Thinker
Meyer Fortes
Meyer Fortes is central to 8 previous-year questions, spanning 2011 to 2020 across Paper I and Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.
8Questions
2011–20Years tested
I & IIPaper
2Syllabus topics
Concepts asked alongside Meyer Fortes
What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.
domestic group 3unilineal descent 3co-residence 2descent 2developmental cycle of domestic groups 2affinal tiesallianceco-residence and commensalitycognatic descentcorporate descent groupscorporate groupcorporate kin groupsdescent and filiationdevelopmental cyclefamilyfamily and household distinctionfamily as kinship unithousehold
Where Meyer Fortes appears in the syllabus
Every question on Meyer Fortes
Each links to a full breakdown — how to approach it, a model answer, and the examiner’s perspective.
2020
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