Core Areas International Perspectives Term Two Keywords

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Basic processes
psychological or biological processes that are universally shared by all humans
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Culture
: a unique meaning and information system, showed by a group and transmitted across generals, that allows the group to meet basic needs of survival, pursue happiness and wellbeing, and derive meaning from life.
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Chronosystem
influence on time
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Collectivism
needs and goals of group more important than needs and wishes of individual
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Collective identity
a form of identity that refers to our recognition that we belong to social categories
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Etic
believes personality organisation and dimensions are universal
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Emic
personalities dependent on culture in which they exist
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Extraversion
warmth, gregariousness, positive emotions
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Exosystems
indirect influences on child
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Encapsulation
information processing within a module is encapsulated from and cannot be affected by other information in the brain
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Individualistic
needs of individual over needs of group
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Illusions
perceptions that differs from objective reality
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Identity
the way individuals understand themselves and are recognised by others
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Microsystem
immediate surroundings
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Mesosystem
links between microsystems
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Macrosystem
cultural environment
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Morphology
describes the meaning units of language
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Neuroticisim
anxiety, hostility, impulsiveness
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National character
stereotype about average people’s personality of a particular culture; trait/characteristics typical of the society in which a person resides
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Phonology
describes the sound units of language
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Personal identity
a form of identity characterised by the qualities and attributes that distinguish oneself from others
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Person perception
process of forming impression of others
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Relational identity
a form of identity that refers to our qualities of ourselves in relation to others
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Subjective experience
appraisals and evaluations made cognitively or automatically
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Shyness
inhibited behaviour between unfamiliar peers and adults
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Socialisation
how we learn about and take on rules, value and behaviour of a particular culture
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Size consistency
perception of stimuli as the same size even when their size on retina changes
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Syntax
describes the phrasal/sentential structure of language
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Self-concept
cognitive representations of who one is
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WEIRD
Western, Education, Industrialised, Rich, Democratic
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: a unique meaning and information system, showed by a group and transmitted across generals, that allows the group to meet basic needs of survival, pursue happiness and wellbeing, and derive meaning from life.

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