PSYCH 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Least Restrictive Environment, Standardized Test
24 Sep 2013
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Stereotype, a rigid, overly simplistic, and inevitably inaccurate representation of any particular group of individuals. Culture is a term that describes the knowledge, attitude, values, and behaviors that characterize a group of people. Ethnicity refers to a person"s common place of origin. Race refers to the category of people who share biologically transmitted traits such as skin color or hair texture: there are no biologically pure races, now seen in six categories, american indian or alaska native; Culture shock, a term used to describe the anxiety and confusion felt when people have to operate within an entirely different culture or social environment. The number of native languages in the u. s school district ranges from 1- 119 with the average of 8 being represented. Dialects, a special form of a language with distinctive pronunciations and grammatical structures: considered part of a groups identity.
