Question | Answer |
Define Race | Division of human's identified by a possession of traits (transmittable by descent); a distinctive human genotype OR Group of people distinct in some way from other groups |
Define Ethnicity | Group of people with learned/acquired traits with close social interaction, customs, traditions, language |
List the OMB 5 race and 2 ethnic groups | American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, White AND Hispanic/Latino or Non-Hispanic/Latino |
Describe the concept of culture | System of material objects + attitudes, beliefs, customs, lifestyle & values that're shared and transmitted. ("Web of meaning" shared by mbrs" - USA & Marine Corps) |
Attributes of Culture | Learned thru enculturation/socialization, patterned, changeable, internalized (shared by mbrs of society {there's no culture of one}) |
What is cultural adaptation? | How people adapt to other cultures |
Name two ways (per study guide) that people adapt to other cultures? | Assimilation & Adaptation |
What is Assimilation? | Process of re-socialization that SEEKS TO REPLACE ORIGINAL WORLDVIEW |
What is Adaptation? | Worldview is expanded to include behavior and values appropriate to host culture |
How many stages are there in the DMIS (Developmental MOde of Intercultural Sensitivity)? | 6; Denial, Defense, Minimalization, Acceptance, Adaptation, Integration |
What are 3 stages that fall under ETHNO-CENTRIC part of DMIS? | Denial, Defense, Minimization |
How do you define ETHNO-CENTRIC? | Using one's own set of standards/customs to judge people |
How do you define ETHNO-RELATIVE? | Being comfortable with many standards/customs & able to adapt behavior/judgments to variety of interpersonal settings. |
What is denial (in DMIS model)? | Unable to construe differences |
What is defense (in DMIS model)? | More able to construe differences, but they attach negative evaluations to it. |
What is minimization (in DMIS)? | Bury cultural differences |
What is accept (in DMIS)? | Enjoy recognizing & exploring differences |
What is adapt (in DMIS)? | Use knowledge do shift into different frames of reference |
What is integrate (in DMIS)? | Attempt to reconcile cultural frames |
Describe cross cultural competency; what's the DOD definition? | Set of culture-general knowledge, skills, abilities, attributes that provide ability to operate effectively within a culturally complex environment |
Describe cross cultural competency; what's the TRADOC definition? | Set of knowledge, skills and attributes that enables soldiers to adapt, act effectively in a cross-cultural environment |
Describe cross cultural competency; what's the Air Force Culture & Language definition? | Ability to quickly and accurately comprehend and effectively act in a culturally complex environment |
Describe cross cultural competency; what are the parts of the 3C model (remember the rings)? | Self, Unit/Joint agency, Coalition/Host nation, Adversary |
What are the 5 OMB designated races and two ethnic groups used to provide a common language to promote uniformity and comparibility of data collected for research? | White, Black, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native & Hispanic/Latnio or Non-Hispanic/Latino |
What term is described as the physical or material objects as well as nonmaterial attitudes, beleifs, customs, lifestyle and values shared by members of a society and transmitted to the next generation | Concept of Culture |
What are 2 ways in which people adapt to other cultures? | Ethnocentric or Enthnorelative |
Using one's own standards and customs to judge all people, often unconsciously, describes: | Ethnocentric |
At which stage of Bennett's Development Model of Intercultural Sensitivity do people recognize cultural differences but still tend to attach negative meaning to those differences | Defense |
How does the Department of Defense define Cross Cultural Competency? | Set of culture-general knowledge, skills, abilities, attributes that provide ability to operate effectively within a culturally complex environment |
What are the 4 elements or levels of the DoD 3C model? | Self, Unit/Joint agency, Coalition/Host nation, Adversary |