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people of varying racial classification and national origin, religious affiliation, language, physical size, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, socioeconomic status, occupational status, and geographic location
cultural diversity
defined as a shared system of beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations that provide social structure for daily living
Culture
When minority groups live within a dominant group, many of their members lose the cultural characteristics that once made them different.
cultural assimilation
The feelings a person experiences when placed in a different culture
Culture Shock
The sense of identification with a collective cultural group, largely based on the group's common heritage. Includes language and dialect, religious practices, literature, music, folklore, political interests, food preferences, and employment patterns
Ethnicity
Racial categories are based on specific physical characteristics
Race
Assuming that all members of a culture, subculture, or ethnic group act alike
Stereotyping
The belief that everyone should conform to the majority belief system
Cultural Imposition
The result of ignoring differences and proceeding as though they do not exist
Cultural Blindness
The state that occurs when people become aware of cultural differences, feel threatened, and respond by ridiculing the beliefs and traditions of others to make themselves feel more secure
Culture Conflict
The belief that one's ideas, beliefs, and practices are the best, are superior, or are most preferred to those of others
Ethnocentrism
The area around a person regarded as part of the person; varying among people and cultural and ethnic groups
Personal Space
Most often has some physical or cultural characteristic that identifies the people within it as different
Minority Group
The group within a country or society that has the most authority to control values and sanctions
Dominant Group
A large group of people who are members of a larger cultural group but have certain ethnic, occupational, or physical characteristics not common to the larger culture
Subculture