OL140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Group Cohesiveness, Ethnocentrism
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Involved and engaged: encouraging involvement and participation, helping them see they play an important part, sharing information. Respected and valued practicing the golden rule. Authentic and whole: giving opportunities for voice, especially in decision making, encouraging people to honest. That diversity is recognized: rewarding transparent behaviour, acknowledge differences and embrace them, even if it causes conflict. Ethnocentrism: your own cultural values are right and natural o your view. That"s how you view everything: prevents us from respecting others" viewpoints. Prejudice: unjustified attitude toward a person based on their group: negative attitude towards someone b/c they belong to different group o prevents us from understanding the unique experiences of others. Stereotypes: beliefs about a certain group of people: prevents us from seeing an individual"s unique value. Privilege: age/race/ethnicity/gender or other that gives some people power o. Prevents us from understanding experiences of the underprivileged. Out-group: individuals in a group who do not feel a part of the larger group.
