Culture and Diversity Flashcards
What is culture?
Behaviors, patterns and beliefs of a particular group that is passed on from generation to generation
What are some characteristics that make up culture?
Implicit and automatic ideas
Parent’s beliefs, values and goals
What is a danger of taking culture into account?
Stereotyping
Personal goals, feeling good, personal distinction & achievement, independence, self-reliance, personal guilt as form of social control, communication tends to be more explicit, specific, direct
Individualism
Values that serve the group, group integrity & harmony, interdependence among members, social reciprocity, obligation & obedience, shame as form of social control, communication characterized by indirectness, ambiguity & silence
Collectivism
What are some of the criticisms related to individualistic culture?
higher rates of drug abuse, suicide/crime, teenage pregnancy, divorce
What is SES?
Grouping of people with similar occupational, educational, and economic characteristic (low, middle and high SES)
SES is related to _________ style
parenting
What was the US poverty threshold in 2014?
$24,230
What was the poverty rate of children in 2012?
22% of kids living below poverty level
Poverty strikes what kind of families most?
female-headed families
What are some psychological strains in poverty-stricken areas?
- Powerless
- Vulnerable
- Violence
- Broken homes
- More pollution
Two-generation approaches: Childcare + parent education
Wage supplements, Work supports (subsidized child care), Health insurance, Education, literacy training, job-skill training
Preschool education, Connection with local resources, After-school programs, mentoring programs (target goal-setting), Community-service opportunities
Antipoverty intervention
What are some stressors for immigrants?
- Language barriers
- No support network
- Struggle to preserve identity
