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family values

moral and social values attributed to the traditional nuclear family. In some Christian contexts, for example, these typically include discipline, respect for authority, heterosexuality, and sexual abstinence outside marriage. The term is now primarily associated with political or religious conservatism.

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experimental realism

experimental realism

the extent to which a controlled study is meaningful and engaging to participants, eliciting responses that are spontaneous and natural. See also mundane realism.