3.05 EI-033 Glossary
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- Bias: Prejudice
- Collectivism: An emphasis on group work and accomplishments
- Connotation: Associated or underlying meaning
- Cultural sensitivity: The willingness to adjust your opinions and behaviors so that you value people and ideas from other cultures
- Culture: The customs, habits, and traditions of a particular group of people
- Diversity: All the ways in which people differ
- Ethnocentrism: The belief that your own culture is naturally better than other cultures
- Globalization: The rapid and unimpeded flow of capital, labor, and ideas across national borders
- Ignorance: Lack of knowledge or information
- Individualism: An emphasis on independent work and accomplishments
- Negotiation: The process of one person reaching an agreement with another person to meet specific needs or wants
- Nonverbal communication: Communication that uses body language instead of words or to support words
- Prejudice: Opinion or judgment that is based on feeling or hearsay, rather than fact; bias
- Primary dimensions of diversity: Inborn differences that cannot be changed and affect a person’s entire life; include such characteristics as age, race/ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, and certain physical and mental traits and abilities
- Secondary dimensions of diversity: Differences that may change at various points throughout one’s lifetime; include such characteristics as language, religion, income, geographic location, family status, work experience, communication style, and education level
- Stereotype: A set image or an assumption about a person or thing
- Subculture: A secondary group within a dominant culture
- Valuing diversity: Openly acknowledging differences and believing that they are assets instead of problems