Lecture Notes on Marriage, Family, and Kinship

Flashcards about marriage and kinship

Exogamy

Adaptive because it links people into a wider social network for support.

Endogamy

Requires individuals to marry within their own group.

Cross Cousins

Marriage between children of siblings of the opposite sex.

Parallel Cousins

Marriage between children of siblings of the same sex.

Levirate

Custom where a widow marries a brother of her dead husband.

Sororate

Practice of a widower marrying the sister of his deceased wife.

Monogamy

Marriage of one man to one woman at a time.

Polygamy

Marriage of a person with two or more mates.

Polygyny

Marriage of a man to two or more women at a time.

Polyandry

Marriage of a woman to two or more men at a time

Sororal polygyny

Marriage of a man with two or more sisters at a time.

Bride Price

Compensation given upon marriage by the groom's family to the bride's family.

Bride Service

When the groom works for his wife’s family

Dowry

Transfer of goods or money from the bride's family to the groom’s family.

Patrilocal Residence

Married couple lives with or near the relatives of the husband’s father.

Matrilocal Residence

Married couple lives with or near the relatives of the wife.

Avunculocal Residence

Married couple lives with or near the husband’s mother’s brother.

Ambilocal/Bilocal Residence

Married couple can choose to live with relatives of either spouse.

Neolocal Residence

Married couple forms an independent place of residence.

Nuclear Family

Consisting of husband, wife, and their children.

Extended Family

Two or more families linked by blood ties.

Family of Orientation

Family one is born into.

Family of Procreation

Family established through marriage.

Consanguineous Kinship

Relationship based on blood ties.

A final Kin

Relationship arising from marital relationship.

Patrilineal Descent

Descent traced solely through the male line.

Matrilineal Descent

Descent traced solely through the female line.

Cognatic Descent

Individuals can trace genealogical links through men or women.

Ethnocentrism

The belief that one’s own culture represents the best way to do things

Cultural relativism

The idea that each culture is unique and distinctive, but that no one culture is superior