FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Margaret Mead, Nuclear Family, Mate Choice

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Shayna Skakoon- Sparling

Document Summary

Change from country to country & across political regions. Legal definitions don"t always work with social norms (only in areas that need codification and formal sanctions) Ex: in the u. s divorce laws = liberal in nevada + more conservative in texas. Normative definitions: context is the social norms in a society. A practice or action is regarded as socially legitimate & approved. Social constructions of the family gain power only when adherents to a perspective increases in number. Theoretical definitions: context is concepts and propositions of a social science theory (not right or wrong) Consistent and coherent with concepts and propositions in associated theory. Research definitions: derived from a theory, social problem or hunch. They come from diverse sources but common property (measurement) Every conceptual hypothesis that have been tied to measurements to test predicted outcomes. Conceptual hypothesis: statement that can have a truth value (tied to theory, meaning, interpretation)