Culture And Social Behavior Flashcards
Men’s preferences in women
younger, good looking, less / no sexual experiences
women’s preferences in men
Financial prospects, Ambition, Industriousness, Older
attracting someone who is already in a romantic relationship with someone else.
Mate Poaching
is a uniquely human sentiment and aids in findingpotential mates and creating a social support system to buffer the stresses of life.
Love
is an institutionalized relationship that publicly
recognizes a long-term commitment that two people make to each other.
Marriage
marriage in which someone other than the couple being married makes the decision about who will be wed. Oftentimes, this can be the parents of the individuals being wed
ARRANGED MARRIAGE
Marriage in any culture is not easy because two people come together from two different backgrounds. Being together with anyone all the time can be tough and is bound to bring about its own share of conflicts and struggles
INTERCULTURAL MARRIAGE
means yielding to real or imagined social
pressure.
Conformity
is defined as yielding to social pressure in one’s public behavior even though one’s private beliefs may not have changed.
Compliance
is a form of compliance that occurs when people follow direct commands, usually from someone in a position of authority.
Obedience
refers to people’s ability to work together
toward common goals.
Cooperation
The social resources available to a person that can be used to obtain their goals.
SOCIAL CAPITAL
- the belief that others are less
human.
INFRAHUMANIZATION
—the degree of freedom and
opportunity a culture affords its members to choose and
move among interpersonal relationships.
Relational mobility
—the degree to which individuals
have negative attitudes or beliefs about their own ingroup.
Ingroup derogation
are generalized images about groups of
people, especially about their underlying psychological characteristics or personality traits
Stereotypes
is the tendency to view the world through
one’s own cultural filters.
Ethnocentrism
refers to the tendency to prejudge others on
the basis of their group membership.
Prejudice
refers to prejudicial attitudes, values, or
beliefs that are unspoken and perhaps even outside conscious awareness.
Implicit prejudice
refers to prejudice that is verbalized
and made public.
Explicit prejudice
refers to unfair treatment of others based
on their group membership.
Discrimination
