Accentuation effect, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 24 relations: Ambiguity, Brown University, Caucasian race, Classification, Estimation, Ethnic groups in Europe, Ethnicity, Eye color, Great Wall of China, Henri Tajfel, Illusory correlation, In-group and out-group, Italians, Italy, Multiracial people, North Africa, Out-group homogeneity, Research, Social identity theory, Social influence, Social stratification, Stereotype, Temperature, Washington, D.C..

Ambiguity

Ambiguity is the type of meaning in which a phrase, statement, or resolution is not explicitly defined, making for several interpretations; others describe it as a concept or statement that has no real reference.

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Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Caucasian race

The Caucasian race (also Caucasoid, Europid, or Europoid) is an obsolete racial classification of humans based on a now-disproven theory of biological race.

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Classification

Classification is usually understood to mean the allocation of objects to certain pre-existing classes or categories.

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Estimation

Estimation (or estimating) is the process of finding an estimate or approximation, which is a value that is usable for some purpose even if input data may be incomplete, uncertain, or unstable.

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Ethnic groups in Europe

Europeans are the focus of European ethnology, the field of anthropology related to the various ethnic groups that reside in the states of Europe.

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Ethnicity

An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups.

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Eye color

Eye color is a polygenic phenotypic trait determined by two factors: the pigmentation of the eye's iris and the frequency-dependence of the scattering of light by the turbid medium in the stroma of the iris.

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Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China (literally "ten thousand ''li'' long wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe.

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Henri Tajfel

Henri Tajfel (born Hersz Mordche; 22 June 1919 – 3 May 1982) was a Polish social psychologist, best known for his pioneering work on the cognitive aspects of prejudice and social identity theory, as well as being one of the founders of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology.

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Illusory correlation

In psychology, illusory correlation is the phenomenon of perceiving a relationship between variables (typically people, events, or behaviors) even when no such relationship exists.

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In-group and out-group

In social psychology and sociology, an in-group is a social group to which a person psychologically identifies as being a member.

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Italians

Italians (italiani) are an ethnic group native to the Italian geographical region.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Multiracial people

The terms multiracial people or mixed-race people refer to people who are of more than two ''races'', and the terms multi-ethnic people or ethnically mixed people refer to people who are of more than two ethnicities.

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North Africa

North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of the Western Sahara in the west, to Egypt and Sudan's Red Sea coast in the east.

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Out-group homogeneity

The out-group homogeneity effect is the perception of out-group members as more similar to one another than are in-group members, e.g. "they are alike; we are diverse".

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Research

Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge".

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Social identity is the portion of an individual's self-concept derived from perceived membership in a relevant social group.

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Social influence comprises the ways in which individuals adjust their behavior to meet the demands of a social environment.

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Social stratification refers to a society's categorization of its people into groups based on socioeconomic factors like wealth, income, race, education, ethnicity, gender, occupation, social status, or derived power (social and political).

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Stereotype

In social psychology, a stereotype is a generalized belief about a particular category of people.

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Temperature

Temperature is a physical quantity that quantitatively expresses the attribute of hotness or coldness.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accentuation_effect

Also known as Accentuation effects, Accentuation theory.