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SC- Key concepts
Term | Definition |
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Acculturation | The modification of the culture of a group or individual as a result of contact with a different culture |
Culture | Culture is the set of ideas, behaviors, attitudes, and traditions that exist within large groups of people |
These ideas, behaviors and traditions are passed on from one generation to the next and are typically resistant to change over time | |
Cultural dimensions | The effects of a society's culture on the values of its members, and how these values relate to behavior |
Emic approach | The study of a culture from within the culture |
The goal is gain an understanding of the culture being studied | |
It is typically an inductive approach to research | |
Enculturation | The process by which the culture of a particular society is instilled in a human from infancy onward |
Etic approach | Cross-cultural research which compares two or more cultures with regard to an established theory |
The goal is to test for the universality of a behavior | |
It is typically a deductive approach to research | |
Globalization | Globalization is moving away from one's "local culture" and adopting an international - usually Western - culture |
Social learning | Process in which individuals observe the behavior of others and its consequences, and modify their own behavior accordingly |
Stereotype | A fixed, over-generalized belief about a particular group or class of people |
Stereotype threat | When worry about conforming to a negative stereotype leads to under-performance on a test or other task by a member of the stereotyped group |