Kinship Mirror for Humanity Lecture Review

This set of flashcards focuses on key concepts, terminology, and definitions from the lecture on kinship, providing a study tool for understanding family structures, relationships, and cultural variations in kinship.

Kinship

A set of beliefs and practices relating to family and familial relationships.

Kin Terms

Categories of relatives in a language, each reflecting the specific relationships and distinctions within kinship.

Biological Kin Types

Descriptions of genealogical relations between a person and others, focusing on genetic connections.

Ego

The individual from whose perspective kinship relations are assessed in diagrams or discussions.

Bilateral Descent

A system of tracing descent equally through both male and female ancestors.

Unilineal Descent

A system where descent is traced exclusively through one gender, either matrilineal or patrilineal.

Clan

A group of lineages traced through unilinear descent from a common ancestor, often based on myth or belief rather than demonstrable lineage.

Kindred

An ego-centered network of bilateral, affinal, and fictive kin, not a cooperative group.

Affinal Kin

Relatives by marriage, such as in-laws.

Fictive Kin

Individuals regarded as family friends or close family members without a biological or legal connection.

Polygamy

The practice of having multiple spouses, encompassing polygyny and polyandry.

Bridewealth

Payment made from the husband's family to the bride's family, typically as compensation or recognition of the marriage.

Dowry

Property or money brought by a bride to her husband upon marriage, often regarded as an early inheritance.

Exogamy

A social rule that prohibits marriage within a group.

Endogamy

The practice of marrying within a specific social, cultural, or ethnic group.

Patrilocal Residence

Living arrangement where a married couple resides with the husband's family or community.

Matrilocal Residence

Living arrangement where a married couple resides with the wife's family or community.

Neolocal Residence

Living arrangement where a married couple establishes a residence separate from both sets of parents.

Material Conditions

The economic and environmental factors that influence social structures, including marriage practices.

Primogeniture

The right of inheritance belonging to the firstborn child, often the eldest son.

Nuclear Family

A family group consisting of two parents and their children.

Extended Family

A broader family structure that includes additional relatives beyond the nuclear family.