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In discussing the psychology of kinship and descent in a matrilineal society it is noted that in the Trobrianders the most important factor is the belief that the man does not contribute in any way to the building up of the child's body. These natives are quite ignorant of the man's share in the begetting of children, the father having a purely social definition. Until the child grows up, the word tama (father) does not differ essentially from the word 'father' in our sense, but afterwards the