Chapter 4 Flashcards
Coculture
A group that is part of an encompassing (wide range of aspects) culture.
Collectivistic Cultures
A group that is part of an encompassing culture.
Culture
The language, values, beliefs, traditions, and customs people share and learn.
Ethnicity
A social construct that refers to the degree to which a person identities with a particular group, usually on the basis of nationality, culture, religion, or some other unifying perspective.
Ethnocentrism
The attitude that one’s own culture is superior to other cultures.
Hegemony
The dominance of one culture over another.
high-context cultures
A culture that relies heavily on subtle, often nonverbal cues to maintain social harmony.
imaginary audience
A heightened self-consciousness that makes it seem as if people are always observing and judging you.
In-groups
Groups with which one identifies.
individualistic cultures
A culture in which members focus on the value and welfare of individual members more than on the group as a whole.
intergroup communication
Interaction between members of different cultures or cocultures.
intersectionality theory
The idea that people are influenced in unique ways by the complex overlap and interactions of multiple identities and social factors.
low-context cultures
language primarily to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas as DIRECTLY as possible.
organizational culture
A relatively stable, shared set of rules about how to behave and a set of values about what is important.
Out-groups
Groups one views as different from oneself.
Personal fable
A sense common in adolescence that one is different from everybody else.
power distance:
The degree to which members of a group are willing to accept a difference in power and status.
Prejudice
An unfairly biased and intolerant attitude toward others who belong to an out-group.
Race
A social construct to describe a group of people who share physical and cultural traits and potentially a common ancestry.
Salience
How much weight people attach to a particular phenomenon or characteristic.
social media bots
Automated systems that generate and distribute social media posts.
social media trolls
Individuals whose principal goal is to disrupt public discourse by posting false claims and prejudiced remarks, usually anonymously
uncertainty avoidance
The cultural tendency to seek stability and to honor tradition instead of welcoming risk, uncertainty, and change.
