Anthro Midterm 2

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Social Organization
How society works; how we solve our problem
Social Structure
Identification of different human groups that make up society and what are the relationship
Institution
Anything that has a job of a certain task; turning young people into members of society; shurch, athletics, boyscouts, etc;
Kinship Diversity
Different understanding of what makes that person special;
Categories of Kin
Terms like cousin, brother, uncle, etc;
Enduring Diffuse Solidarity
Social unity; standing together as one; supporting each other; solidarity lasts
Kin Terms
Words used in a specific category of kin
Biological Kin Types
F=Father
M=Mother
S=Son
D=Daughter
B=Brother
Z=Sister
C=Child
H=Husband
W=Wife
Nuclear Family
Immediate family; mother, father, brother, sister
Bilateral Descent
Equal relations; equally through male and female
Unilineal Descent
Descent only thorugh male OR only through female
Lineage
A group of people who can trace descent in a unilineal matter from a common ancestor
Patrilineal Descent
Trace descent only through male descent
Matrilineal Descent
Trace descent only through female descent
Kindred
Ego centered network of bilateral, affinal, and fictive kin;
Kindred can't control