FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-15: Storge, Social Conflict Theory, Child Abuse

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Ruth Neustifter

Document Summary

Chapter 1: defining family across the life course. Definitions are social constructs that confer status and legitimacy. Parental norms are normative statuses the term family is not formally defined--there is only a common understanding. Dictionary: family as a fundamental social group for society or as a building block for society -- exclude same-sex couples and single parents, etc. Legal definition: definitions used in legislation--change from country to country. Normative: shared by the majority of people in a country or region. Much of our social organization is tied to our social norms and have broaden over the last. Theoretical: use concepts and propositions from a social science theory. A concept is an abstract set of things or ideas collected under one symbol or idea. A proposition is a backbone of a theory and are defined by a statement that relates concepts to one another. Ex. reproducing inequality= feminist or social conflict theory. Neither right or wrong, but only consistent and coherent.