Culture
What Culture means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
Learned values and norms that lead people from different cultural groups to interpret the same ambiguous image differently.
Shared norms, so the same crowd behaviour may be judged helping in one culture and disorderly in another.
A social factor: socialisation and societal norms that value obedience to authority can raise obedience.
The shared beliefs, values, and behaviours of a specific group.
Topics that use Culture
- Perception (AQA GCSE)
- Social influence (AQA GCSE)
- Issues and debates (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Morality
- Active construction of reality
- Adorno's theory of the authoritarian personality
- Ambiguity and illusory contours
- Ambiguity in perception
- Authority
- Binocular depth perception
- Bystander intervention
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