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  2. Ethnocentrism - Wikipedia

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    Ethnocentrism in social science and anthropology—as well as in colloquial English discourse—means to apply one's own culture or ethnicity as a frame of reference to judge other cultures, practices, behaviors, beliefs, and people, instead of using the standards of the particular culture involved. Since this judgment is often negative, some ...

  3. List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia

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    Greater likelihood of recalling recent, nearby, or otherwise immediately available examples, and the imputation of importance to those examples over others. Bizarreness effect: Bizarre material is better remembered than common material. Boundary extension: Remembering the background of an image as being larger or more expansive than the ...

  4. Misanthropy - Wikipedia

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    Various discussions in the academic literature concern the question of whether misanthropy is an accurate assessment of humanity and what the consequences of adopting it are. Many proponents of misanthropy focus on human flaws together with examples of when they exercise their negative influences.

  5. Criticism - Wikipedia

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    Criticism is the construction of a judgement about the negative or positive qualities of someone or something. Criticism can range from impromptu comments to a written detailed response. [ 1 ] Criticism falls into several overlapping types including "theoretical, practical, impressionistic, affective, prescriptive, or descriptive".

  6. Social stigma - Wikipedia

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    They experience discrimination in the realms of employment and housing. [10] Perceived prejudice and discrimination is also associated with negative physical and mental health outcomes. [ 11 ] Young people who experience stigma associated with mental health difficulties may face negative reactions from their peer group.

  7. Promoting Healthy Choices: Information vs. Convenience - HuffPost

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    approach of simply providing more information fails to exploit what we know about human motivation, self-control and behavioral change. The authors suggest that we should “exploit the same biases that ordinarily contribute to self-harmful behavior…to promote healthy behavior” (p. 2416).

  8. Varieties of criticism - Wikipedia

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    The word "radical" derives from the Latin word "radix" ("root"). Thus, radical criticism means criticism that goes to the root of things, to the roots of the problem. Revolutionary criticism is criticism that aims to overturn or overthrow an existing idea or state of affairs. Thus, an existing idea may be turned upside down.

  9. Millions Of People Take Biotin For Hair Growth, And ... - AOL

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    You might also experience splitting. Neurological changes : For many, this can look like having low energy or mood changes. Dr. Castilla notes that some conditions can also be associated with ...