MATRICENTRICFAMILY Prolonged absence of the father gives the mother a dominant position in the family, although the father may also share the mother in decision making
MATRIARCHAL FAMILY The authority is vested in the mother or the mother's kin. This is where the mother dominates the households.
EGALITARIANFAMILY Both the husband and the wife exercise a more or less equal amount or degree of authority
PATRIARCHAL FAMILY Authority is vested in the eldest male in the family, often the Father
EXTENDED FAMILY Family that composed of two or more nuclear families, economically and socially related to each other (grandparents, aunts, uncle, cousins, or other relatives).
NUCLEAR FAMILY Family structure based on internal organization or membership that made up of people who are united by social ties (parents and their children).
KINSHIP Web of social relationships that form an essential part of the lives of most humans in most societies
DESCENT Origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality.
MARRIAGE Important institutional element of family, legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship.
FAMILY Basic unit of the society and the basic building blocks of our society that is made up of individuals who are linked together by marriage, blood, relation, or adoption.
IN-GROUP a social group to which individual identifies and which give him/her a sense of belongingness, solidarity, and camaraderie.
POLITICAL DYNASTY It refers to families whose members are involved in politics and have been part of the government for several generations.
BANDS A sociopolitical organization that is usually a very small, often nomadie group
that is connected by family ties and is politically independent.
CHIEFDOMS These are similar to bands and tribes in being mostly classless societies.
TRIBES It is more complex than a band, commonly has villageheadmen who perform leadership roles, but these individuals have relatively limited authority and there is no centralized authority.
TRADITIONALAUTHORITY This type of authority is legitimated by the sanctity of tradition. The right to rule is often passed down through heredity. Leaders such as kings, tribal chiefs, or patriarchs exereise power based on the traditional acceptance of their authority.
The collective composed of clusters of people who share some kind of beliefs that prepare them for action
Gemeinschaft a community of individuals with closepersonal and family ties
Gesselschaft it is the public life guided by rationalwill
Stereotypes applied indiscriminately to all members of the stereotyped group without considering for i division differences
Reference group groups which are important to us as models even though we ourselves may not be a part of the group
SecondaryGroup the initial groups that a person joins and they provide him or her with experiences in social relations
the family is the chief agency in socializing the child
A child is socialized and gets emotional gratification in the primary groups
LegalRationalAuthority This form of authority is based on a system of well established laws and procedures. Power is vested in the office, not in the individual
ConstitutionalLaws these are formalizednorms that emerge in the constitution. The written plan of any governmen.
PoliticalAlliance refers as politicalcoalition or political bloc, is an agreement for cooperation between different political parties on common political agenda
StatutoryLaws these are laws that have been enacted by a legislative body of the government like congress and city council.
FAMILY BASED ON INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OR MEMBERSHIP