Lesson 10 Flashcards
_______, ______, and _______ have a significant influence on a learners willingness and ability to respond to and make use of the teaching-learning situation
Gender
Socioeconomic
Cultural background
Individual differences within groups of males/females are generally greater between the sexes
Gender Characteristics
Individual differences within groups of males/females are generally greater between the sexes
Gender Characteristics
Which has the more larger brain? male or female?
Male ; 10% bigger
This side of the brain controls language
Left side
This side of brain is the seat of emotion
Right
Total brain size is approximately ____ pounds
3 pounds
Girls learn to talk, use sentences, and use a greater variety of words earlier than boys
Verbal Ability
Recognize a figure when it is rotated, to detect a shape embedded in another figure, is consistently better for males than for females
Spatial Ability
The complex concepts of problem solving, creativity, analytical skills, and cognitives styles, when examined, have led to mixed findings regarding gender differences
Problem Solving
SES Variables that affect …..
Educational level
Family income
Occupation
Family structure
A willingness to modify one’s own culture as a result of contact with another culture on headline
Acculturation
The willingness of a person emigrating to a new culture to gradually adopt and incorporate characteristics of the prevailing culture
Assimilation
Recognizing and appreciating “the external signs of diversity” in other ethnic groups
Cultural awareness
A conscious process of demonstrating knowledge and understanding of a client’s culture
Cultural Competence
A term meaning “representing a variety of different cultures”
Cultural Diversity
Implies that “ the values every human group assigns to its conventions arise out of its historical background…”
Cultural relativism
An integral part of each person’s life and includes knowledge, beliefs, values, morals, customs, traditions, and habits acquired by each person as a member of society
Culture
Referred to as subculture
Ethnic group
A population of group who have experiences different from those dominant culture
Ethnic group
The universal tendency of human being to think that their ways of thinking, acting, and believing are the only right, proper, and natural ways
Ethnocentrism
The thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs that reflect the social needs and desires of an individual or ethnocultural group
Ideology
Ethnocultural groups of people “who have experiences different from those of dominant culture…”
Subcultures
Making comparisons for similarities and differences between cultures
Transcultural
The way individuals or group of people look at the universe to form values about their lives and the world around them
World view
Verbal, primary language, nonverbal
Communication
Actions speak louder than words
Personal space
Learned behaviours, culture specific, internally oriented values, religious beliefs, kinskip decision making
Social Organization
