verb. 1  To speak or act in response, as to a question: answer, rejoin, reply, retort, return, riposte. See ask. 2  To act in return to something, as a stimulus: react. See action. 3  To present with a specified reaction: greet, meet1, react. See feelings, greeting.
Social stories are meant to help children understand social situations, expectations, social cues, new activities, and/or social rules. As the name implies, they are brief descriptive stories that provide accurate information regarding a social situation.
Definition: Social fact is a term created by Emile Durkheim to indicate social patterns that are external to individuals. Things such as customs and social values exist outside individuals, whereas psychological drives and motivation exist inside individuals. Social facts, therefore, are not to be explained by biology or psychology, but instead by society.