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social storytelling - answer-certain story that is passed on, for the maintenance of the culture (may be invented or false) fairy tale - answer-wonder tale involving marvelous elements and occurrences, though not necessarily about fairies legend - answer-traditional story or group of stories told about a particular person or place ; told as a matter of history myth - answer-- symbolic narrative - usually of unknown origin and at least partly traditional - apparently relates to actual events - legend often part of it; complex system monomyth - answer-all mythic narratives as variation of a single great story (Joseph Campbell) metaphysical function - answer-awakening a sense of awe and wonder before the mystery of being cosmological function - answer-explaining how the universe works sociological function - answer-sense of belonging, validates and supports the existing social order pedagogical function - answer-- guide the individual through the stages of life - connects us with people from the past who encountered similar problems/situations blasphemy - answer-speaking badly of sacred things/God. Disrespecting beliefs cognitive dissonance - answer-- the mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information - unease or tension in a person that can be/is relieved by defensive maneuvers defensive maneuvers (cognitive dissonance) - answer-reject, explain away, avoid new information, persuades himself that no conflict exists, reconciles the differences, resort to any other defensive means of preserving stability/order in his conception of the world/himself icon - answer-person who is very successful and admired ideology - answer-a form of social or political philosophy in which practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones. A system of ideas that wants to explain the world and change it ubuntu - answer-"I am, because you are" humanity to others, we need to acknowledge our differences and work together cause we can't function without others. a sense of belonging with everyone. utopia misinformation - answer-to inform wrongly without intention to mislead hyperinformation - answer-excess of information, leading to an information overload consensual knowledg