UCPS ST 1-10

Family

Is defined as a group of people consisting of parents and children.

family

It is a collective body of persons who live in one house under one head or management (blood relatives)

Nuclear family, elementary family

A married couple w/out children, married couple w/ one or more children, a father w/ one or more children, a mother w/ one or more children

Extended family

Is practically a complex family system generically composed of parents and their children that live with other relatives

Reconstituted family, blended family

Is formed by the joining of 2 adults through marriage, cohabitation, or civil partnership, in which either one or both of the adults have child or children from previous relationships living in their home.

Transnational families

Are those which adopt separate living arrangements in two or more countries but retain close links with their homeland.

Patrilineal descent

Is a lineage that is traced through males

Matrilineal descent

Is lineage that is traced through females

Bilateral descent

Is a method of tracing the lineage of children equally through both ancestors of both mother and father

patriarchal

Is a group in which the father or eldest male is recognized as the head of the family, kinship group, or tribe

matriarchal

Is a group in which the mother or eldest female is recognized as the head of the family, kinship group, or tribe

equalitarian

Is the equal sharing of practical responsibilities and decision-making by men and women

patrilocal

The married couple is required to live with the family or near the residence of the parents of the groom

matrilocal

The married couple is required to live with the family or near the residence of the parents of the bride

bilocal

The newlywed has the freedom to select where to live

neolocal

The newlywed can decide independently where to live

marriage

Is the legal Union of one man and a woman as husband and wife

marriage

It is the legal status, condition, or relation of one man and woman united in law for life, for the discharge to each other and the community of the duties legally incumbent on those whose association is founded on the distinction of sex

The family code of the philippines

Defines marriage as a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life.

monogamy

Is the marriage of one man and one woman

polygamy

Is the plural marriage of having several husbands or wives at the same time

polygyny

The marriage of one man to two or more woman at the same time

polyandry

Is the marriage of one woman to two or more men

endogamy

An individual marries a member of one’s clan or ethnic group (includes workplace)

exogamy

An individual marries a person outside the clan or ethnic group

levirate

A woman marries her deceased husband’s brother

surrogate

A man marries his deceased wife’s sister

adoptive

The prospective son-in-law adopts the family name of the bride to preserve the bride’s family name

Social control

It is a mechanism by which the social behaviour of people is controlled to maintain order or to re-establish order once rules have been broken.

conformity

Is a course of action that a majority favors or that is socially acceptable

deviance

Is a course of action that is not socially acceptable or that the majority finds unfavorable, it is defined as any behaviour that violates cultural norms

Criminal deviance

Is the violation of society’s formal enacted law

Non-criminal deviance

Is the violation of a social norm but does not necessarily break that law

Group

Is a number of people with similar norms, valued, and expectations who regularly consciously interact with one another

Primary group

Is a small social group whose members share intimate, perinsal and lasting relationship

Primary and secondary group

Categorized by proximity of relatilnship

Secondary group

Is a larger and less personal temporary rather than long lasting, and just based on interest and activities

In groups and out groups

It is categorized by our identification with and treatment of other groups

In-group

Is a social group of which an individual physiologically indentified him or herself as a member.

In-groups

It refers to a group United by common values that show loyalty and preferential treatment to one another because they share common interests, beliefs, attitudes

Out-groups

Is a social group towards which a person feels dislike, disdane, disagreement, unfriendliness, and disapproval

Reference group

Is a social group that we use as a standard of comparison for ourselves regardless of whether or not we are part of that group

Network

Is a fuzzy group containing people who come into occasional contact but lack a sense of boundaries and belonging