Introduction to Radiologic and Imaging Sciences and Patient Care: Chapter 10 Human Diversity Flashcards

Process by which people of diverse backgrounds slowly give up their original cultural language and identity and melt into another, usually larger, group

Prejudice; thinking negatively of others without any or significant justification; generally a combination of stereotyped beliefs and negative attitudes

being able to negotiate two or more different cultures competently, individual and mainstream

Of or relating to culture

All of the socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thoughts by particular classes, communities, or populations

Actions involved in the unequal or prejudicial treatment of people because they belong to a certain category, group, or race. May also include disability, ethnicity, and sexual orientation

Differing from one another; made up of distinct characteristics, qualities, or elements

Fact or quality of being diverse, different

Designating any of the basic groups or divisions of humankind or of a heterogeneous population, as distinguished by customs, characteristics, language, and common history; national origin

Ethnic affiliation or classification

Tendency toward viewing the norms and values of the individual's own culture as absolute and using them as a standard against which all other cultures are measured

Chromosomal designation of female or male being

Irrational fear of and hostility toward homesexuality

Capacity to perform cognitive and psychomotor tasks

Population that differs from others in the relative frequency of some gene or genes; any of the different varieties of humankind, distinguished by type of hair, color of eyes, and skin, stature, bodily proportions, or other characteristics

Belief in racial superiority, leading to discrimination and prejudice toward races considered inferior

Belief in a divine or superhuman power or powers, to be obeyed and worshiped as the creator(s) and ruler(s) of the universe

Human diversity consists of characteristics associated with:

Individuals born between 1981 and 1995 are generally referred to as:

Over the next three decades, which of the following age groups is expected to be the fastest-growing segment of the population

Which one of the following does not relate to a person's ethnicity: Dress, language, religion, or race

Which of the following is not one of the ways that culturally different individuals have interacted with the U.S. majority culture in the past: Assimilation, Biculturalism, Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Biculturalism, or Biculturalism and Multiculturalism

Government statutes to protect people from discrimination are based on

Sexual orientation regards an individual's designation as any of the following EXCEPT: Asexuality, Bisexuality, Heterosexuality, or Homosexuality

Approximately what percentage of world's population has some type of disability

Which of the following is considered the most profound step that the United States has ever undertaken to prevent discrimination toward people with a disability

Of the following, which one is not considered an element that may contribute to the ability of an organization to become culturally competent:

Valuing diversity, institutionalizing cultural knowledge, possessing the capacity for cultural self-assessment, ignoring cultural norms and values, or developing of adaptations for the delivery of services that reflect an understanding of a multicultural environment

Human Diversity Characteristics

People now cross borders into other countries to work, go to school, receive medical care, visit, and live