Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In sociological research, a procedure for studying family behavior by observing its interaction in a structured laboratory situation.  

The normative ways in which a small kinship group performs the key function of nurturant of the newborn.  

In sociology, a household maintained by a family q.v. and any unrelated persons (unrelated family members, other individuals, or both) who may be residing there. The number of family households is equal to the number of families. The count of family household members differs from the count of family members; however, in that the family…

In psychology, the treatment of the family as a group rather than merely the treatment of the member apart from his or her family setting.  

The degree of cohesiveness and harmony among family members characteristic of any given family.  

A high regard for the family, ancestors, and family traditions.  

In psychology, increased exposure to a stimulus tends to make the stimulus more pleasurable.  

The higher than average occurrence of a disease among members of a blood-related family.  

Testability.  

In pharmacology, a method by which a drug may affect the nervous system. The drug is taken into a neuron and acted upon by enzymes to produce a substance resembling the natural neurotransmitter but differing from it functionally.