Human & Social Studies – Lecture Review

Vocabulary flashcards covering human resource concepts, family structures, Caribbean physical and social factors, and Commonwealth information.

Training

Job-related activities aimed at improving specific skills for current tasks and roles.

Education

Broader learning that develops knowledge, reasoning, and values for long-term personal and career growth.

Human Resource Development

The combined use of training and education to enhance the abilities of a workforce.

Rule

A set of instructions prescribing how a person should act or behave in a particular setting.

Law

An official set of rules by which a country is governed and that is enforceable by the state.

School Rules

Institutional regulations (e.g., no obscene language, no hair dye, no jewelry, no chewing gum) meant to ensure safety, order, and discipline.

Resource

Anything that can be used to satisfy human needs and wants.

Human Resource

The skills, abilities, and talents of the people in a country.

Characteristics of Human Resources

Workers offer their skills and expertise to employers in exchange for compensation.

Family

A group of people related by blood, living together under the same roof.

Common-law Union

A couple living together as husband and wife without legal marriage.

Single-parent Family

A family formed when one parent is absent due to divorce, death, or abandonment.

Sibling Household

A household with no parents present in which the eldest sibling cares for younger ones.

Divorce

The legal dissolution of a marriage, often creating single-parent families.