What Is the Difference Between Kin Terms and Genealogical Kin

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Essay

What is the difference between kin terms and genealogical kin types? Why would an anthropologist want to make such a distinction? Can you see any problems with this distinction? In your everyday experience,do you distinguish between kin terms and genealogical kin types?

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Definitions:

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, a component of the personality that is responsible for dealing with reality while working to satisfy the demands of both the id and the superego, in a more general sense, often used to refer to a sense of self-esteem or self-importance.

Philosophical Behaviorism

A theory in philosophy of mind that asserts thoughts, feelings, and intentions can be fully described by observable behaviors and physical processes, without reference to inner mental states.

Sensations

Immediate physical experiences or perceptions through the senses.