SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND POLITICAL INSTITUION

 Who are the people and/or groups that you think influence you?

 People/groups that influence me best

 People/groups that influence me

PROCESSING QUESTION:

 How are you being influenced by these people/group?

 What are your relationship with this people/group?

KINSHIP,MARRAGE AND THE HOUSEHOLD
 KINSHIP

 : the state of being related to the people in your family

 : a feeling of being close or connected to other people
(Merriam – Webster)

Refers to the web of social relationships that form an essential part of the lives

of most humans in most societies.

 KINSHIP BY BLOOD

 1. Family – basic social institution and the primary group in society.

 A social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation,

and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes, at least two of whom

maintain a socially approved sexual relationship, and of one or two children

( Murdock)
 KINSHIP BY BLOOD

 2. Descent – refers to the origin or background of person in terms

of a family or nationality
 Social group whose members have common ancestry.
 E.g. unilineal society
a. Patrilineal descent
b. Matrilineal descent
 KINSHIP BY BLOOD

 3. Marriage – an important institutional element of the family. It is the

cultural mechanism that ensures its continuity. Marriage is an institution

consisting of a cluster of mores and folkways, of attitudes, ideas, and

ideas of social definitions and legal restrictions.

 MARRIAGE

 The bond between a husband and a wife = AFFINAL KNSHIP

 May also pertain to the relationships made by the husband and wife but their
families as well.
FORMS OF MARRIAGE

 Monogamy – only two people are involved

 Polygamy – engages in more than one marriage
 Bigamy = marriage of a man with two women
 Polygyny = marriage of a man to two or more at the same time
 Polyandry = marriage of a woman to two or more men at the same time
SELECTION OF MARRIAGE

 Endogamy – one should marry within one’s clan or ethnic group

 Exogamy – one can marry outside one’s clan or ethnic group
TRY THIS:

 Trace your lineage through:

 1. patrilineal descent
 2. matrilineal descent, then, combine your findings and form it into a family tree.
ANSWER THIS:

 1. the marriage of a woman to two or more man at the same time

 2. A unified system of beliefs and practices related to sacred things.
 3. The basic institution in most societies
 4. Bonds made through marriage, adoption and religious rituals.
 5. The bond between a husband and a wife
STATE WHAT TYPE OF KINSHIP

 1. Mother and her child

 2. Balae and her son
 3. Bride and godmother
 4. Man and his bayaw
 5.Two cousins
REVIEW: DESCRIBE/DISCUSS BRIEFLY THE FOLLOWING:

 Kinship

 Kinships by blood

 Forms of marriage

 Selection of marriage
 FAMILY

 Describe your family tree

 How will you describe your own
family structure?
 The family of orientation is the family into which one is born, and where

one is reared or socialized.

 FAMILY

 The first group and network that an individual acquires in his/her lifetime.
 Universal institution in a society
 Varies from one culture to another
 FAMILY

 A set of people connected by blood ,marriage or adoption. The member of

each family share a responsibility for the reproduction and protection of the

members of a society.

 Schaefer ( 2009 )
FAMILY PATTERNS

MEMBERSHIP RESIDENCE AUTHORITY DESCENT

Nuclear Neolocal Patriarchal Bilineal

Extended Matrilocal Matriarchal Patrilineal

Patrilocal Equalitarian Matrilineal

STRUCTURE OF FAMILY
YOUR INSIGHTS:

 What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of having a nuclear

and extended family?

BASED ON DESCENT

 1. Patrilineal – affiliates a person with a group of relatives through his/her

father

 2. Matrilineal – which affiliates a person with a group of relatives related

through his/her mother.

 3. Bilateral – affiliates a person with a group of relatives related through either

his/her parents.
BASED ON RESIDENCE

 Patrilocal – newly married couple live with or near the domicile of the parents of the bridegroom

 Matrilocal – newly married couple live with or near the domicile of the parents of the bride

 Bilocal – gives the couple a choice of staying with either the groom’s parents or the bride’s parents

 Neolocal – permits the newly married couple to reside independently of the parents of either groom and

bride

 Avunculocal – prescribes that newly married couple reside with or near the maternal uncle of the groom
BASED ON AUTHORITY

 Patriarchal – authority is vested in the eldest male in the family

 Matriarchal – authority is vested in the mother or the mother’s kin

 Egalitarian – both the husband and the wife exercise a more or less equal amount of authority

 Matricentric - found in places where the father commutes and is out for the greater part of

the day. His prolongd absence gives the mother a prevailing position in the family, although

the father may also share with the mother’s decision making
FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY

 1. The family regulates sexual behavior and I the unit for reproduction.

 2. The family performs the function of biological maintenance

 3. The family is the chief agency in socializing the child

FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY

 4. The family gives its members status

 5. The family is an important mechanism for social control

 6. the family performs economic functions, especially in the simple societies.

TRY THIS:

Functions of the family Example

ASSIGNMENT: DESCRIBE YOUR FAMILY ACCORDING TO THE
FOLLOWING

Descent Forms of Selection of Based on Based on Based on

/Ancestry Marriage Marriage Membership Residence Authority
PERFORMANCE TASK: POSITION PAPER

 What is the effect of technology such as cell phones on family life?

 How important is it that elderly relatives have a part in family life?

 Should parents have equal authority over children?

 Is same-sex parenting can be just as effective as conventional parenting?

 Do children of divorced single parents have more behavior problems?

 Can single parents raise a child just as well as two parents?

 What are the most important things for parents to do?

 Staying Married for the Sake of the Kids: Should Cheating Be Forgiven
 Raising Your Kid Alone: The Negative Aspects of Being a Single Parent
 The Negative Effects of Raising a Child with Alcoholic Parents
 Family Life, Kids and Couples: Raising Kids without Being Married
 Child Development and Parenting in Nontraditional Families
 Helping Children Understand the Importance of Family: How to Make Kids Understand Family Union Matters
 How Can Divorce Influence the Upbringing of a Child? Raising Kids in Separate Families
 Separation, a Healthier Option for the Wellbeing of the Child
 Should Parents Allow the Kids to Use Technology or Is Technology Affecting Their Childhood?
RUBRICS

 Organization of ideas - 15 points

 Reasoning and judgement - 15 points
 Total - 30 points