Ch. 2 Vocab Homework

6. The language, values, beliefs, traditions, and customs people share in a society.
8. Biased and intolerant attitude toward others in an out-group.
9. Degree to which a person identifies with a particular group.
10. The process that occurs when members of two or more cultures or co-cultures exchange messages in a manner that is influenced by their different cultural perceptions.
12. The degree to which members of a culture feel threatened by ambiguous situations and how much they try to avoid them.
14. Relies heavily on subtle, often nonverbal cues to maintain social harmony.
16. Part of self-concept shaped by group membership.
17. The perception of membership in a group that is part of an encompassing culture.
18. Degree to which members of a society accept an unequal distribution of power.
20. Differences between people whose ancestors originated in different regions of the world.

1. Uses language primarily to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas as directly as possible.
2. Feel loyalties and obligations to an in-group.
3. Societies that place high value on material success and focus on the task at hand.
4. Shared set of rules about how to behave and a set of values about what is important.
5. View their primary responsibility as helping themselves.
7. Groups we view as different.
11. Cultures that regard the support of relationships as an especially important goal.
13. Group with which we identify.
15. How much weight we attach to a particular person or phenomenon.
19. Attitude that one's own culture is superior.