click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
3.05 Cultural Sensit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bias | Prejudice |
| Collectivism | an emphasis on group work and accomplishments |
| Connotation | associated or underlying meaning |
| Cultural sensitivity | The willingness to adjust your options and behaviors so that you value people and ideas from other cultures |
| cultural | The customs, habits, and traditions of a particular group of people |
| Diversity | All the ways in which people differ |
| Ethnocentrism | The belief that your own religion is naturally better than other cultures |
| Globalization | The rapid and unimpeded flow of capital, labor, and ideas across national borders |
| Ignorance | lack of knowledge or information |
| Individualism | An emphasis on independent work and accomplishment's |
| Negotiation | the process of one person reaching an agreement with another person to meet specific needs or wants |
| Nonverbal communication | Communication that uses body language instead of words or to support words |
| Prejudice | opinion or judgement that is based on a feeling or hearsay, rather than fact; bias |
| Primary dimensions of diversity | inborn difference that can not be charged and affect a persons entire life; include such characteristics as age, race/ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, and certain physical and mental traits and abilities |
| Secondary dimensions of diversity | Differences that may change at various points through ones lifetime; include such characteristic as language, religion, income , geographic location, family status , work experience , communication style , ad education level |
| Stereotype | A set of image or an assumption about a person or thing |
| Subculture | A secondary group within dominate culture |
| Valuing diversity | openly acknowledging differences and believing that they are assists instead of pro |