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Cultural norm

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A set of rules based on socially or culturally shared beliefs of how an individual ought to behave to be accepted within that group

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Surface culture

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Easily seen differences between cultures e.g. food, music, clothing

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Acculturation

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The process by which someone comes into contact with another culture and begins to adopt the norms and behaviors of that culture

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Enculturation

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The process of adopting or internalizing the schemas of your culture

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Etic approach (deductive)

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A term used in anthropology to describe research which is planned before arriving at the field. Like structured field work.

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Emic approach (inductive)

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A term used in anthropology to describe research develops questions whilst spending time within the different culture. Like unstructured field work.

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Dynamic

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A characteristic of culture. Changes over time by acculturation, in response to the environment and society

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Social identity theory

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A theory that the minimal condition for in-group bias is the categorization of groups, identification, comparison, and self-esteem

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Cultural dimension(s)

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How the values of a society affect behavior. Each describes the trends of behavior in a given culture which reflect the values of that culture

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Tajfel

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Tested the minimal group paradigm using UK schoolboys who allocated points using matrices

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Self-Identity

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A person’s image of themselves, which includes social identity

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Confirmation bias

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When people tend to seek out or remember information that supports their currently held beliefs or expectations - and ignore information that contradicts these beliefs (serving our own self-esteem)

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Illusory correlation

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People perceive a relationship between two variables even when there is none

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In-group bias

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Favoring your own group

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Integration

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When there is an interest in adopting the behaviors and values of a new culture, while still maintaining one’s original culture

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Marginalization

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When it is not really possible to maintain one’s original culture, but because of exclusion or discrimination, it is not possible to assimilate into a new culture

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Normative social influence

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When a person conforms to be liked or accepted by members of a group

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Stereotype

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Social perception of an individual in terms of group membership or physical attributes

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Stereotype threat

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When worry about conforming to a negative stereotype leads to underperformance on a test or other task by a member of the stereotyped group

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Vicarious reinforcement

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Our tendency to repeat or imitate behaviors for which others are being rewarded

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Social identity

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A person’s sense of who they are based on their group membership(s)

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Hamilton and Gifford

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Investigated the illusory correlation explanation of why minority groups become falsely stereotyped

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Steele and Aronson

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Investigated threat as being a consequence of being stereotyped

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Sherif et al.

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Conducted research about two groups of boys competing in a summer camp. Shows competition for resources can lead to conflict and can support SIT

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Bandura, Ross, and Ross

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Conducted the Bobo doll experiment which supports SCT

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Charlton et. al

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Conducted a natural study which investigated the effects of TV on social learning and found results which contrast with Bandura’s

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Social cognitive theory

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The influence of individual experiences, the actions of others, and environmental factors on individual health behaviors. Started with Social Learning theory and there are 4 stages.

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Self-efficacy

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One’s belief in one’s ability to succeed in accomplishing a task

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Role model

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Respected/liked people who are more likely to be learned from

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Yuki

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Found that SIT was less relevant in collectivist cultures due to the complexity of in-group (intragroup) interaction in this type of culture

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Berry

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Used a variation of Asch’s line study to test the effect of culture on conformity

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Flashbulb memory

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A vivid, enduring memory associated with a personally significant and emotional event

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Kulkofsky

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Conducted research to shows differences in FBM in individualistic and collectivistic cultures

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Individualistic culture

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A society characterized by the prioritization or emphasis of the individual over the entire group. Value freedom and independence

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Collectivistic culture

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Based on valuing the needs of a group or a community over the individual. Kinship, family, and community are extremely important. People tend to work together to create harmony and group cohesion is extremely valued

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Deep culture

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More cognitive elements of a culture e.g. gender roles, assumptions, beliefs and values, concepts of social identity and the self

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Ethnocentric

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Culturally biased

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Salient

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Most noticeable or important

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Cognitive bias

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Having biases in our thinking e.g. a comedian may not appear funny if they go on stage after a more hilarious comedian

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Cognitive misers

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Using a mental shortcut – this is known as a heuristic. By this we mean the person expends little energy and time in making their decision.

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Heuristic

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Any approach to problem solving or self-discovery that employs a practical method, not guaranteed to be optimal, perfect, or rational, but instead sufficient for reaching an immediate goal

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Grain of truth hypothesis

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One experience with an individual (meeting a girl who is bad at math) causes that conclusion to be generalized to a group (all girls are bad at math). This means that stereotypes are based, loosely, on reality.

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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One is “predicting” or expecting something, and this “prediction” or expectation comes true simply because one believes it will, and their resulting behaviors align to fulfill those beliefs.

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Berry

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Conducted research on levels of conformity of Temne, Inuits, and Scots to investigate the effects of an individualistic or collectivistic culture on behavior and cognition

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Odden and Rochat

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Conducted research about how Samoan boys learn fishing from adults (enculturation)

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Fagot

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Conducted a natural experiment on the influence of the sex of a child on parental reactions to toddler children’s behavior

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Acculturative stress

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Distress caused when dominant and non-dominant cultures do not share the same preferences for acculturation strategy

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Assimilation

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When individuals do not wish to maintain their own culture and seek daily interactions with people from the dominant culture

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Separation

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When individuals maintain their own culture and do not wish to integrate

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Lueck and Wilson

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Conducted research on acculturative stress in Asian immigrants

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Miranda and Matheny

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Conducted research on acculturative stress in Latino adults

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Laboratory experiment

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A highly controlled experiment with one clear IV and DV

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Field experiment

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An experiment conducted in a real-life environment but the researcher still manipulates an IV

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Natural experiment

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An experiment conducted in a real-life environment but the researcher does not manipulate an IV because it is naturally occurring

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Quasi experiment

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An experiment where participants are grouped based on a certain characteristic and then randomly assigned to a condition

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Correlations

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A research method that looks for a relationship between co-variables

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Naturalistic observations

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Observations of naturally occurring behavior in a natural setting

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Interviews

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A research method used to gather qualitative data from a representative sample through asking them questions (can be unstructured, semi-structured or focus group)

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Questionnaires

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A research method that uses self-report to gather data from participants

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