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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
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cultural diversity
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defined as a shared system of beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations that provide social structure for daily living
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Culture
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When minority groups live within a dominant group, many of their members lose the cultural characteristics that once made them different.
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cultural assimilation
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The feelings a person experiences when placed in a different culture
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Culture Shock
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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
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Ethnicity
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Racial categories are based on specific physical characteristics
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Race
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Assuming that all members of a culture, subculture, or ethnic group act alike
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Stereotyping
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The belief that everyone should conform to the majority belief system
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Cultural Imposition
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The result of ignoring differences and proceeding as though they do not exist
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Cultural Blindness
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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
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Culture Conflict
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The belief that one's ideas, beliefs, and practices are the best, are superior, or are most preferred to those of others
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Ethnocentrism
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The area around a person regarded as part of the person; varying among people and cultural and ethnic groups
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Personal Space
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Most often has some physical or cultural characteristic that identifies the people within it as different
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Minority Group
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The group within a country or society that has the most authority to control values and sanctions
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Dominant Group
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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
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Subculture
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