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Cultural Diversities Vocabulary
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Sociology
Undergraduate 3
05/19/2014

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Beliefs
Definition
Basic assumptions about how the world works.
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Culture
Definition
Shared language, beliefs and rules
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Discrimination
Definition
The unequal treatment of people on the basis of their group membership
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Diversity
Definition
The ways that people differ as individuals, groups and cultural differences
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Ethnicity
Definition
Refers to an individual's culture or national origin
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Rroup dynamics
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The manner is the which groups and individuals in those groups influence one another.q
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Groupthink
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The collective thought of a group, following the group uncritically
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Meritocracy
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A system in which people get ahead solely on the basis of their abilities
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Pluralism
Definition
A process through which cultural differences are acknowledged and preserved
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Race
Definition
A social construct based on social and physical characteristics
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Sex
Definition
The biological differences of males, females, and intersexed
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Sexism
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Discrimination based on a person's sex.
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Socialization
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The lifelong process of social interaction that enables us to learn about ourselves
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Stereotype
Definition
A widely held, oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
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Ageism
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An ideology that asserts superiority on the basis of age
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Bias
Definition
A particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudice
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Cultural Encapsulation
Definition
Lack of contact with others, which promotes insensitivity to differences
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Cultural relativism
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Attitude of having an open mind about other cultures judging each by its standards and not by those of another culture
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Culture
Definition
The set of ideas symbols and practices that unifier group by establishing shared beliefs and customs
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Values
Definition
Culturally defined standards that people used to decide what is desirable good and beautiful the service brought guidelines for social learning.
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Empathy
Definition
The intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, attitudes of another.
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
We assume that our way is the superior to others.
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Institutionalized Racism/Sexism
Definition
Restrictive organization policies based on an individuals group
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Nativism
Definition
The practice of protecting the interest of "native born" inhabitants against those of immigrants.
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Pluralism
Definition
A process through which cultural differences are acknowledged and preserved.
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Prejudice
Definition
irrational and inflexible opinion based on limited and insufficient knowledge.
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Social Distance
Definition
Willingness to interact with other cultures does socialization impacts our decisions on social distance.
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Stereotypes
Definition
As unverified and oversimplified generalizations
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Unearned priveleges
Definition
Those benefits in life that one has through no effort of their own.
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