Chapter 5: Culture & Diversity Vocabulary

Question	Answer
cultural diversity	people of varying cultural background, racial and ethnic origin, religion, language, physical size, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, socioeconomic status, occupational status, and geographic location
cultural assimilation/acculturation	when a minority group lives within a dominant group, many members may lose the cultural characteristics that once made them different, and they may take on the values of the dominant culture
culture shock	feelings a person may experience when placed in a different culture perceived as strange
ethnicity	sense of identification with a collective cultural group, largely based on the group's common heritage. one belongs either through birth or through adoption of characteristics of that group
race	based on specific characteristics such as skin pigmentation, body stature, facial features, and hair texture
cultural imposition	the belief that everyone else should conform to your own belief system
cultural blindness	when one ignores differences and proceeds as though they do not exist
ethnocentrism	the belief that the ideas, beliefs, and practices of one's own culture are superior to those of another's cultures
Health disparities	refer to health differences between groups of people.

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