REAL TIME CLASS NOTES
Dr Jack's Loft 
©2004


        Chapter 8 - INSTITUTIONS  
Definition of "Institution":
 

 

Institutions are important in every culture because:
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I. The Family
A. definition:

  1. nuclear -
  2. extended -
B. Marriage
  1. monogamy -
  2. serial monogamy -
  3. polygamy -
    a. polygyny -
    b. polyandry -
C. Kinship: definition -

  1. bilateral descent -
  2. patrilineal descent -
  3. matrilineal descent -
D. Authority
  1. patriarchy -
  2. matriarchy -
  3. egalitarian -

II. RELIGION
A. Definition:

  1. functions: a. manifest                                 b. latent

  2. integrative function -

  3. social function -

  4. religion and social change -

  5. religion and social control -

III. EDUCATION
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. definition:

 

B. schools as bureaucracies:

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C. teachers: dualities:


D. subcultures:

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