Content Category 8B: Social Thinking
Content Category 8B: Social ThinkingSocial thinking refers to the ways we view others and our environment, as well as how we interpret others’ behaviors. A variety of factors — personality, environment, and culture — factor into the beliefs and attitudes we develop.
Our beliefs and attitudes about others and the environment also shape the way we interact with each other. To interact with others, we need to interpret different aspects of a situation, including our perception of ourselves, the behavior of others, and the environment.
The content in this category covers our attitudes about others and how those attitudes develop, including how perceptions of culture and environment affect attributions of behavior. It also covers how our attitudes about different groups — prejudice, stereotypes, stigma, and ethnocentrism — may influence our interactions with group members.
Topic | Our Social World | Introduction to Sociology | Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life | Exploring Psychology |
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Attributing Behavior to Persons or Situations (PSY)
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Prejudice and Bias (PSY, SOC)
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Race and Ethnicity |
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Processes Related to Stereotypes (PSY)
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