1. Cultural Diversity

Question 1

Define culture

Answer 1

A shared set of values, assumptions, perceptions and conventions based on a shared history and language which enabled a group to function together.

Question 2

Invisible acts of culture

Answer 2

values, morals, meaning of life, death, illness

Question 3

which model is used to describe learned and inherited values? who?

Answer 3

3 levels of uniqueness in human mental programming - Hofstede 1997

Question 4

what are the 3 tiers in the 3 levels of uniqueness in human mental programming model? describe each one

Answer 4

1. personality - specific to individual - inherited + learned
2. culture - specific to group/category - learned
3. Human nature - universal - inherited

Question 5

what is a microculture?

Answer 5

a culture within a culture

Question 6

Which act promotes equal opportunities?

Answer 6

Equality Act 2010

Question 7

give a stat for religion in UK

Answer 7

77% identified as having a religion - 
72% - Christian 
3% - Muslim 
1% - Hindu 
1% - other

Question 8

give a stat for disability in UK

Answer 8

19% had a LT illness/diasability

Question 9

give a stat for gay, bisexual, lesbian in UK

Answer 9

5-7%

Question 10

give a stat for age in UK

Answer 10

16% > 61 years old

Question 11

Define ageism

Answer 11

prejudice/discrimination on the ground of a persons age

Question 12

Define anti-discrimination

Answer 12

opposed to the unjust and prejudicial treatment of different categories of people

Question 13

Define assimilation

Answer 13

the process of taking in and fully understanding info or ideas

Question 14

Define equal opportunities

Answer 14

the right to be treated without discrimination - especially on grounds of age, race, sex

Question 15

Define ethnic group

Answer 15

a community/population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent

Question 16

Define homophobia

Answer 16

dislike/prejudice against homosexual people

Question 17

Define minority ethnic group

Answer 17

a group of people of a particular race or nationality living in a country or area where most people are from a different race or nationality

Question 18

Define multi-cultural

Answer 18

relating to or containing several cultural or ethnic groups within a society

Question 19

Define oppression

Answer 19

prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority

Question 20

Define positive action

Answer 20

when an employer takes steps to help or encourage certain groups of people with different needs, or who are disadvantaged in some way, access work or training

Question 21

Define define positive discrimination

Answer 21

the practice or policy of favouring individuals belonging to groupsn which suffer discrimination

Question 22

Define prejudice

Answer 22

preconcieved opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

Question 23

Define racism

Answer 23

prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a diffferent race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior

Question 24

Define sexism

Answer 24

prejudice, stereotyping or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex

Question 25

Define stereotypes

Answer 25

a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person/thing