Unit 6 – Valuing Diversity and Inclusion

Question 1

Disability

Answer 1

Physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-today activities

Question 2

Discrimination

Answer 2

Treating someone differently, especially because of feelings 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