Deck 4: Developing Diversity Consciousness

Question 1

Diversity skills include

A) flexible thinking
B) teamwork
C) leadership
D) all of the above
E) only b and c

Answer 1

all of the above

Question 2

Cultural encapsulation makes it

A) easy to transcend our cultural assumptions
B) easy to be sensitive to cultural differences
C) difficult for us to realize how our environment shapes our assumptions
D) difficult for us to quickly evaluate people

Answer 2

difficult for us to realize how our environment shapes our assumptions

Question 3

The lifelong process of social interaction that enables us to learn about ourselves and others is called

A) enculturation
B) social encapsulation
C) social differentiation
D) socialization

Answer 3

socialization

Question 4

The development of diversity consciousness is broken down into six areas. Which of the following is not one of these areas?

A) attaining an ideal level of awareness
B) checking up on ourselves
C) gauging the level of the playing field
D) expanding our knowledge of others and their worlds

Question 5

As a child, Tonya was immersed in an environment in which a college education was the norm. She was raised to believe that going to college, not getting a job, was the "natural thing to do" after graduating from high school. This situation reflects which of the following?

A) social marginality
B) social differentiation
C) perspective shifting
D) taking the role of the other
E) enculturation

Question 6

Social marginality describes

A) the exclusion that results from being seen as an "outsider"
B) the psychological consequences of gradually losing one's culture
C) immersion in a culture to the extent that another way of life seems unnatural
D) people's vulnerability to stereotyping

Question 7

The author of our text quotes a writer who describes the importance of being able to "borrow other people's eyes, to see to learn, and learn to see." While this ability promotes the overall development of diversity consciousness, it relates most closely to

A) gauging the level of the playing field
B) attaining an ideal level of self-awareness
C) evaluating the impact of social distance
D) ascertaining cultural similarities
E) stepping outside of ourselves

Question 8

For Tamra, college was the first time she wrestled with issues involving social inequality. Many of these issues continually surfaced in courses, student activity programs, and college- wide community service projects. Consequently, her diversity consciousness increased in all areas, but particularly in terms of her ability to

A) further her cultural encapsulation
B) follow through
C) practice her diversity skills
D) gauge the level of the playing field

Question 9

Meritocracy refers to a system in which people get ahead solely on the basis of

A) who they know rather than what they know
B) merit
C) their ability to assimilate
D) master statuses

Question 10

According to the text, developing diversity consciousness includes applying our knowledge and behavior to real-life situations. This is called

A) following through
B) checking up on ourselves
C) gauging the level of the playing field
D) social engagement

Question 11

As we develop diversity consciousness over time, our thinking will become

A) more flexible
B) more inclusive
C) more global
D) all of the above
E) only a and b

Question 12

When discussing social inequality, the author of our text distinguishes between a majority and a minority. The difference between a majority and a minority is

A) numbers
B) power
C) power and numbers
D) neither power nor numbers

Question 13

According to the text, the emphasis on ----------in the United States makes it difficult to see social influences.

A) examining others and their worlds
B) stepping outside of ourselves
C) individualism
D) group goals

Question 14

Sonja practices her active listening skills both at work and home. By constantly practicing this diversity skill, she has learned to assume a more active role in hearing and digesting what is being communicated. Sonja's ability to actually put this skill into practice is identified in the text as

A) embracing change
B) following through
C) dealing with barriers
D) consciousness raising
E) seeking first to understand

Question 15

Cultural encapsulation promotes sensitivity to cultural differences.

Question 16

Nurture refers to biological influences that mold and shape us.

Question 17

According to the text, the emphasis on individualism in the U.S. promotes our awareness of social influences.

Question 18

Enculturation promotes our ability to examine ourselves and our worlds.

Question 19

Double consciousness refers to a person's awareness of his or her own perspective and the perspective of others.

Question 20

The term "social class" describes a category of people who share similar amounts of wealth, power, and prestige.

Question 21

Sexism refers to the thinking that one sex is superior to another and that unequal treatment is therefore justifiable.

Question 22

The degree to which we are willing to interact and develop relationships with certain groups is called social distance.

Question 23

According to the text, social class in the United States is defined solely in terms of wealth.

Question 24

In a meritocracy, social and economic inequality is primarily due to the effects of discrimination and prejudice.

Question 25

Unearned privileges refer to benefits in life that we have through no effort of our own.

Question 26

As we develop our diversity consciousness, our thinking becomes more flexible.

Question 27

The author compares ____ _____ to living in a "cultural bubble."

Question 28

Emory Bogardus created a scale to measure our willingness to accept certain racial and ethnic groups as neighbors, classmates, and coworkers. The scale was designed to measure a concept he referred to as _____ _____ .

Question 29

In The Souls of Black Folk, W. E. B. Du Bois discussed the importance of being aware of one's own perspective as well as the perspectives of others. He referred to this as _____ _____ .

Question 30

_____ is an ideology that asserts superiority on the basis of age.

Question 31

The ability to freely question and evaluate ideas and information is the definition of_____ _____ .

Question 32

According to Lin Dawson, a trainer for professional athletes, participants in diversity training may be grouped into three categories - prisoners, vacationers, and_____

Question 33

Explain the importance of diversity consciousness.

Question 34

Define cultural encapsulation and discuss its impact.

Question 35

Expanding our knowledge of others and their worlds enables us to learn more about ourselves. Explain why.

Question 36

List and explain the six areas of developing diversity consciousness.

Question 37

Describe what it means to "gauge the level of the playing field." Support your answer by providing an example.

Question 38

Describe what it means to "check up on ourselves." Support your answer by providing an example.

Question 39

What is meant by an "unearned privilege?" And why are certain unearned privileges invisible to us? Support your answer with examples.

Question 40

Discuss at least three strategies for developing diversity consciousness.

Question 41

Explain why the development of diversity consciousness is a lifelong, continuing process.