| A | B |
| community | area in which residents relate to and interact with each other |
| ecomap | a diagram of the family's interactions within the community |
| family | 2+ people who live in the same home, share a common emotional bond, perform certain interrelated social tasks; who they say they are |
| family theory | a way of analyzing problems/concerns from the family's perspective |
| genogram | a diagram of the family structure depicting family relationships and family dynamics |
| assimilation | ability to changehow one perceives something to coincide with beliefs |
| cultural values | beliefs held by people in a community or society |
| ethnicity | a person's nationality |
| mores | custons followed by a community/society |
| norms | customs accepted as right to follow by a community/society |
| stereotyping | a fixed or preset conception |
| acculturation | process of losing one's cultural beliefs and values to those of another society |
| culture | the learned way of life of a community of society |