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Chapter 21
Sociocultural Influences: Attitudes and Beliefs
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Psychology
12th Grade
02/09/2010

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culture
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a set of beliefs, attitudes, and values held in common by a large number of people and passed down from one generation to the next
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race
Definition
a set of hereditary physical characteristics that distinguishes major groups of people
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ethnic group
Definition
people with the same country of origin, as well as racial and cultural features
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internalize
Definition
to make as part of oursevles the attitudes or beliefs of othres
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reference group
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a gourp with which one identifies and that provides standards of behavior
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stereotype
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a fixed set of beliefs about a group that may or may not be accurate
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prejudice
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a judgement of people based on the group they belong to rather than their individual characteristics
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discrimination
Definition
mistreating or denying rights to people because they belong to a particular group
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illusory correlations
Definition
seeing relationships between things that match already held beliefs and ignoring what does not match these beliefs
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scapegoating
Definition
blaming someone else for one's own problem
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cognitive dissonance
Definition
a contradiction between actions or events and beliefs, which must be reconciled or justified
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immunization
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an attempt to train a person before-hand to resist persuasion or propaganda
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sensory deprivation
Definition
removing all external sensations and stimulation
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