Culture as an Agent of Socialization PDF

CULTURE AS AN AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION: KINSHIP SYSTEMS PATTERNS OF DESCENT IN CULTURES Matrilineal: This is a kinship system in which people trace their ancestry through their mothers. Patrilineal: This is a kinship system in which people trace their ancestry through their fathers. Biline...

CULTURE AS AN AGENT OF SOCIALIZATION: KINSHIP SYSTEMS PATTERNS OF DESCENT IN CULTURES Matrilineal: This is a kinship system in which people trace their ancestry through their mothers. Patrilineal: This is a kinship system in which people trace their ancestry through their fathers. Bilineal: This is a kinship stem in which people trace their ancestry through their mothers and fathers.  TRUE OR FALSE? MOST CANADIANS TRACE THEIR ANCESTRY IN A PATRILINEAL WAY. ANSWER: FALSE Most Canadians trace their ancestry through both their mothers and fathers.  A LINEAGE VS A CLAN Lineage: All the male Clan: A group of relatives in a family that several lineages in a can be traced back to patrilineal or matrilineal one common direct society in which people ancestor. are related but cannot always trace exact relationships. TRUE OR FALSE? ALMOST ALL CULTURES OF THE WORLD HAVE THE CULTURAL INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE. ANSWER: TRUE THREE MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF MARRIAGE: 1. Marriage defines social relationships to provide for the survival of and socialization of children. 2. Marriage defines the rights and obligations of the two people to each other in terms of sex, reproduction, work, and social roles. 3. Marriage creates new relationships between families and kin groups. FORMS OF MARRIAGE Monogamy: A relationship or form of marriage where an individual has one partner. Polygamy: A form of marriage that involves multiple partners. Polygyny: A form of marriage between one husband and multiple wives. Polyandry: A form of marriage with one wife and multiple husbands. Arranged marriage: They are marriages set up by someone other than the people getting married. THE HISTORY OF MARRIAGE TRUE OR FALSE? Arranged marriages have a 5 to 7 percent divorce rate in Canada and the U.S. ANSWER: TRUE  THINK-SHARE: Discuss with your group members some ways that you think marriage has changed over the years. MARRIAGE TRENDS Husbands are not the only breadwinners. It is not as difficult to attain a divorce in our society. More couples are choosing not to get married. More couples are having children outside of marriage. Common-law relationships are more common and acceptable. More same-sex couples are getting married. Interfaith and interracial marriages are more common. Fewer couples are choosing to have children. There has been an increase in the number of married couples that originally met online.