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Geographic Information System (GIS) Stores, Views, and Analyzes Geographic Data

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Geographic information system (GIS) stores, views, and analyzes geographic data creating multidimensional charts or maps. For example, GIS are monitoring global warming by measuring the speed of glaciers melting in Canada, Greenland, and Antarctica.


Definitions:

Stereotyping

Erroneous assumptions that all members of a group share the same traits or characteristics.

Attraction-Similarity Hypothesis

A theory suggesting that people are attracted to others who are similar to themselves in terms of attitudes, values, and interests.

Altruism

The practice of selflessly caring for the welfare of others, often at a cost to oneself.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The assumption that others act predominantly on the basis of their dispositions, even when there is evidence suggesting the importance of their situations.

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