Freshmen Seminar Vocab Flashcards

implicit bias

implicit bias

Non-conscious, automatic bias

explicit bias

individuals are aware of their prejudices and attitudes toward certain groups.

assumptions

A willingness to accept something as true without question or proof.

stereotype

A widely held, but fixed and oversimplified idea (“what I think”) of a particular type of person – based on a generalized belief about their perceived label (class, race, religion

prejudice

an assumption or an opinion about someone simply based on that person's membership to a particular group that affects how I feel towards him/her...

discrimination

the unjust, or prejudicial, treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the , grounds of race, age, or sex, etc.. (“how I behave towards”)

culture

The beliefs, customs, arts and way of life of a certain society, group, place, or time.

high culture

Cultural patterns that distinguish asociety’s elite

subculture

A cultural group within a culture that differs from the culture in interest, behaviors or beliefs ... Cultural patterns set apart a portion of society’s population... (ex: hippy, goth, biker, gang member, hipster, emo, preppy, nerd, punk).

pop culture

Cultural patterns that are widespread among society’s population

counterculture

a cultural group within a culture that differs from the culture because it opposes the society’s cultural norms

homogeneous

A group or thing which has members or parts that are all the same.

empathy

The action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of others – in order to show understanding, respect and compassion. .

anthropology

The study of the human race, its culture and society, and its physical development..

ethnology

A branch of anthropology that studies a culture or society from the perspective of the people within that culture or society – as opposed to from a biased outsider’s perspective

ethnocentric

Believing that the people, customs, and traditions of your own race or nationality are superior to those of other races. Someone who is ethnocentric judges other cultures by comparing them to his own, familiar, “normal” culture..

discourse

The oversimplified, generalized images and ideas that come to mind when thinking or talking about a specific person, place or thing

the cycle of prejudice (describe the cycle, reflect on how the cycle can be broken)

it starts with stereotype; (idea) "people with pink hair are mean." then it leads to prejudice; (feeling) "I dont like people with pink hair it ends with discrimination; (action) "I'm not going to let anyone with pink hair sit with me" -the cycle can be broken by going the opposite way