2. Group survival is secured through collective efforts whether
social, economic, political or cultural. All members of the group
make a deliberate effort to contribute something desirable to meet
their needs to promote the group general welfare. Man needs to be a
member of a group in order to survive Man needs solitude
3. What is an institution?? An organized way of doing something
A vital interest or activity which is surrounded by a cluster of
mores and folk ways. A set of activities which a society adopts as
if deliberately accepted method of attaining desirable end.
4. 7 Major Social Institutions Family Community Education
Government Religion Economy Media
5. Institutional traits Every institutions have its own traits
and characteristics but all use the same tools to attain their
respective goals.
6. The Family The oldest and most basic of all
institutions.
7. Nuclear Family Consisting of HUSBAND, WIFE, and
CHILDREN
8. EXTENDED FAMILY Consists of married couple, children, and
relatives.
9. ACCORDING TO LINE OF DESCENT a. patrilineal- fathers line a.
matrilineal- mothers line c. bilineal-fathers and mothers line
10. ACCORDING TO RESIDENCE a. patrilocal- when newlyweds live
with the parents of the husband. b. matrilocal- when the newlyweds
live with the parents of the wife. c. neolocal- when the new couple
live by themselves and have a separate household.
11. ACCORDING TO DOMINANCE a. patriarchal- the father is the
head and makes the major decisions. b. matriarchal- the mother is
the head and makes the major decisions. c. equalitarian- both the
father and the mother share in making decisions and authority
12. COMMUNITY - a group of people living in the same place or
having a particular characteristic in common.
13. RELIGION - is an organization of religious beliefs,
morality, ethics and world views that relate humanity and aims to
explain the meaning and origin of life. -an institution that
engages people to express belief in a divine power.
14. EDUCATION - an educational institution that provides
instruction and for specialized education to teach students
knowledge and discipline. Academia advances culture through
knowledge, help prevent socio-economic inequities, breaks through
boundaries of human ignorance, - it also helps societies to avoid
repeated historical mistakes, and serves as a check on the
government by keeping citizens informed of civic affairs.
15. BUSINESS - also known as an enterprise or a firm is an
institution that involves trade of goods and services, for the
benefit of both manufactuer and consumers. Classification: -
Agriculture and mining business - Financial business -
Manufacturing business - Real state business - Transportation -
Service - Utilities
16. MEDIA - its role is to disseminate information, highlight
important current events, and to essentially stand as a witness, an
observer of cultural, political, community and educational events.
- one of the means or channels of general communication,
information, or entertainment in society as newspaper, radio, or
television.
17. GOVERNMENT - the role of government is to protect
unalienable rights. It is the institutionalization of force, and as
such should not do anything that would not be right for an
individual to do. (such as steal, etc.). - It is the institution by
which the whole state and community is governed and conformed with
rules and principles.
18. NORMS IN SELECTING MARRIAGE PARTNERS
19. CHOICES OF MATE
20. ENGAGEMENT
21. MARRIAGE
22. MONOGAMY 1 husband 1 wife
23. POLYANDRY 1 Wife, Multiple husbands
24. POLYGYNY 1 Husband, Multiple wives
25. CENOGAMY MULTIPLE PARTERS
26. MARRIAGE IMPEDIMENTS Age below 16 for a man, 14 for a woman
"Antecedent and perpetual impotence to have intercourse"; Being
bound by a previous marriage; A baptized Catholic with regard to
marrying a non-baptized person; Holy orders; A public perpetual vow
of chastity in religious institute; Abduction of a woman with a
view to marriage, unless she freely chooses marriage after being
safely freed; Having killed one's own spouse or the spouse of the
other party with a view to the wedding being attempted or having
jointly killed either spouse even without intent to get married;
Consanguinity in the direct line or up to the fourth degree (first
cousins) in the collateral; if the relationship is merely legal,
not of blood, the impediment holds for the direct line but only up
to the second degree (sibling) in the collateral line; a similar
impediment arises for marriage in the first degree of the direct
line (parent or child by another union) with a blood relative of
someone with whom one has been publicly living without being
married; also from affinity a diriment impediment arises in the
direct line (ancestor or descendant of one's spouse) and, for
Eastern Catholics only, in the collateral line up to the second
degree (sibling)
27. FUNCTIONS OF THE FAMILY The primary function of the family
is to ensure the continuation of society, both biologically through
procreation, and socially through socialization. Given these
functions, the nature of one's role in the family changes over
time. From the perspective of children, the family instills a sense
of orientation: The family functions to locate children socially,
and plays a major role in their socialization . From the point of
view of the parents, the family's primary purpose is procreation:
The family functions to produce and socialize children. In some
cultures marriage imposes upon women the obligation to bear
children. In northern Ghana, for example, payment of bride wealth
signifies a woman's requirement to bear children, and women using
birth control face substantial threats of physical abuse and
reprisals. Source: Boundless. The Functions of a Family. Boundless
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