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| group based on belief in shared ancestry |
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| nuclear family in which one is born and grows up |
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| nuclear family established when one marries and has children |
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| Nuclear family is _____ but not _____. |
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| ____ society reproduced itself biologically without the nuclear family- children did not know who their genitor was. |
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| Extended family household |
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| Households with three or more generations |
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| matrilineal or patrilineal descent |
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| unilineal descent group based on demonstrated descent |
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| Unilineal descent group based on stipulated descent |
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| Foraging is a broader term under which ________ is included. |
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| Many foraging societies lack year round _________. |
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| ______ family is a basic kin group in both industrial and foraging societies. |
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| person who stands at apex, or top, of common geneaology (i.e. Adam and Eve are apical ancestors of all humanity) |
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| lineage members can recite names of forebears in each generation from apical ancestor through present (members think they are accurate, might not be) |
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| flexible descent rule, neither patri nor matrilineal |
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| Clan members merely say they descend from the apical ancestor, they don't try to trace the actual geneological links |
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| To endure, ______ groups need to keep at least some of their members at home, on the ancestral estate. |
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| system by which people in a society reckon kin relationships |
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| the words used for different relatives in a particular language (i.e., uncle) |
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| actual geaneological relationship (i.e., mother's brother) |
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| position from which one views an egocentric geneaology |
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| Bilateral kinship calculation |
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| Kin ties calculated equally through men and woemn |
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| One based on correlation or co-occurrence of social variables. |
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| a preference for relatives on the mothers side |
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| Four main ways of classifing kin on parental generation |
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| Lineal, bifurcate merging, generational, bifurcate collateral |
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| Bifurcate merging kinship terminology |
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| bifurcates (splits) on mother's and father's side, but merges same sex siblings of each parent (e.g., mother, mother's sister merged under same term, father, father's brother, but different terms for mother's brother and father's sister). |
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| uses same term for parents and siblings, but only two terms for parental generation. Does not bifurcate (distinguish between mother and father's side) but it does merge. One term for father, father's brother, and mother's brother (translates to male member of parental generation) |
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| Bilateral kinship terminology |
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| kin ties calculated equally through men and women |
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| One based on correlation or co-occurrence of social variables |
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| classificatino system developed over generations by people who live in a particular society |
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| 4 parental kin terms: M, F, FB=MB, FZ=MZ |
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| Bifurcate merging terminology |
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| splits mother's and father's side, merges same-sex siblings; 4 terms: M=MZ, F=FB, MB and FZ alone |
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| Generational kinship terminology |
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| only 2 terms: M=MZ=FZ, F=FB=MB |
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| Bifurcate collateral kinship terminology |
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| 6 separate parental kin terms: M, F, MB, MZ, FB, FZ |
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| Nuclear families tend to be especially important in ______ and ______ societies |
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| The descent group is a basic kin group among _______ |
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| nonindustrial food producers (farmers and herders) |
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| Unlike families, descent groups have ____________. |
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| perpetuity; they last for generations |
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| Cultures with unilocal residence and unilineal descent tend to have _________ terminology. |
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| _____ terminology is associated with nuclear family organization. |
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| Why is a nuclear family characteristic of many modern nations? |
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| Isolation from extended family arises from mobility that is characteristic of many industrial societies |
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| is based on how people perceive differences/similarities in the things being classified |
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| What does a functional explanation suggest about a system of kinship terminology? |
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| attempts to correlate particular customs to other features of society |
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| in bifurcate merging kinship terminology, ____ and ______ are merged. |
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