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Culture
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Behavior, patterns, beliefs and all other products of a particular group of people that are passed on from generation to generation
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Ethnocentrism
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Tendency to favor one's own group
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Cross-culture studies
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Compare a culture with one or more other cultures, provide information about the degree to which development is similar across cultures/ how culture specific it is
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Individualism
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Emphasizes values that serve the self and gives priority to personal goals, not group goals
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Collectivism
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Values that serve the group over self goals
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Rites of passage
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Mark a transition into adulthood
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Socioeconmic status
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Groups people by occupational, educational and ecomnomic charateristics
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Feminization of poverty
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The fact that far more women than men live in poverty
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Ethnicity
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A dimension of culture based on heritage, nationality, race, religion, and language
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Predjudice
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Unjustified negative attitude toward an person because of their culture
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