Chapter 8 Flashcards
Feminism
intellectual and social movement advanced women’s rights and our overall understanding of gender
Cognitive flexibility
the ability to continually supplement and revise existing knowledge to create new categories rather than forcing new knowledge into old categories
Mindfulness
a state of self- and other- monitoring that informs later reflection on communication interactions
dialectic
a relationship between two opposing concepts that constantly push and pull one another
ethnocentrism
our tendency to view our own culture as superior to other cultures
ableism
the system of beliefs and practices that produces a physical and mental standard that is projected as normal for a human being and labels deviations from it abnormal, resulting in unequal treatment and access to resources
transgender
an umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or expression do not match the gender they were assigned at birth
patriarchy
a system of social structures and practices that maintains values, priorities, and interests of men as a group
five stages of dominant identity development
unexamined stage, acceptance stage, resistance stage, redefinition stage, integration stage
four stages of non dominant identity development
unexamined identity, conformity, resistance and separation, and integration
avowed identities
identities we claim for ourselves
ascribed identities
personal, social or cultural identities that are placed on us by others
social identities
the components of self that are derived from involvement in social groups with which we are interpersonally connected
personal identities
the components of self that are primarily intrapersonal and connected to our life experiences
culture
the ongoing negation of learned and patterned beliefs, attitudes, values, and behaviors
