Definition Cult. Div. Ch. 4

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In diversity your assets will include(3):
Flexibility creativity ability to work & comm. w/ all kinds of people
Meaning a lack of contact w/ cultures outside of our own that promotes insensitivity to cultural differences.
Cultural encapsulation
Cultural encapsulation gives rise to __________.
Ethnocentrism
The life long process of social interactin that enables us to learn about ourselves and others:
Socialization
Contrary to popular belief, research findings indicate that self-segregation is more common among ________ students than among students of color.
White
The development of diversity consciousness can be broken down into 6 areas:
Examining ourselves expanding knowlege stepping outside of ourselves gauging the playing field checking up on ourselves following through
Why is it difficult to make interconnection with others (3):
Individualism enculturation exclusion that results from being an outsider
Learning about _________ is instrumental in laying the foundation for diversity consciousness.
Others
Immersion in a culture to the point where that way of life appears only natural:
Enculturation
"group of the month" promotes a ___________ and __________ view of differences.
Superficial distorted
Sampling differences from a distance promotes an _____ versus _________ attitude.
Us versus them
The degree to wich we a willing to interact and develop relationships with certain racial and ethnic groups:
Social distance
Our tendency to gravitate toward people who are like us promotes cultural _____________.
Encapsulation
Too often, we preoccupy ourselves so much with individual and cultural differences that we ingnore _________.
Similarities
Our ___________ often hide our similarities.
Differences