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Achievement ideology

Index Achievement ideology

Achievement Ideology is the belief that one reaches a socially perceived definition of success through hard work and education. [1]

16 relations: American Dream, Anxiety, Ethnic group, Gender, Ideology, Intellectual giftedness, Meritocracy, Overqualification, Protestant work ethic, Public housing, Race (human categorization), Social network, Socialization, Theory, Underachiever, Variable (mathematics).

American Dream

The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States, the set of ideals (democracy, rights, liberty, opportunity and equality) in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, as well as an upward social mobility for the family and children, achieved through hard work in a society with few barriers.

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Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behaviour such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination.

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Ethnic group

An ethnic group, or an ethnicity, is a category of people who identify with each other based on similarities such as common ancestry, language, history, society, culture or nation.

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Gender

Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity.

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Ideology

An Ideology is a collection of normative beliefs and values that an individual or group holds for other than purely epistemic reasons.

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Intellectual giftedness

Intellectual giftedness is an intellectual ability significantly higher than average.

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Meritocracy

Meritocracy (merit, from Latin mereō, and -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος "strength, power") is a political philosophy which holds that certain things, such as economic goods or power, should be vested in individuals on the basis of talent, effort and achievement, rather than factors such as sexuality, race, gender or wealth.

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Overqualification

Overqualification is the state of being skilled or educated beyond what is necessary for a job.

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Protestant work ethic

The Protestant work ethic, the Calvinist work ethic or the Puritan work ethic is a concept in theology, sociology, economics and history which emphasizes that hard work, discipline and frugality are a result of a person's subscription to the values espoused by the Protestant faith, particularly Calvinism.

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Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local.

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Race (human categorization)

A race is a grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society.

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Social network

A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors.

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Socialization

In sociology, socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society.

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Theory

A theory is a contemplative and rational type of abstract or generalizing thinking, or the results of such thinking.

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Underachiever

An underachiever is a person who fails to achieve his or her potential or does not do as well as expected.

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Variable (mathematics)

In elementary mathematics, a variable is a symbol, commonly an alphabetic character, that represents a number, called the value of the variable, which is either arbitrary, not fully specified, or unknown.

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References

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

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