Intercultural Comm. Ch. 6

social identity

develops as a consequence of membership in particular groups within one's culture

self-concept

how you view yourself

prejudice

negative attitudes toward other people that's based on faulty stereotypes

unexamined cultural identity

one's cultural characteristics are taken for granted, and consequently there is little interest in exploring cultural issues

stereotyping

selection process used to organize and simplify perceptions of others (labels)

ingroup

tendency to identify as a member of a group

outgroup

to not identify as a part of the group

1. impose a pattern-organizing stimuli into conceptual categories 2. ethnocentrism-when people draw on personal experience to understand the motivations of others 3. identifying characteristics as belonging-characteristics linked with persons and events

3 features of social categorizing

1. individual-beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of a person toward people of different racial groups 2. institutional- exclusion of certain people from equal participation in society's institutions 3. cultural-denies existence of culture of particular group

3 levels of racism

1. unexamined cultural identity 2. cultural identity search 3. cultural identity achievement

3 stages of cultural identity formation

1. utilitarianism-displaying prejudices to gain reward 2. ego defensive-protects self-esteem 3. value expressive-believe group has certain unique qualities so prejudicial attitudes reflect that 4. knowledge-prejudice to keep world in neat box

4 functions of prejudice

racism

a tendency to categorize people who are culturally different in terms of physical traits

personal identity

based on people's unique characteristics which may differ from others in their cultural groups

discriminitation

behavioral manifestations of prejudices

cultural identity achievement

characterized by a clear, confident acceptance of oneself and an internalization of one's cultural identity

cultural identity search

process of exploration and questioning about one's culture in order to learn more about it and to understand the implications of membership in that culture

cultural identity

refers to one's sense of belonging to a particular culture or ethnic group

outgroup homogeneity effect

regard all members of particular groups as more similar to each other than they are