Unit 6

Question 1

Disability

Answer 1

Physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and longterm adverse effects on a persons ability to carry out normal day to day activities.

Question 2

Discrimination

Answer 2

Treating someone differently, especially because of feeling or prejudices about their sex, race, religion, disability etc.

Question 3

Gender Re-Assignment

Answer 3

Proposing to undergo, undergoing or having undergone any process or part of a process to change physiological or other aspects of sex.

Question 4

Racial Group

Answer 4

A racial group is a group of persons defined by reference to race; and a reference to a person’s racial group is a reference to a racial group into which the person falls. Race includes, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins.

Question 5

Religion or Belief

Answer 5

Any religion, religious belief or similar philosophical belief.

Question 6

Sexual Harassment

Answer 6

Any form of unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that has the purpose or effect of violating a person’s dignity or of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for the person.

Question 7

Stereotyping

Answer 7

A prejudicial mental image held about particular groups of people which is based around false, distorted, simplified, or incomplete knowledge about that group.