Sociocultural Flashcards
(31 cards)
What are 5 basic assumptions?
- Culture affects behaviour
- Humans = social who want to belong
- Behaviour affected by others (unconsciously)
- Social context (situations affect behaviour)
- Individual + social
Define cognitive dissonance
- people are anxious when their actions don’t align with beliefs (conflict)
Define reciprocal determinism
- person affects group and vice versa
Define social determinism
Social factors shape behaviour
Define foot in the door paradigm
Level of commitment of the participants (in a study)
Event sampling
Record time that a behaviour (specific) is noticed
Time sampling
Fixed time schedule to take notes
(Ex. Every 3 minutes)
Point sampling
Sequential manner to take notes
Define pluralistic ignorance
Person constantly believes others have different opinions than them
Define minimal group
Minimum needed to share in-group favouritism.
Define Confucian work dynamism
Long term vs. Short term
Steps to SIT
- SC
- SI
- SComp
- PD
Define SCT
Learn behaviour by observing
Define self-Efficacy
Belief in own ability to achieve task
Motivation factors
- Consistency
- Identify with model
- Like the model
Define schemas
Framework of a plan/theory
Grain of truth hypothesis
Personal experience = generalized
Implicit and explicit (respectively)
- Generally understood
- Guidelines + conscious rules
Define Uncertainty avoidance index
Tolerance for ambiguity (change)
Define ecological fallacy
- 2 members from different cultures MUST be different
- Generalize behaviour of 1 person to their cultural norm
Define factor analysis
Identify causal factors that explain relationships between variables (not observed)
Motivation vs achievement + success
Similar to masc vs fem
- Purpose of status + money vs. Genuine
Define values enculturation
Enculturation affect beliefs, attitudes, gender roles, etc.
Define direct tuition
Parents tell you what to do
