Introduction to Culture Terms

overgeneralized beliefs about the traits and attributes of members of a particular group

• discrimination

• stereotypes

• norms

• ethnic groups

a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof.

• Assumptions

• Folkways

• Ethnocentrism

• Prejudice

an unjustifiable (and usually negative) judgment toward a group and its members. This type of pre-judgment generally involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings, and can lead to discriminatory action.

• Discrimination

• Stereotypes

• Prejudice

• Assumptions

Behaving differently, usually unfairly, toward members of a group.

• Discrimination

• Assumption

• Prejudice

• Custom

Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific person or group of people.

• Ethnic group

• Identity

• Culture

• Stereotypes

the characteristics by which a person is recognized or known.

• Culture

• Dialect

• Diffusion

• Identity

a form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group

• Ethnocentrism

• Dialect

• Ethnic Group

• Societal Norm

The spread of ideas from one culture to another

• Ethnocentrism

• Diffusion

• Norm

• Culture

A group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or combination of such characteristics

• Identity

• Diffusion

• Ethnic Group

• Culture

belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

• Ethnic Group

• Ethnocentrism

• Values

• Societal Norm