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theory of mind

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recognition that other minds exist, followed by the realization that we can try to imagine others’ mental states

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looking-glass self

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self that emerges as a consequence of seeing ourselves as we think other people see us

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self-fulfilling prophecy

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a phenomenon in which what people believe is true becomes true, even it if wasn’t originally true

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self-narrative

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a story we tell about the origin and likely future of ourselves

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culture

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used to describe differences in groups’ shared ideas as well as objects, practices, and bodies that reflect those ideas

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socialization

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lifelong learning process by which we become members of our cultures

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culturally competent

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able to understand and navigate our cultures with ease

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social construct

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an influential and shared interpretation of reality that will vary across time and space

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social construction

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process by which we layer objects with ideas, fold concepts into one another, and build connections between them

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signifiers

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things that stand for other things

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categories

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subsets of things that we believe are sufficiently similar

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binaries

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categories we see as opposites

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associations

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ideas that have nothing in common except that they are connected by a third idea

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sequences

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ideas arranged into a specific chronological order

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hierarchies

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ideas placed into ranked relationships

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symbolic structure

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constellation of social constructs connected and opposed to one another in overlapping networks of meaning

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dual inheritance theory

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humans are products of the interaction of genetic and cultural evolution

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cultural beliefs

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true and false

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cultural values

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right and wrong

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cultural norms

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shared expectations of behavior

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resocialization

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unlearning old beliefs, values and norms

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interpersonal socialization

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active efforts by others to help us become culturally competent

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self-socialization

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actives efforts we make to ensure we’re cultural competent members of our cultures

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social ties

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the connections between us and other people

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social networks

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webs of ties that link us to each other

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social media

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social networds mediated by the internet

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homophily

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our tendency to connect with others who are similar to us

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embodied

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physically present and detectable in the body itself

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culturally conditioned

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taught to respond physiologically to a socially constructed reality

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culture-as-value thesis

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the idea that we’re socialized into culturally specific moralities that guide our feelings about right and wrong

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culture-as-rationale thesis

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the idea that we’re socialized to know a set of culturally specific arguments with which we can justify why we feel something is right or wrong

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ethnocentrism

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assuming one’s own culture is superior to other cultures

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cultural relativism

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practice of noting the differences between cultures without passing judgement

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social identities

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socially constructed categories and subcategories of people in which we place ourselves or are placed by others

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distinction

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actives efforts to affirm identity categories and place ourselves and others into their subcategories

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positive distinction

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the claim that members of our own group are superior to members of other groups

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in-group bias

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preferential treatment of members of our own group and mistreatment of others

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minimal group paradigm

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the tendency of people to form groups and actively distinguish themselves from others for the most trivial of reasons

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steps to socially construct an identity

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invent, divide, stereotype, perform, rank

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social identity theory

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people are inclined to form social groups, incorporate group membership into their identity, take steps to enforce group boundaries, and maximize positive distinction and in-group success

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doing identity

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active performance of social identities

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conspicuous consumption

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spending elaborately on items and services with the sole purpose of displaying wealth

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stigma

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personal attitude that is widely devalued by members of one’s society

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controlling images

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pervasive negative stereotypes that serve to justify or uphold inequality

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status beliefs

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collectively shared ideas about which social groups are more or less deserving of esteem

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implicit attitudes

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beliefs we have absorbed involuntarily and of which we’re mostly unaware

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social rules

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culturally specific norms, policies, and laws that guide our behavior

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folkways

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loosely enforced norms

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mores

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tightly enforced norms that carry moral significance

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account

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excuse that explains our rule breaking but also affirms that the rule is good and right

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symbolic interactionism

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social interaction depends on the social construction of reality

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impression management

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efforts to control how we’re perceived by others

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interpersonal discrimination

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prejudicial behavior displayed by individuals

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breaching

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breaking a social rule in order to test how others respond

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deviance

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behaviors that violate social expectations and attract negative sanctions

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stigtimazation

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process by which physical traits or social conditions become widely devalued

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criminalization

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involves collectively defining a trait or condition as criminal

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medicalization

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defining physical traits or social conditions as an illness

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strain theory

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deviance is caused by a tension between widely valued goals and people’s ability to attain them

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social disorganization theory

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deviance is more common in dysfunctional neighborhoods

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neutralization theory

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deviance is facilitated by the development of culturally resonant rationales for rule breaking

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labeling

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process of assigning a deviance identity to an individual

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collective conscience

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society’s shared understanding of right and wrong

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anomie

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widespread normlessness or weaking of or alienation from social rules

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conflict theory

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idea that societies aren’t characterized by shared interests by competing ones

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