Question

Which of the following is one of the main differences between descent groups and nuclear families?

A. Descent groups are typically not involved with politics, whereas nuclear families are.
B. Nuclear families are always exogamous, whereas descent groups are always endogamous.
C. Descent groups are permanent, whereas nuclear families are not.
D. Members of descent groups are called affines, whereas members of nuclear families are called
consanguines.
E. Nuclear families are found only in industrial societies, whereas descent groups are found only in foraging societies.

Answer 1

ANSWER: (C) Descent groups are permanent, whereas nuclear families are not.

EXPLANATION:

Descent groups refers to a social (kin) group whose linear members (descedant) of a common ancestry background.

However, unilineal descent is referred to as; matrilineal (if traced through the mother's lineage), patrilineal (father’s line based tracing), and bilateral (if traced through both the father and mother lineage).

Whereas, Nuclear family refers to a group of people consisting of two adults (parents) and their children (either biological or adopted). This pairs of adults comes together through ties of partnership and parenthood. Nuclear family has been overtime extended to same sex marriage.

Lastly, from the aforementioned definitions, the decent groups are permanent through statutory lineage while nuclear families are not.

Answer 2

C. Descent groups are permanent, whereas nuclear families are not.

Step-by-step explanation:

One of the main differences between descent groups and nuclear families is that descent groups are permanent, whereas nuclear families are not.

A descent groups refer to as the kin groups who are single decendants of a common ancestor while nuclear family are refer to a family group which consists of two parents and their children.