The Ways People Learn the Customs, Beliefs, Behaviors, and Traditions

question 4

Multiple Choice

The ways people learn the customs, beliefs, behaviors, and traditions of a culture; or the degree to which individuals from minority cultures identify with or conform to the attitudes, lifestyles, and values of the majority culture is:

• A) Assimilation.
• B) Acculturation.
• C) Ethnocentrism.
• D) Cultural Relativity.

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Definitions:

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut used in decision making, where the likelihood of an object belonging to a category is assessed based on how similar it is to one's conception of that category.

Conjunction Fallacy

A logical fallacy where people incorrectly judge the probability of the conjunction of two events to be more likely than the probability of a single one of those events.

Subcategory

A more specific grouping within a larger category, often distinguished by particular characteristics.

Semantic Slanting

The deliberate choice of words to create specific emotional responses or to subtly influence perception.