ethnocentrism Flashcards
Stereotyping
Thinking in terms of fixed and inflexible categories.
Displacement
The transferring of ideas or emotions from their true source to another object.
Scapegoating
Individuals or groups are blamed for wrongs that were not of their
doing. Scapegoating is normally directed against groups that are relatively
powerless.
Ethnocentrism
is the tendency to evaluate the cultures of others in terms of one’s own culture.
Group closure
the process whereby
groups maintain boundaries separating themselves from others.
Resource Allocation
with inequalities in the distribution of wealth and material goods. Group closure coincides with the allocation of resources.
Genocide
The systematic, planned destruction of a racial, ethnic, religious, political, or cultural group.
Segregation
The practice of keeping racial and ethnic groups physically separate.