1 A culture is a way of life of a group of people--the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next.ULTURAL ETHNOCENTRISM. 1  Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own culture is superior to that of other cultures. 2  It is a form of reductionism that reduces the other way of life to a distorted version of one's own.
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) As It Relates To Urine Drug Testing. Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (or GC/MS) is a two-step methodology used to identify different substances within a test sample. GC/MS is widely used due to its ability to perform a specific test, and is an extremely effective in identifying the presence of a specific substance within a given sample.
Learning Disabilities. Norm-referenced tests are a form of standardized testing that compares normal skill levels to those of individual students of the same age. By comparing students to one another, it is possible to determine whether, how, and to what a degree a particular student is ahead of or behind the norm.