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Core 14 Final Exam Reviewer
Core 14 Final Exam Reviewer
EXTENDED FAMILY structure consists of two or BANK is a financial institution that accepts deposits
more adults who are related, either by blood or from the public and creates credit.[1] Lending activities
marriage, living in the same home. This family can be performed either directly or indirectly through
includes many relatives living together and working capital markets. Due to their importance in the
toward common goals, such as raising the children financial stability of a country, banks are highly
and keeping up with the household duties. Many regulated in most countries.
extended families include cousins, aunts or uncles
and grandparents living together. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION (NGO) is
any non-profit, voluntary citizens' group which is
NEPOTISM is a common accusation in politics when organized on a local, national or international level.
the relative of a powerful figure ascends to similar Task-oriented and driven by people with a common
power seemingly without appropriate qualifications. interest, NGOs perform a variety of service and
humanitarian functions, bring citizen concerns to
BAND is the most traditional and smallest type of Governments, advocate and monitor policies and
political organization. Familial ties connect a band. encourage political participation through provision of
Politically independent, a band usually does not information.
recognize the formal government. There are no written
codes or laws. There is no organized group of leaders. TRADITIONAL MEDICINE (also known as indigenous
This is the result of their tendency and nature of or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of
moving from one place to another in search of food or traditional knowledge that developed over generations
shelter. within various societies before the era of modern
medicine. The World Health Organization (WHO)
TRIBES are traditional societies comprised of people defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the
or group of people connected by social, religious, knowledge, skills, and practices based on the
ancestral, or cultural ties. Bigger than a band, tribes theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to
are usually settled in one place and do not rely on different cultures, whether explicable or not, used in
hunting and gathering but on agriculture for the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention,
subsistence. Just like bands, tribes do not observe diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and
formal governments. mental illness"
ABRAHAM MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS is POLYGYNY it is a form of marriage in which one man
a motivational theory in psychology comprising a five marries more than one woman at a given time. It is of
tier model of human needs, often depicted as two types - Sororal polygyny and non sororal polygyny
hierarchical levels within a pyramid.
POLYANDRY it is the marriage of one woman with
Maslow (1943, 1954) stated that people are motivated more than one man. It is less common than polygyny.
to achieve certain needs and that some needs take It is of two types - Fraternal Polyandry and non
precedence over others. Our most basic need is for fraternal polyandry.
physical survival, and this will be the first thing that
motivates our behavior. Once that level is fulfilled the
next level up is what motivates us, and so on. Reference:
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