The values, beliefs, traditions, knowledge, language, and other aspects of a society or community which are passed through the generations and alter the behavior of people within that community
Culture
In social Psychology, relating to an account of a social phenomenon made from the perspective or viewpoint of a participant in the social situation. In cultural research, it refers to research that fully studies one culture and has no aspect of cross-cultural research.
Emic
The process of changes that an individual faces as a result of interacting with other cultures.
Acculturation
A social perception of an individual based on their membership of a group or physical attributes. It is a generalization made about a group and then characterizes each individual in that group as being alike or similar.
Stereotype
When you cannot determine whether one variable caused the other or vice versa where you perceive a relationship between infrequent behaviors or people where none exists. An apparent relationship that does not actually exist.
Illusory Correlation
These aspects of culture cannot be easily detected unless you spend a lot of time within that culture (Ex. Concepts of Marriage).
Deep Culture
In social Psychology, relating to an account of a social phenomenon made from the perspective or viewpoint of an outside observer, such a researcher, rather than that of a participant in the social situation. In culture, it is from the perspective of an outside culture looking into the culture.
Etic
Lose or give up the values of the home culture and adopt the new culture.
Assimilation
A subcategory of stereotypes that an individual is unconscious of and is inaccessible to control.
Implicit Stereotypes
This study aimed at determining if observing aggressive behavior would affect aggressive behavior in an individual.
Bandura, Ross and Ross - The Bobo Doll Study
What a culture believes to be important and the core principles and beliefs that the
cultural holds to be true.
Cultural Value
In this type of culture, the people would focus on uniqueness, speaking one’s mind, individual
achievement, freedom and autonomy, self-actualization, privacy, no rule-breaking,
and self-reliance. Nuclear family, low levels of conformity, self-sufficiency. FOCUS ON THE I
Individualism
Maintain part of the values of the home culture and adopt some of the values of the new culture.
Integration
A subcategory of stereotypes which you deliberately think about; some are stated and public and others are kept private (better left unsaid).
Explicit Stereotypes
Claims that humans learn behavior through
observational learning or through vicarious learning (learning through viewing rewards and punishment). Sometimes that model can have an direct or indirect effect on the learner.
Social Cognitive Theory
A set of cultural values held by a particular cultural group. It is how the values of a society affect the behaviors of individuals within that society. It’s the normal trends of behavior within a culture. There were six identified by Hofstede.
Cultural Dimensions
Focuses on social harmony, modesty, group membership, history and common fate guide decision making, advancing the interests of the group, privacy not expected, rule breaking is shameful, and shared responsibility and interdependence are seen as a way of life. Extended family and high levels of conformity. FOCUS ON THE WE
Collectivism
Maintain the values of the home culture and reject the new culture values.
Separation
This is the threat of being viewed through the lens of a negative stereotype (a fear that you will perform an action that will confirm the stereotype). It
is often linked to diminished performance based on the associated psychological stress that comes with knowing that you are being stereotyped.
Stereotype Threat
_______ is the individual’s belief in their capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce an expected performance. One’s ability to complete a given task.
Self-efficacy
These are aspects of cultural norms that can be easily identified to anyone (Ex. Types of Food or Music).
Surface Culture
The process of being surrounded by cultural influences that can help us understand the cultural norms and values of our primary/home culture.
Enculturation
When one gives up or loses the values of the home culture and reject the new culture.
Marginalization
_______ is when an individual overestimates how much others notice aspects of one’s behavior or appearance.
Spotlight Anxiety
________is when a person becomes more aware of a particular aspect of their social identity and that when a person becomes more salient, there is more likely to be an effect on their behavior.
Salient