1.02 Key Terms
1. Ableism: Discrimination in favor of able-bodied people.
2. Ageism: Bias against, or unfair treatment of, persons based on their age.
3. Assimilation: Adopting the habits, customs, and patterns of a new culture.
4. Culture: Everything about the way a group of people live.
5. Cultural competence: refers to an ability to interact effectively with people of different culturesand socio-economic backgrounds, particularly in the context of human resources, non-profit organizations, and government agencies whose employees work with persons from differentcultural/ethnic backgrounds.
6. Cultural generativity: Giving back to future generations by passing on cultural values and traditions.
7. Cultural humility: An acknowledgement of one’s own barriers to true intercultural understanding.
8. Culture shock: The difficulties and feelings of uneasiness people have when exposed to another culture.
9. Discrimination: Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice.
10. Diversity: Varied differences in people.
11. Empathetic: To be understanding or sensitive to the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of others.
12. Ethnicity: A person’s identity with a particular racial, national, or cultural group and support of that group’s customs, beliefs, and language.
13. Ethnocentrism: The belief that a person’s own culture is the best or most natural.
14. Gender identity: The range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between masculinity and femininity
15. Gender norming: The practice of judging female military recruits, or female applicants in the workforce, by less stringent standards than their male counterparts.
16. Managing diversity: acknowledging people's differences and recognizing these differences as valuable; it enhances good management practices by preventing discrimination and promoting inclusiveness.
17. Prejudice: Unfounded negative bias often based on stereotyping.
18. Race: A local geographic or global human population distinguished as a more or less distinct group by genetically transmitted physical characteristics.
19. Racism: The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
20. Sex: Either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans, and other living things, are divided on the basis of their reproductive forms.
21. Stereotypes: Preconceived generalizations about certain groups of people.