Understanding Microcultures and Stereotypes

What defines a microculture?

• A group of people with shared values

• A subculture within a larger culture

• A culture that is isolated from others

• All of the above

Which of the following is an example of a microculture?

• Teenagers in a city

• A religious community

• A family unit

• All of the above

According to Margaret Matlin, what are the three stages of information processing?

Who described culture as the 'software of the mind'?

What is the 'out-group homogeneity effect'?

• The tendency to see members of other groups as similar

• The belief that one's own group is superior

• The process of stereotyping

• None of the above

How does George Gerbner's cultivation theory relate to stereotypes?

True or False: Stereotypes are always negative.

• True

• False

What is ethnocentrism?

• The belief in the superiority of one's own culture

• The understanding of other cultures

• The acceptance of cultural diversity

• None of the above

How do ethnocentrism and racism differ?

Provide an example of how media has reinforced racial stereotypes.