PSYC14H3 Chapter Notes -Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft, Culture War, Ethnocentrism
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Secularization theory: holds that religion is on the decline, and that ppl around the world are discovering new secular and rational ways to make sense of their lives. These differences are of little significance: cultural variability only exists at a superficial level, it vanishes on closer inspection. Relativism: this perspective maintains that cultural diversity in ways of thinking is not superficial but reflects genuinely diff psychological processes: culture and thought are mutually constructed they expect ways of thinking to vary. Derived from evolutionist perspective framework for understanding ppl"s abilities to reason morally in all cultures of the world. Ppl understand the cultural roles and labels and know what is good or bad. Morality is based on how they behave to get the best overall return calculation of how much better or worse off they would be for acting a certain way. Ppl identify themselves with a group or social order and show loyalty.
