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Ch. 9- Social Psychology Flashcards

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psychological arousal

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alertness and readiness to respond

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social facilitation

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you perform better in higher psychological arousal settings

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Yerkes-Dodson law

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you will perform the best under conditions of moderate arousal

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social loafing

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being less helpful/productive in a group because other people will pick up the slack

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bystander effect

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if there are bystanders present, you’re less likely to help someone in distress because you think “someone else is going to help them”

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deindividuation

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people tend to lose their sense of self-awareness in a large group setting (low perceived responsibility)

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what three main factors contribute to deindividuation?

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anonymity, diffused responsibility, and group size

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anonymity (deindividuation)

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the sense that no one will know what you do in a crowd

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diffused responsibility (deindividuation)

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the sense that you’re not really responsible for what happens

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group size (deindividuation)

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a factor that increases the effects of anonymity and diffused responsibility

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group polarization

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tendency of a group to make decisions or final opinions that are more extreme than the initial positions of the individuals in the group (ie. people saying “yeah chocolate is good” -> “CHOCOLATE IS THE ULTIMATE SUPERFOOD”)

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two main factors that contribute to group polarization

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informational influence and normative influence

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informational influence

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idea that in a group discussion, people who aren’t sure about their opinions tend to think that other people in the group are more knowledgeable, therefore trusting their ideas more

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normative influence

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desire to be socially accepted, so tend to agree with the group you want to be part of

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groupthink (Irving Janis)

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irrational decisions are made within a group due to pressures towards harmony and individual conformity. has 8 main factors

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8 main factors of groupthink (3 illusions + CEMPS)

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  1. illusion of morality
  2. illusion of unanimity
  3. illusion of invulnerability
  4. collective rationalization
  5. excessive stereotyping
  6. mindguards
  7. pressure on dissenters
  8. self-censorship
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collective rationalization

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group members ignore warnings and do not reconsider their actions, assumptions, or beliefs

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excessive stereotyping

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members construct negative views of those outside the group who have dissenting opinions

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illusion of invulnerability

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an unjustified and excessive sense of optimism encourages risk-taking

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illusion of morality

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members of the group believe in the moral rightness of their cause and therefore ignore the consequences of their actions

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illusion of unanimity

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the majority views of the group are assumed to be unanimous

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mindguards

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members of the group protect the group’s cohesiveness by filtering out information that would be problematic

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pressure on dissenters

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members who express opposing views are pressured to conform and remain loyal to the group

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self-censorship

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members who do hold dissenting opinions do not share them

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what is the difference between group polarization and groupthink?

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group polarization involves an increase in extremeness of views, but does not involve making decisions. Groupthink involves making irrational decisions

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conformity

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situations where someone’s behavior, beliefs, or thinking changes to line up with someone else’s or the social norms

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convergence/congruence

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someone’s beliefs or behaviors just happen to line up with those of the group

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internalization/conversion (subtype of conformity)

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genuine change in someone’s beliefs

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compliance (subtype of conformity)

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someone goes along with the group but internally dissents

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identification

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middle ground: someone’e behavior and beliefs change, but only kind of, and only in the presence of that group.

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Solomon Asch experiment

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indicates conformity power: how likely someone was going to go along with the group to give an incorrect answer

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compliance (request-related)

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obeying requests from someone who has no power to enforce them

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foot-in-the-door technique

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first making a small request, then later making a large request. people saying yes to the small request are more likely to also say yes to the larger request

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door-in-the face technique

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making a large request that you know someone will say no to, then making a smaller request that seems more reasonable.

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low-ball technique

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offering something at a low price, then raising it at the last minute after the customer is invested in the purchase

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obedience

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change in behavior in response to a direct request from someone who has the power to enforce that request

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the Milgram experiment

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experiment where people were “told” to shock someone else when they made a mistake to see how far people would go in inflicting pain on others when directly told to do so

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Stanford Prison Experiment

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an experiment where people were simulated prisoners and guards and watched their behavior towards each other (prisoners got depressed, guards got sadistic)

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social control

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the ways that norms are taught, enforced, and perpetuated.

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deviance

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when someone doesn’t follow a norm

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formal norms

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a norm that’s a law with penalties for violations of that norm

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informal norms

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a norm that’s not written down anywhere and are more expectations than rules, no fixed penalties for violation

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folkways

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relatively insignificant informal norms that typically involve small everyday life details in behavior (ie. mismatched clothing)

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mores

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significant informal norms- you’ll get some serious disapproval for violating them. (ie. cheating on your SO, being a jerk)

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taboos

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things that you DO NOT do, can be culture specific, sometimes blur the lines between formal and informal norms (ie. cannibalism, incest)

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sanctions

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any punishment or negative consequence for violating a social norm AND reward for following the norms

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peer pressure

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how the desire of approval from your peer group (or fear of disapproval) can be a powerful motivator

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anomie

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there is no longer a good match between society’s stated norms and the norms that an individual responds to

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differential association theory

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deviance = a behavior you learned in a social setting

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symbolic interactionism theory

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society is created and maintained through face-to-face, repeated, meaningful interactions among individuals

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labeling approach to deviance

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being labeled as a deviant shapes people’s identity in a way that increases the frequency of the behavior

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primary deviance

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deviant acts committed before someone is labeled a deviant

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secondary deviance

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deviant acts committed after being labeled a deviant (partially in retaliation to the label)

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strain theory

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deviant behavior occurs in some people where there is a mismatch between socially acceptable goals and socially acceptable ways to get there

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general strain theory

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people who experience social, economic, or personal stressors may have negative emotional experiences that push them towards deviance or crime

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socialization

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how we learn the formal and informal norms that govern society

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mass hysteria

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a fad, but the behavior that becomes “popular” is people irrationally freaking out about a percieved threat (ie. witch trials, anti-vax)

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fads

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a new behavior becomes super popular, then its popularity fades

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riots

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spontaneous episodes of civil disorder where people violently lash out against some form of authority (vandalism, destruction of property)

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attributions

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ways to explain people’s good or bad behaviors

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dispositional attribution

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attributing someone’s behavior to their disposition or character

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situational attribution

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attributing someone’s behavior to their situation or an external focus

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consistency cues

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if someone’s behaviors are consistent over time, we can make a dispositional attribution.

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distinctiveness cues

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if someone shows inconsistent patterns of behavior in otherwise comparable situations, we can make a situational attribution

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consensus cues

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if someone’s behavior doesn’t line up with what’s socially expected, we’re likely to make a dispositional attribution

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actor-observer bias

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we’re more likely to make a dispositional attribution of someone else, but a situational attribution for ourselves

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fundamental attribution error

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we’re more likely to apply dispositional attributions than situational attributions to other people

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self-serving bias

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we’re more likely to make dispositional attributions of our own behavior if the outcomes are good, and situational attributions if the outcomes are bad.

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internal locus of control

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people think they are able to affect their own personal situations

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external locus of control

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people use situational attributions to explain their outcomes

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halo effect

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how positive or negative impressions of someone in one domain can exand to affect our judgements of them in other domains

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just-world hypothesis

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the idea that good things happen to good people, and bad things happen to bad people.

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prejudice

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irrational attitudes (positive or negative) towards various groups or objects. (immediate thumbs up or thumbs down based on what you see first thing.)
-emotional

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stereotypes

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people have certain opinions about what things signal about a person (ie. clothes, race, gender)
-contentful

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stereotype content model

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stereotypes of social groups can be arranged on two axes: warmth and competence

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paternalistic stereotype

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high warmth and low competence- low status in society but don’t pose a competitive threat (children, elderly)

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admiration stereotype

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high warmth and high competence- people felt to be high status and don’t pose a competitive threat (friends, in-group, allies)

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contemptuous stereotype

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low warmth and low competence- people felt to be low status and pose a competitive threat of some sort (marginalized social groups)

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envious stereotype

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low warmth and high competence- people felt to be high status and that pose a competitive threat (elites)

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discrimination

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actions taken to treat somebody differently based on their group or demographic category membership and/or existing prejudices

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self-fulfilling prophecy

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we alter or sabotage our behavior in response to stereotypes

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individual discrimination

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reflects behavior on the individual level- a single person treats other people differently based on their groups

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institutional discrimination

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larger patterns of unequal behavior or outcomes, as mediated by entire institutions

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stereotype threat

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being reminded (even indirectly) of relevant stereotypes can affect someone’s performance

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stereotype boost

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people can perform better if they are reminded of positive stereotypes that apply to them

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stigmatized

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when society strongly disapproves of certain behaviors and identities (aka. has stigma)

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ethnocentricism

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viewing all phenomena through one’s cultural lens

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cultural relativism

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taking the perspective of different cultures with different normative behaviors from one’s own

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