front 1 Process by which people of diverse backgrounds slowly give up their original cultural language and identity and melt into another, usually larger, group | back 1 Assimilation |
front 2 Prejudice; thinking negatively of others without any or significant justification; generally a combination of stereotyped beliefs and negative attitudes | back 2 Bias |
front 3 being able to negotiate two or more different cultures competently, individual and mainstream | back 3 Biculturalism |
front 4 Of or relating to culture | back 4 Cultural |
front 5 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 | back 5 Cultures |
front 6 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 | back 6 Discrimination |
front 7 Differing from one another; made up of distinct characteristics, qualities, or elements | back 7 Diverse |
front 8 Fact or quality of being diverse, different | back 8 Diversity |
front 9 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 | back 9 Ethnic |
front 10 Ethnic affiliation or classification | back 10 Ethnicity |
front 11 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 | back 11 Ethnocentrism |
front 12 Chromosomal designation of female or male being | back 12 Gender |
front 13 Irrational fear of and hostility toward homesexuality | back 13 Homophobia |
front 14 Capacity to perform cognitive and psychomotor tasks | back 14 Mental and Physical Abilities |
front 15 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 | back 15 Race |
front 16 Belief in racial superiority, leading to discrimination and prejudice toward races considered inferior | back 16 Racism |
front 17 Belief in a divine or superhuman power or powers, to be obeyed and worshiped as the creator(s) and ruler(s) of the universe | back 17 Religion |
front 18 Human diversity consists of characteristics associated with: | back 18 Age Ethnicity Gender Lifestyle |
front 19 Individuals born between 1981 and 1995 are generally referred to as: | back 19 Generation Y |
front 20 Over the next three decades, which of the following age groups is expected to be the fastest-growing segment of the population | back 20 85+ |
front 21 Which one of the following does not relate to a person's ethnicity: Dress, language, religion, or race | back 21 Dress |
front 22 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 | back 22 Assimilation and biculturalism |
front 23 Government statutes to protect people from discrimination are based on | back 23 Ethnicity Disability Age |
front 24 Sexual orientation regards an individual's designation as any of the following EXCEPT: Asexuality, Bisexuality, Heterosexuality, or Homosexuality | back 24 Asexuality |
front 25 Approximately what percentage of world's population has some type of disability | back 25 10 percent |
front 26 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 | back 26 The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
front 27 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 | back 27 Ignoring cultural norms and values |
front 28 Human Diversity Characteristics | back 28 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 |
front 29 People now cross borders into other countries to work, go to school, receive medical care, visit, and live | back 29 Cultural Globalization |