WGU - Cultural Studies and Diversity - EFP1
Diversity Correct Answer: A range of different things. All of the ways in which people are different.
Cultural Consciousness Correct Answer: Our ability to recognize, understand and adapt to differences.
Cultural Landscape Correct Answer: The different lifestyles, traditions and perspectives that can be
found in the U.S. and throughout the world.
Digital Natives Correct Answer: Born in or of the Digital Age
Digital Immigrants Correct Answer: Born before or outside of the Digital Age
Globalization Correct Answer: The tendency of business, technologies or philosophies to spread
throughout the world or process of making this happen.
Global Perspective Correct Answer: When someone can think about a situation as it relates to the rest
of the world.
Glocalization Correct Answer: The practice of conducting business according to both local and global
consideration.
Role Conflict Correct Answer: A situation in which a person is expected to play two incompatible roles.
Cultural Lag Correct Answer: The notion that culture takes time to catch up with technological
innovations and that social problems and conflicts are caused by this lag.
Glass Ceiling Correct Answer: An unofficially acknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession,
especially affecting women and members of minorities.
Digital Divide Correct Answer: Or cyber-segregation. The gap between demographics and regions that
have access to modern information and communications technology and those that don't have
restricted access.
Cultural Cruise Control Correct Answer: Young people frequently using racial slurs and discriminatory
language when communication online and don't think it's a big deal.
Assimilation Correct Answer: The process by which a person or a groups language and/or culture come
to resemble those of another group.
Pluralism Correct Answer: A condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles,
sources of authority, etc., coexist.
Dimensions of Diversity Correct Answer: Dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation,
socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs or other ideologies.
, Race Correct Answer: Each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics.
A group of people sharing the same biological traits, and sometimes culture, history, language, etc.
Ethnicity Correct Answer: The fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or
cultural tradition or a shared cultural heritage.
Gender Correct Answer: Male or Female (cultural differences rather that biological)
Social Class Correct Answer: A division of a society based on social and economic status
Values Correct Answer: Principles or standards of behavior; one's judgement of what is important in
life.
Master Statuses Correct Answer: The social position that is the primary identifying characteristic of an
individual.
Diversity Consciousness Correct Answer: An attitude of welcoming and integrating diverse elements and
people. This mindset can be help by and individual or by a group.
Diversity Education Correct Answer: Multicultural education, intercultural education, nonracial
education, antiracist education, culturally responsive pedagogy, ethnic studies, peace studies, global
education, social justice education, bilingual education.
Diversity Skills Correct Answer: The skills necessary to be flexible and accommodation to multiple
lifestyles and needs and to accept the viewpoints and expertise that different people bring to the table.
Culture Correct Answer: Way of life, including everything that is learned, shared and transmitted from
one generation to the next. Language, values, rules, beliefs and even the material things we create are
all part one ones culture.
Minority Correct Answer: Any category of people distinguished by either a physical or cultural
difference that a society has subordinated. Social subordination.
Majority Correct Answer: The social group that is considered to have the most power in a particular
place and sometimes the most members.
Age Tsunami Correct Answer: A dramatic increase in the senior population due to the Baby Boomer
Generation
Sociocultural Theory Correct Answer: A perspective that focuses on the social and cultural context of
one's thoughts and actions.
Social Forces Correct Answer: Omnipresent social influences that surround us.
Learning Styles Correct Answer: Different ways in which people learn. Auditory, Visual,
Tactical/Kinesthetic.
Success Correct Answer: The Process of achieving our goals. Each individual views success differently.
Diversity Correct Answer: A range of different things. All of the ways in which people are different.
Cultural Consciousness Correct Answer: Our ability to recognize, understand and adapt to differences.
Cultural Landscape Correct Answer: The different lifestyles, traditions and perspectives that can be
found in the U.S. and throughout the world.
Digital Natives Correct Answer: Born in or of the Digital Age
Digital Immigrants Correct Answer: Born before or outside of the Digital Age
Globalization Correct Answer: The tendency of business, technologies or philosophies to spread
throughout the world or process of making this happen.
Global Perspective Correct Answer: When someone can think about a situation as it relates to the rest
of the world.
Glocalization Correct Answer: The practice of conducting business according to both local and global
consideration.
Role Conflict Correct Answer: A situation in which a person is expected to play two incompatible roles.
Cultural Lag Correct Answer: The notion that culture takes time to catch up with technological
innovations and that social problems and conflicts are caused by this lag.
Glass Ceiling Correct Answer: An unofficially acknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession,
especially affecting women and members of minorities.
Digital Divide Correct Answer: Or cyber-segregation. The gap between demographics and regions that
have access to modern information and communications technology and those that don't have
restricted access.
Cultural Cruise Control Correct Answer: Young people frequently using racial slurs and discriminatory
language when communication online and don't think it's a big deal.
Assimilation Correct Answer: The process by which a person or a groups language and/or culture come
to resemble those of another group.
Pluralism Correct Answer: A condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles,
sources of authority, etc., coexist.
Dimensions of Diversity Correct Answer: Dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation,
socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs or other ideologies.
, Race Correct Answer: Each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics.
A group of people sharing the same biological traits, and sometimes culture, history, language, etc.
Ethnicity Correct Answer: The fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or
cultural tradition or a shared cultural heritage.
Gender Correct Answer: Male or Female (cultural differences rather that biological)
Social Class Correct Answer: A division of a society based on social and economic status
Values Correct Answer: Principles or standards of behavior; one's judgement of what is important in
life.
Master Statuses Correct Answer: The social position that is the primary identifying characteristic of an
individual.
Diversity Consciousness Correct Answer: An attitude of welcoming and integrating diverse elements and
people. This mindset can be help by and individual or by a group.
Diversity Education Correct Answer: Multicultural education, intercultural education, nonracial
education, antiracist education, culturally responsive pedagogy, ethnic studies, peace studies, global
education, social justice education, bilingual education.
Diversity Skills Correct Answer: The skills necessary to be flexible and accommodation to multiple
lifestyles and needs and to accept the viewpoints and expertise that different people bring to the table.
Culture Correct Answer: Way of life, including everything that is learned, shared and transmitted from
one generation to the next. Language, values, rules, beliefs and even the material things we create are
all part one ones culture.
Minority Correct Answer: Any category of people distinguished by either a physical or cultural
difference that a society has subordinated. Social subordination.
Majority Correct Answer: The social group that is considered to have the most power in a particular
place and sometimes the most members.
Age Tsunami Correct Answer: A dramatic increase in the senior population due to the Baby Boomer
Generation
Sociocultural Theory Correct Answer: A perspective that focuses on the social and cultural context of
one's thoughts and actions.
Social Forces Correct Answer: Omnipresent social influences that surround us.
Learning Styles Correct Answer: Different ways in which people learn. Auditory, Visual,
Tactical/Kinesthetic.
Success Correct Answer: The Process of achieving our goals. Each individual views success differently.
