WK 3 (CH.4) : Diversity Flashcards
Cultural group
The values, worldviews & trsditions of their members
Religion
It’s organized
-have its own set of beliefs & practices designed to orgsnize & further its members spirituality
Spirituality
Personal matter involving a search for meaning
-doesn’t require an affiliation w/any religious group
Sexual orientation
Patters of physical & emotional arousal towards other persons
-part who they are
Sexual behavior
Refers to sexual contacts or action
Sexual identity
The way people present their sexual preferences
Transgender
Ppl whose gender identity, expression or behavior is different from rheir assigned sex at birth
Transition identity
When individuals begin living as the gender they identify rather than the gender at birth
Cultural awareness
Working with natural, informal support & helping networks work in a minority community
Ethnocentrism
An orientation that holds ones own culture, ethnic or racial group as superior to others
Stratification
Structured inequality of entire categories of people who0 have unequal access to social rewards
Gender pronouns
Pronoun that a person chooses to use to be referred to in a sentence of conversation
Gender fluidity
When gender expression shifts between masculine & feminine
Gender identity
Conforms to anatomic sex in both heterosexual & homosexual individuals
Sexual orientation
Describes patters of emotional, romantic & sexual attraction
