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What is the concept of "social facilitation"?
Social facilitation is the tendency for individuals to perform better on simple or wellrehearsed
tasks when in the presence of others.
Explain the term "cultural capital."
Cultural capital...
✔✔Social facilitation is the tendency for individuals to perform better on simple or well-
rehearsed tasks when in the presence of others.
Explain the term "cultural capital."
✔✔Cultural capital refers to non-financial social assets, such as education, intellect, style of
speech, and appearance, that promote social mobility.
What is "role conflict"?
✔✔Role conflict occurs when a person faces competing demands from different roles they
occupy, leading to tension and difficulty in fulfilling each role's expectations.
Describe "confirmation bias."
,✔✔Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information in a
way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.
What is the significance of "anomie" in sociology?
✔✔Anomie refers to a state of normlessness or lack of social regulation in a society, often
leading to feelings of alienation and breakdowns in social bonds.
Explain "operant conditioning" in behavioral psychology.
✔✔Operant conditioning is a learning process in which behavior is shaped and maintained by its
consequences, such as reinforcement or punishment.
What is the "fundamental attribution error"?
✔✔The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to overemphasize personal characteristics
and underestimate situational factors when explaining someone else's behavior.
,Describe the concept of "groupthink."
✔✔Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon where the desire for harmony and conformity
within a group leads to irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcomes.
What does "social stratification" refer to?
✔✔Social stratification refers to the hierarchical arrangement of individuals in a society based
on factors like wealth, power, and social status.
Explain the difference between "prejudice" and "discrimination."
✔✔Prejudice refers to preconceived, often negative, attitudes or feelings toward a group, while
discrimination involves actions or behaviors that unfairly disadvantage members of that group.
What is "cognitive dissonance"?
, ✔✔Cognitive dissonance is the psychological discomfort experienced when an individual holds
two or more contradictory beliefs, values, or attitudes, leading to a change in one of them to
reduce the discomfort.
Explain the term "stigma."
✔✔Stigma refers to a strong, negative association or disapproval attached to a person or group
based on perceived deviance from societal norms, often resulting in discrimination and social
exclusion.
What is "ethnocentrism"?
✔✔Ethnocentrism is the tendency to view one's own culture as superior to others and to judge
other cultures by the standards of one's own.
Describe the "looking-glass self" theory.
✔✔The looking-glass self is a concept that suggests an individual's self-concept is shaped by
how they believe others perceive them, leading to a reflective process of self-evaluation.
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