AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A strom feeling or belief about a person or subject that is formed without reviewing facts or information. Preference that inhabits impartial judgement. An assumption is made that everyone in a group is the same.

Detailed explanation-2: -Culture is our “way of being, ” more specifically, it refers to the shared language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and material objects that are passed down from one generation to the next.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ethnocentrism in social science and anthropology-as well as in colloquial English discourse-means to apply one’s own culture or ethnicity as a frame of reference to judge other cultures, practices, behaviors, beliefs, and people, instead of using the standards of the particular culture involved.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stereotyping is the practice of assuming that all members of a cultural group act alike.

Detailed explanation-5: -“To recognize people’s customs, culture, and religion” “To understand others’ cultures” “Knowing and learning other cultural practices” “Knowing and understanding the differences and similarities of beliefs” “Teaching young children about other ethnic groups of people”