Process by which people of diverse backgrounds slowly give up their original cultural language and identity and melt into another, usually larger, group
Assimilation
Prejudice; thinking negatively of others without any or significant justification; generally a combination of stereotyped beliefs and negative attitudes
Bias
being able to negotiate two or more different cultures competently, individual and mainstream
Biculturalism
Of or relating to culture
Cultural
All of the socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thoughts by particular classes, communities, or populations
Cultures
Actions involved in the unequal or prejudicial treatment of people because they belong to a certain category, group, or race. May also include disability, ethnicity, and sexual orientation
Discrimination
Differing from one another; made up of distinct characteristics, qualities, or elements
Diverse
Fact or quality of being diverse, different
Diversity
Designating any of the basic groups or divisions of humankind or of a heterogeneous population, as distinguished by customs, characteristics, language, and common history; national origin
Ethnic
Ethnic affiliation or classification
Ethnicity
Tendency toward viewing the norms and values of the individual's own culture as absolute and using them as a standard against which all other cultures are measured
Ethnocentrism
Chromosomal designation of female or male being
Gender
Irrational fear of and hostility toward homesexuality
Homophobia
Capacity to perform cognitive and psychomotor tasks
Mental and Physical Abilities
Population that differs from others in the relative frequency of some gene or genes; any of the different varieties of humankind, distinguished by type of hair, color of eyes, and skin, stature, bodily proportions, or other characteristics
Race
Belief in racial superiority, leading to discrimination and prejudice toward races considered inferior
Racism
Belief in a divine or superhuman power or powers, to be obeyed and worshiped as the creator(s) and ruler(s) of the universe
Religion
Human diversity consists of characteristics associated with:
Age
Ethnicity
Gender
Lifestyle
Individuals born between 1981 and 1995 are generally referred to as:
Generation Y
Over the next three decades, which of the following age groups is expected to be the fastest-growing segment of the population
85+
Which one of the following does not relate to a person's ethnicity: Dress, language, religion, or race
Dress
Which of the following is not one of the ways that culturally different individuals have interacted with the U.S. majority culture in the past: Assimilation, Biculturalism, Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Biculturalism, or Biculturalism and Multiculturalism
Assimilation and biculturalism
Government statutes to protect people from discrimination are based on
Ethnicity
Disability
Age
Sexual orientation regards an individual's designation as any of the following EXCEPT: Asexuality, Bisexuality, Heterosexuality, or Homosexuality
Asexuality
Approximately what percentage of world's population has some type of disability
10 percent
Which of the following is considered the most profound step that the United States has ever undertaken to prevent discrimination toward people with a disability
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Of the following, which one is not considered an element that may contribute to the ability of an organization to become culturally competent:
Valuing diversity, institutionalizing cultural knowledge, possessing the capacity for cultural self-assessment, ignoring cultural norms and values, or developing of adaptations for the delivery of services that reflect an understanding of a multicultural environment
Ignoring cultural norms and values
Human Diversity Characteristics
Age
Ethnicity or national origin
Race
Gender or sexual orientation
Mental or physical ability
work style or ethic
Geographic location
Lifestyle
Physical features
Economic conditions
Political beliefs
Religious beliefs
First language
Disability
Education
People now cross borders into other countries to work, go to school, receive medical care, visit, and live
Cultural Globalization