Instructor's Manual Diversity Consciousness Chapter Four Developing Diversity Consciousness

CH 4 - Define

cultural encapsulation socialization campus climate nature nurture enculturation social marginality social distance ageism unearned privileges sexism classism meritocracy majority minority critical thinking active listening CH 4 - Multiple Choice

1 Cultural encapsulation makes it a easy to transcend our cultural assumptions ! easy to !e sensitive to cultural differences c difficult for us to realize ho" our environment shapes our assumptions d difficult for us to #uickly evaluate people $ %he lifelong process of social interaction that ena!les us to learn a!out ourselves and others is called a enculturation ! social encapsulation c social differentiation d socialization & 's a child( %onya "as immersed in an environment in "hich a college education "as the norm )he "as raised to !elieve that going to college( not getting a jo!( "as the *natural thing to do* after graduating from high school %his situation reflects "hich of the follo"ing+ a social marginality ! social differentiation c perspective shifting d taking the role of the other e enculturation

4 )ocial marginality descri!es a the exclusion that results from !eing seen as an *outsider* ! the psychological conse#uences of gradually losing one,s culture c immersion in a culture to the extent that another "ay of life seems unnatural d people,s vulnera!ility to stereotyping .or %amra( college "as the first time she "restled "ith issues involving social ine#uality Many of these issues continually surfaced in courses( student activity programs( and college-"ide community service projects Conse#uently( her diversity consciousness increased in all areas( !ut particularly in terms of her a!ility to a further her cultural encapsulation ! follo" through c check up on herself d gauge the level of the playing field

/ Meritocracy refers to a system in "hich people get ahead solely on the !asis of a "ho they kno" rather than "hat they kno" ! merit

c their a!ility to assimilate d master statuses 0 'ccording to the text( developing diversity consciousness includes applying our kno"ledge and !ehavior to real-life situations %his is called a follo"ing through ! checking up on ourselves c gauging the level of the playing field d social engagement 1 's "e develop diversity consciousness over time( our thinking "ill !ecome a more flexi!le ! more inclusive c more glo!al d all of the a!ove e only a and !

2 3hen discussing social ine#uality( the author of our text distinguishes !et"een a majority and a minority %h difference !et"een a majority and a minority is a num!ers ! po"er c po"er and num!ers d neither po"er nor num!ers 14 'ccording to the text( the emphasis on 5555555 in the 6nited )tates makes it difficult to see social influences a examining others and their "orlds ! stepping outside of ourselves c individualism d group goals
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1 Cultural encapsulation promotes sensitivity to cultural differences

$ Campus climate refers to the level of comfort that students experience in the classroom and on campus & 7urture refers to !iological influences that mold and shape us 4 Dou!le consciousness refers to a person,s a"areness of his or her o"n perspective and the perspective of others - %he term *social class* descri!es a category of people "ho share similar amo3lts of "ealth( po"er( and prestige
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/ )exism refers to the thinking that one sex is superior to another and that une#ual treatment is therefore justifia!le
0 %he degree to "hich "e are "illing to interact and develop relationships "ith certain groups is called social distance

1 'ccording to the text( social class in the 6nited )tates is defined solely in terms of "ealth
2 8n a meritocracy( social and economic ine#uality is primarily due to discrimination and prejudice 14 6nearned privileges refer to !enefits in life that "e have through no effort of our o"n

CH 4 - 9ssay

1 9xplain the importance of diversity consciousness $ Define cultural encapsulation and discuss its impact & :ist and explain the six areas of developing diversity consciousness
4 Discuss at least three strategies for developing diversity consciousness - 9xplain "hy the development of diversity consciousness is a continuing process

Instructor's Manual Diversity Consciousness Multiple Choice:

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Answer Key - Chapter Four