Enlightenment: is the eighteenth century social
philosophical movement that emphasized human
progress and the poser of reason, and based on
Darwinian theory of evolution.
Ethnocentrism: the attitude that one's own culture and
one's own way of life is the center of the world
and the best of all. This arises from ignorance
about other ethnic groups and their ways of lives.
Ethno-methodology: literally meaning the study of
people’s methods is the study of how people
make sense of life; involving uncovering people’s
basic assumptions as they interpret their
everyday world.
Experimentation: A type of quantitative research
technique used to explore cause and effect
relationship between one and the other social
phenomena. What causes what? What is the
effect of one social phenomenon on the other?
Extended family: A form of family mainly in traditional,
agrarian and rural societies which consists of
husband, wife/ wives, their children, and other
relatives