Stepfamilies - family units where a husband/wife have children from their previous marriage or relationship
• Political structure or institution - organized way in which power is distributed
• German Sociologist Max Weber - considers power as the likelihood of achieving desired ends
• Power - is fundamental in the normal functioning of society