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Communication
Chapters 1-4 and Persepolis to 197
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Communication
Undergraduate 2
09/24/2009

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Human Communication
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a process in which people generate meaning through exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages
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Message
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building blocks of communication events
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symbol
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something that represents something else and conveys meaning
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the words we speak and gestures we use are generally accepted to be what they represent because they are...
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arbitrary
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iconic signs
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signs that represent a thing itself and always bear some resemblance to the object to which they refer
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indexical signs + an example
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signs that reveal something beyond the thing itself
ex) animal prints in the snow.. its not the animal but its a clue to what kind of animal it is
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content meaning
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the concrete meaning of the message, and the meanings suggested by or associated with the message and the emotions triggered by it
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relationship meaning
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what a message conveys about the relationship between the parties
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setting
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the physical surroundings of a communication event
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participants
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the people interacting during communication
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message creation
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transmitting ideas and emotions via signs and symbols
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encoding
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taking ideas and converting them into messages
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decoding
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recieving a message and interpreting its meaning
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channel
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the means through which a message is transmitted
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noise
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any stimulus that can interfere with, or degrade, the quality of a message
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feedback
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the response to a message
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field of experience
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the education, life events, and cultural background that a communicator possesses
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culture
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the learned patterns of perceptions, values, and behaviors that a group of people shares
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ethics
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standards of what is right and wrong, good and bad, moral and immoral
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communication ethics
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the standards of right and wrong that one applies to messages that are sent and received
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reasoned skepticism
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the balance of open-mindedness and critical attitude needed when evaluating another's messages
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healthy feedback
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the honest and ethical responses receivers provide to the message of others
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meaning denial
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the refusal to acknowledge the intended meaning of a message
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disqualification
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communication acts that attempt to deny others the right to speak based on their positions or identities
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absolute
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pertaining to the belief that there is a single correct moral standard that holds for everyone, everywhere, everytime
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relative
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pertaining to the belief that moral behavior varies among individuals, groups and cultures
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reasoned skepticism
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the balance of open-mindedness and critical attitude needed when evaluating others' messages
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expectancy violation theory
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theory explaining how individuals respond to and interpret communication behavior when it violates their expectation
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theory
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sets of statemenst that explain a particular phenomenon
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rhetoric
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the art of persuasion
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sophists
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the people who tauht persuasive skills in the greek city-states
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renaissance
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an era of tremendous intellectual artisitc and scientific achievements in europe spanning the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries
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humanism
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the blief that science and reason were the pathways to human enlightenment and human nature and its potential were to be celebrated
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enlightenment
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eighteenth century belief in human rationality as the answer to human problems
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behaviorism
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the belief that actul behavior is the only event worthy of study
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elocution
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the mechanics of public speaking, including proper pronunciation, posture, and grammar
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methodology
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an accepted set of methods for developing new knowledge about a subject
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social science approach
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contemporary term for the behaviorist approach
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interpretive approach
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contemporary term for humanistic (rhetorical) study
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paradigm
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belief system that represents a particular worldview
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theory
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a set of statements that explains a particular phenomenon
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methods
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the specific ways that scholars collect and analyze data which they then use to prove or disprove their theories
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naturalistic
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relating to everday real life situations such as a classroom, cafe, or shopping mall
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quantitative methods
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methods that convert data to numerical indicators, and then analyze these numbers using statistics to establish relatioships among the concepts
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qualitative methods
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methods in which researchers study naturally occurring communication rather than assembling data and converting it to number
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ethnographic
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relating to research in which researchers actively engage with participants
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rhetorical analysis
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used by researchers to examine texts or public speeches as they occur in society with the aim of interpreting textual meaning
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critical approach
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an approach used not only to understand human behavior but ultimately to change society
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textual analysis
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similar to rhetorical analysis, used to analyse cultural products such as media and public speeches
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postmodernism
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a broad intellectual and social movement of the late twentieth century
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postmodernism
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a broad intellectual and social movement of the late twentieth century
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modernism
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the belief that through rational thiking, humans can advance and discover universal truth
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postmodern approach
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an approach in which reality is subjective and power is an important issue
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identity
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who a person is, composed of individual and soal categories a person identifies with, as well as the categories that thers identify with that person
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reflected appraisals
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the idea that peoples self images arise primarily from the ways that thers view them and from the many messages they have received from others about who they are
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looking-glass self
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self image that results from the images others reflect back to an individual
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particular others
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the important people in an individuals life whose opinions and behaviors influence various aspects of identity
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generalized others
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the ollection of roles, rules. mpr,s. beliefs amd attitudes endorsed y the communicat in which a person lives
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sef-fufilling prophey
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when an individual expects something to occur, the expctation increases the likelihood that it will
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self-concept
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the understanding of ones unique characteristics as well as the similarities to and differences from others
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self esteem
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part of ones self concept arises out of how one perceives and interprets relfected appraisals and social comparisons
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performance of identity
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the process or means by which we show the world who we think we are
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enacting identities
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performing scripts deemed proper to particular identities
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role expectations
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the expectation that one will perform in a particular way because of the social role occupied
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mutable
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subject to change
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racial identity
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the identification with a particular racial group
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multiracial identity
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self identify as having more than one racial identity
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national identity
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a persons citizenship
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ethnic identity
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identification with a particular group with which one shares some or all of these characteristics national or tribal affiliation, religious beliefs, language, and or cultural and traditional origins and background
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gender identity
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how and to what extent one identfies with the social construction of masculinity and femininity
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sexual identity
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which of the various categories of sexuality one identifies with
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age identity
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a combiniation of self perception of age along with what others understand that age to mean
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social class identity
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an informal ranking of people in a culture based on their income, occupation, education, dwelling, child-rearing habits, amd pther factors
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religious identity
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aspect of identity defined by ones spiritual beliefs
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selection
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the process of choosing which sensory information to focus on
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organization
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the process by which one recognizes what sensory imput to focus on
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interprtation
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the act of assiging meaning to sensory information
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selective attention
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conciously or unconciously attending to just a narrow range of the full array of sensory information available
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schemas
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organizational structures or templates that tell what information belongs together and how to read or understand what is perceived
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cognitive representation
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the ability to form mental models of the world
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planning
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the sequence of actions one develops to attain specific goals
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script
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a relatively fixed sequence of events that functions as a guide or template for communication or behavior
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categorization
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a cognitive process used to organize information by placing it into larger groups of information
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label
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a name assigned to a category based on ones perception of the category
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stereotyping
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creating schemas that overgeneralize attributes of a specific group
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attribution theory
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explanation of the processes we use to judge our own and others behavior
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attributional bias
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the tendency to attribute ones own negative behavior to external causes and ones positive actions to internal states
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self serving bias
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the tendency to give ones self more credit than is due when good things happen and to accept too little responsibility for thhose things that go wrong
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constructs
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categories people develop to help them organize information
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cognitive complexity
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the degree to which a persons constructs are detailed, involved or numerous
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ethnocentrism
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the tendency to view ones group as the standard against which all other groups are judged
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prejudice
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experiencing adversive or negative feelins toward a group as a whole or toward an individual because he or she belongs to a group
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ego-defensive function
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the role prejudice plays in protecting individuals sense of self worth
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valueexpressive function
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the role played by prejudice allowing people to view their own values normas and cultural practices as appropriate and correct
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social role
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the specific position or positions one holds in a society
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