Family and Social Sciences: Key Terms and
Concepts
Functional Requisites ✔✔✔basic functions needed for survival and to make society work
Family ✔✔✔any combination of 2 or more persons who are bound together over time by ties of
mutual
consent, birth, &/or adoption/placement and who,
together, assume responsibilities for members
Family ✔✔✔assume responsiblity for the physical maintenance and care of group of members,
the addition of new members through procreation or adoption, the socialization of children,
social control of members, Production, consumption, & distribution of goods & services and
affective nurturance
Affective Nurturance ✔✔✔meeting individuals' emotional needs
Disciplines ✔✔✔specific branches of learning (ex. Math, physics, psychology)
Theory ✔✔✔a framework for organizing & explaining observable evidence. Without facts, a
theory is just a speculation or a guess.
Macro study ✔✔✔a large-scale study of patterns of behaviour within society
Micro study ✔✔✔a small scale study of individual cases
Anthropology ✔✔✔study of culture - the social science dealing with the origin, races, customs,
and beliefs of humankind
Ethnocentrism ✔✔✔the tendency to evaluate behaviour from the point of view of your own
culture
Concepts
Functional Requisites ✔✔✔basic functions needed for survival and to make society work
Family ✔✔✔any combination of 2 or more persons who are bound together over time by ties of
mutual
consent, birth, &/or adoption/placement and who,
together, assume responsibilities for members
Family ✔✔✔assume responsiblity for the physical maintenance and care of group of members,
the addition of new members through procreation or adoption, the socialization of children,
social control of members, Production, consumption, & distribution of goods & services and
affective nurturance
Affective Nurturance ✔✔✔meeting individuals' emotional needs
Disciplines ✔✔✔specific branches of learning (ex. Math, physics, psychology)
Theory ✔✔✔a framework for organizing & explaining observable evidence. Without facts, a
theory is just a speculation or a guess.
Macro study ✔✔✔a large-scale study of patterns of behaviour within society
Micro study ✔✔✔a small scale study of individual cases
Anthropology ✔✔✔study of culture - the social science dealing with the origin, races, customs,
and beliefs of humankind
Ethnocentrism ✔✔✔the tendency to evaluate behaviour from the point of view of your own
culture
