10 Questions
What is a family?
Two or more people related by blood, marriage or adoption
What is kinship?
A network of relatives within which an individual possesses certain mutual rights and obligations
What are the two types of kinship?
Blood and Marriage
What is a patrilineal descent?
Father's family line
What is a nuclear family?
Smallest family unit consisting of one or two parents and offspring
What is the basic residential unit where economics, production, consumption, inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are organized and carried out?
Household
Which type of kinship is traced through bloodline and can be categorized as patrilineal, matrilineal, or bilateral descent?
Consanguinity
What is the smallest family unit consisting of one or two parents and offspring, which may include stepparent, step siblings, and adopted children?
Nuclear Family
What is the residency pattern where a married couple resides in the wife’s family house?
Matrilocal
What is the legal union of two people regulated by laws and beliefs, which is forged by marriage alliances?
Marriage
Study Notes
Family and Kinship
- A family is a basic residential unit where economics, production, consumption, inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are organized and carried out.
Kinship
- Kinship refers to a network of relatives and relationships.
- There are two main types of kinship: descent-based kinship, which is traced through bloodline, and affinity-based kinship, which is based on marriage alliances.
- Descent-based kinship can be categorized into three types: patrilineal, matrilineal, and bilateral descent.
Patrilineal Descent
- Patrilineal descent is a type of kinship where descent is traced through the male line, from father to son.
Family Types
- A nuclear family is the smallest family unit consisting of one or two parents and offspring, which may include stepparent, step siblings, and adopted children.
Residency Patterns
- Uxorilocal residence is a residency pattern where a married couple resides in the wife's family house.
Marriage
- Marriage is a legal union of two people regulated by laws and beliefs, which is forged by marriage alliances.
Test your knowledge on Kinship, Marriage, and the Household with this quiz by Steven Herc H. Peralta, LPT. Learn to distinguish various forms of kinship, recognize the importance of family, and make a kinship by blood diagram. Challenge yourself and enhance your understanding of the most important social unit - family.
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