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30 Cards in this Set
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age identity
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The identification with the cultural conventions of how we should act, look, and behave according to our age.
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ascription
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The process by which others attribute identities to an individual.
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avowal
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The process by which an individual portrays him- or herself.
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class identity
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A sense of belonging to a group that shares similar economic, occupational, or social status.
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core symbols
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The fundamental beliefs that are shared by the members of a cultural group. Labels, a category of core symbols, are names or markers used to classify individual, social, or cultural groups.
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ethnic identity
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(a) A set of ideas about one's own ethnic group membership; (b) a sense of belonging to a particular group and knowing something about the shared experience of the group.
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gender identity
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The identification with the cultural notions of masculinity and femininity and what it means to be a man or a woman.
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global nomads
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People who grow up in many different cultural contexts because their parents relocated.
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hyphenated Americans
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U.S. Americans who identify not only with being U.S. citizens but also as members of ethnic groups.
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identity
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The concept of who we are. Characteristics of identity may be understood differently depending on the perspectives that people take—for example, social psychological, communication, or critical perspectives.
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interpellation
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The communication process by which one is pulled into the social forces that place people into a specific identity.
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minority identity
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A sense of belonging to a nondominant group.
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model minority
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A positive stereotype that characterizes all Asians and Asian Americans as hardworking and serious and so a "good" minority.
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national identity
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National citizenship.
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prejudice
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An attitude (usually negative) toward a cultural group based on little or no evidence.
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racial identity
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Identifying with a particular racial group. Although in the past racial groups were classified on the basis of biological characteristics, most scientists now recognize that race is constructed in fluid social and historical contexts.
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regional identity
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Identification with a specific geographic region of a nation.
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religious identity
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A sense of belonging to a religious group.
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stereotypes
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Widely held beliefs about a group of people.
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culture brokers
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individuals who act as bridges between cultures, facilitating cross-cultural interaction and conflict
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familial identity
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the sense os self as always connected to family and others
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identity negotiation theory
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emphasizes the process of communicating one's own desired identites while reinforcing or resisting others' identities as the core of intercultural comm
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impression management theory
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the ways by which individuals attempt to control the impressions others have of them
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individualized identity
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the dense of self as independent and self-reliant
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majority identity
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a sense of belonging to a dominant group
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personal identity
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who we think we are and who others think we are
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sexual identity
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one's identification with various categories of sexuality
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spiritual identity
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identification with feeling of connectedness to others and higher meaning in life
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third-culture kids
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same as global nomads
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transgender
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identification with a gender that does not match one's biological gender
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