UCPS Lessons

• Groups - smaller units of society unit of interacting personalities with an

  interdependence of roles and statuses
• Types of Group

  o Primary Group

  o Secondary Group

  o In-Group

  o Out-Group

  o Reference Group

  o Network
• Primary Group - small, intimate and less specialized group, members engage in emotion-based interactions over

  extended period of time
• Secondary Group - large and impersonal social group members pursue a specific goal or activity involves weak emotional ties
• In-Group - member can identify themselves within that group individuals feel at home
• Out-Group - individuals feel like they do not belong due to differences
• Reference Group - one we consciously or unconsciously refer when we

  evaluate our life situations and behavior but to which we do

  not necessarily belong.

  individuals use them as basis for what someone aspires to be role model
• Network - series or web of social ties involving people or groups of

  individuals connected to each other
• KINSHIP - bond of blood or marriage which binds people together
• DESCENT - refers to the origin or background of a person in terms of

  family or nationality
• Types of Descent

  Matrilineal Descent- individuals belong to their mother's kin but not their father’s

  Patrilineal Descent- belonging to father’s kin
• Types of Marriage

   Monogamy

   Polygamy

   Endogamy

   Exogamy

   Group Marriage

   Arranged Marriage

   Referred Marriage
• Monogamy - the practice of having only one spouse
• Polygamy - individual is married to more than one person at a time

  Polygyny - one man marries more than one woman

  Polyandry - one woman marries more than one man
• Group Marriage - marital arrangement of three or more adults
• Endogamy - marriage within their own clan or ethnic group
• Exogamy - marriage outside one's clan or ethnic group
• Arranged Marriage - marriage arranged by the parents of the groom & bride
• Referred Marriage - marriage referred by people who act as “matchmakers”
• Types of POLITICS-BASED KINSHIP

  Political Dynasty

  Political Alliances
• Political Dynasty - refers to family members who are involved in politics for several generations
• Political Alliances - political parties align/agree to cooperate to each other for common political agenda
•  Social aggregate - a collection of people who are in the same place at the same time, but does not have anything in common.