What Is an Ethnic Neighborhood? Choose an Example of an Ethnic

question 54

Essay

What is an ethnic neighborhood? Choose an example of an ethnic neighborhood and describe the traditions,customs and traits that set the ethnic group and its neighborhood apart from the popular culture.What are some of the internal and external threats to the local culture of the ethnic neighborhood you have chosen?

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Definitions:

Blocking

A phenomenon in learning where an established cue for a particular response prevents the acquisition of the same response to a new cue.

Absentmindedness

A state of forgetfulness or being easily distracted, often resulting from inattention or lack of focus.

Tip-of-the-tongue Phenomenon

A temporary inability to retrieve a word from memory, coupled with partial recall and the feeling that retrieval is imminent.

Interference

The phenomenon where the learning of new information hampers the ability to recall previously learned information.