Sociocultural Approach Flashcards
What is Acculturation?
The clash between local culture and the larger society.
What is Conformity?
Changing your own views to fit those of the group.
What are Cultural Dimensions?
Distinctive values and constructs that distinguish one group from another.
What are Cultural Norms?
Standard procedures, patterns or beliefs that everyone follows.
What is Culture?
A group that shares behaviours, beliefs, knowledge and experiences.
What is Enculturation?
Learning the norms, beliefs, values and expectations of local culture.
What is Local Culture?
The culture that you are born into and share with your family and upbringing.
What is Social Cognitive Theory?
The idea that people learn from watching other people and the outcomes of their behaviours, without repeating the behaviours.
What are Stereotypes?
Making uninformed decisions about someone based on social schemas from generalised characteristics or motives.
What was the Aim of Tajfel’s study of Social Identity Theory?
Tajfel was investigating the role of conformity in behaviour is social groups.
What was the Procedure of Tajfel’s study into Social Identity Theory?
A sample of boys were divided into groups labelled ‘Klee’ and ‘Kandinsky’, where they were asked to rate 12 paintings by each artist.
They were given 2 point allocation systes:
1) Their points increase, the other groups’ decrease
2) If they gave themselves a high score, the other team would get a higher score. If they gave themselves a mid-range value, the other group received the same points. If they gave themselves a low value, the other team would only get 1 point.
What did Tajfel discover in his Social Identity Theory study?
- The boys showed ‘In-group Favouritism’.
- The boys chose to Maximise the Difference, rather than give themselves as many points as possible.
What is Social Identity Theory?
The idea that everyone belongs to a group, and have a sense of identity within that group.
What are the 4 elements of Acculturation?
Assimilation
Intergration
Marginalisation
Separation
What is Assimilation?
Individuals in a society or culture, are welcomed into the society and take on their roles.
