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social expectation theory refers to a body of social theories that are concerned with how our socially received expectations motivate our behavior. It has been a topic of interest in academic disciplines ranging from gender theory to communications. Social expectations play a role in how we perceive and maneuver our social worlds, and an understanding of how our expectations condition us can provide insights into every level of society.
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Cultural difference and learning styles. Also during the 1960s,  anthropologists began to challenge cultural deprivation theories by positing an  alternative view of the academic failures of ethnic and racial minority  students. This new group of theorists argued that the extent to which students  learned or did not learn in schools reflected the cultural differences of the  groups, which were either congruent with or incongruent  with the dominant culture of schools. Building on this view, sociolinguists  during the 1970s followed by asserting that differences in culture resulted in  cultural and linguistic conflicts between students and their teachers, many of  whom were white. This shifted part of the discourse from the notion that some  groups' cultures were deficient toward the notion  that cultures varied. An assumption, therefore, was that racially and ethnically  diverse students' learning could be enhanced if there was cultural congruence  or synchronization  between the home and the school, and if the schooling experiences resonated with  the unique cognitive or learning styles and cultural patterns of students.

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