Derives from the Latin root, diversus, meaning "various".
What is Diversity?
100
Interacting with people from various groups widens your social circle.
What is Social Development?
100
Derives from a combination of two roots: stereo(to look at in a fixed way) and type(to categorize or group together).
What is stereotyping or stereotype?
100
Once an individual has overcome their bias and has begun to perceive members of diverse groups as unique individuals, they are in a position to take the next step and form friendships.
What is beginning to interact or interacting?
100
Differences among groups of people who, together, comprise humanity.
What is Diversity?
200
A group or groups of people who share some distinctive physical traits, such as skin color or other facial characteristics.
What is racial group or race?
200
Magnifies the power of the a college education because it helps liberate you from the tunnel vision of ethnocentric and egocentric thinking.
What is enriching college education?
200
Completely ignores or disregards a person's individuality.
What is stereotyping?
200
Consciously resist the natural tendency to associate only with other people who are similar to you.
What is create opportunities for interactions or conversation?
200
A distinctive pattern of beliefs and values learned by a group of people who share the same social heritage and traditions.
What is culture?
300
A distinctive pattern of beliefs and values learned by a group of people who share the same social heritage and traditions.
What is culture?
300
Research consistently shows that we learn more from people who are different us than we do from people who are similar to us.
What is diversity strengthens learning and critical thinking?
300
If members of a stereotyped group are judged in a negative way this is the result.
What is prejudice?
300
When used properly, this communication can be used in lieu of face-to-face interaction to make some feel more comfortable.
What is electronic communication?
300
This term describes members who only view the world solely through their own cultural lens, can blind them from seeing the world and from taking on other cultural perspectives.
What is ethnocentrism?
400
A group of people who share the same culture.
What is ethnic group or ethnicity?
400
Experiences with diversity supply you with a broader base of knowledge and wider range of thinking styles that better enable you to think outside your own cultural box or boundaries.
What is diversity promotes critical thinking?
400
These factors commonly go hand in hand because individuals who are placed in a negative group are commonly viewed in a negative way.
What is stereotyping and prejudice?
400
You can utilize the members in your classroom to gain a diverse experience and this will develop your creative thinking skills.
What is seeking out other views or opinions or reaching out to others?
400
The surrounding of a community college may be the most diverse experience you may have, so you should do this while you're here!
What is interact, learn, experience and communicate? All are acceptable answers.
500
A group of individuals born during the same historical period who attitudes, values, and habits have been shaped by events that took place in the world during their formative years of development.
What is a generation?
500
Learning about and from diversity has a practical benefit: it better prepares you for the world of work.
What is diversity enhances career preparation and success?
500
This term involves an action taken towards others; could be negative or positive, for example someone may be this towards certain foods to stay healthy.
What is discrimination?
500
A team that works together as a part of a joint and mutually supportive effort to reach the same goal.
What is collaborative learning team or learning team?