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  2. Value (ethics) - Wikipedia

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    Values tend to influence attitudes and behavior and these types include moral values, doctrinal or ideological values, social values, and aesthetic values. It is debated whether some values that are not clearly physiologically determined, such as altruism , are intrinsic , and whether some, such as acquisitiveness , should be classified as ...

  3. Social norm - Wikipedia

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    Norms are not the equivalent of an aggregation of individual attitudes. [18] Ideas, attitudes and values are not necessarily norms, as these concepts do not necessarily concern behavior and may be held privately. [4] [14] "Prevalent behaviors" and behavioral regularities are not necessarily norms.

  4. Anti-social behaviour - Wikipedia

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    Anti-social behaviour can have a negative effect and impact on Australian communities and their perception of safety. The Western Australia Police force define anti-social behaviour as any behaviour that annoys, irritates, disturbs or interferes with a person's ability to go about their lawful business. [ 50 ]

  5. Stereotypes of Americans - Wikipedia

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    Stereotypes of American people (here meaning citizens of the United States) can today be found in virtually all cultures. [1] They often manifest in the United States' own television and in the media's portrayal of the United States as seen in other countries, but can also be spread by literature, art and public opinion.

  6. Attitude (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    The term attitude with the psychological meaning of an internal state of preparedness for action was not used until the 19th century. [3]: 2 The American Psychological Association (APA) defines attitude as "a relatively enduring and general evaluation of an object, person, group, issue, or concept on a dimension ranging from negative to positive.

  7. List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia

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    List-length effect: A smaller percentage of items are remembered in a longer list, but as the length of the list increases, the absolute number of items remembered increases as well. [162] Memory inhibition: Being shown some items from a list makes it harder to retrieve the other items (e.g., Slamecka, 1968). Misinformation effect

  8. Value theory - Wikipedia

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    Value is the worth of something, usually understood as a degree that covers both positive and negative magnitudes corresponding to the terms good and bad. Values influence many human endeavors related to emotion, decision-making, and action. Value theorists distinguish between intrinsic and instrumental value. An entity has intrinsic value if ...

  9. Discrimination - Wikipedia

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    It is a set of beliefs, norms, and values which used to justify discrimination or subordination based on a person's age. [15] Ageism is most often directed toward elderly people, or adolescents and children. [16] [17] Age discrimination in hiring has been shown to exist in the United States.