Stress, Health, and Wellness

COL 103Chapter 12

Professor Jackie Kroening864-646-1430

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Becoming Comfortable in a World of Diversity

Race, Ethnicity, and Culture

Race – Traditionally, biologically determined physical characteristics that set one group apart from another

Asian Americans, Blacks, Hispanic, Whites, Native American

Ethnicity – Shared national origins or cultural patterns

Puerto Ricans, Irish, Italian American, American Indian

Culture – The learned behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes that are characteristic of an individual society or population and the products that people create

Building Cultural CompetencePREPARE

ORGANIZE

WORK

EVALUATE

RETHINK

Accepting Diversity as a Valued Part of Your Life

Exploring your won prejudices and stereotypes

Developing cultural competence

Checking your progress in attaining cultural competence

Understanding how your own racial, ethic, and background affects others

Prepare: Accepting Diversity as a Part of

Your Life Culture Competence – Knowledge of others’ customs, perspectives, background, and history

We tend to form relationships with others who are similar to us

Seeking out other people we: Learn a great deal about life

New ways of thinking about family, relationships, and the value of education.

Grow as humans Are challenged

Because of diversity in the work place, we learn diversity sensitivity will improve our work life.

Organize: Exploring your own Prejudices and

Stereotypes Prejudice Evaluations or judgments of members of a

group that are based primarily on membership in the group, and not on the particular characteristics of individuals

Stereotypes Beliefs and expectations about members

of a group that are held simply because of their membership in the group (“women don’t drive as well as men” and “white

men can’t jump” )

Exploring your own Prejudices and

Stereotypes Where does prejudice and stereotypes come from: Parents and relatives Organizations Media Peers

Try It 2, page 317 (10 min.) Get into groups of 3 or 4 and discuss

your answers to “Try It 2” (15 min.)

Work: Developing Cultural Competence

Exploring your own prejudices and stereotypes (First Step)

Study other cultures and customs Travel Don’t ignore people’s backgrounds

none of us is color blind Impossible to be completely unaffected by people’s

racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. Don’t treat people as representatives of the groups to

which they belong Don’t make assumptions about who people are. (Try It

3 Page 318) 10 min. Accept differences

Evaluate: Checking Your Progress in Attaining Cultural Competence

Do you make judgments about others based on external features

Who are your friends Do you openly express positive values

relating to diversity Are you educating yourself about

history of different cultures

Evaluate: Checking Your Progress in Attaining Cultural Competence Do you give special treatment

Do you recognize all people have the same basic needs

Do you take to much pride in your own heritage that you look favorably on others

Can you understand life through others perspectives

Rethink: Understanding How Your Own Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Background Affects

Others All of us question ourselves about who

we are and what we are about Bridging the surface difference

between you and others can result I n the development of close, lasting social ties

Making Friends

Invest time in others Reveal yourself Let others know you like them Accept other as they are, not as you

would like them to be Show concern and caring Not everyone makes a good friend

R-Word: Relationships

Trust Honesty Mutual support Loyalty Acceptance Loyalty – implies that partners are

supportive of each other, even in times of adversity and difficulty

Willingness to embrace change

Being a Good Listener

Stop talking Demonstrated that you are listening Use reflective feedback – listener

rephrases what a speaker has said reflecting the meaning

Ask questions Admit when your are distracted

Loneliness

Subjective state in which people do not experience the level of connection with others that they desire

Become involved in campus activities Find a study partner Know that you are not alone in your

loneliness Take advantage of orientation and first year

social events Take a job on campus Loneliness is subjective and temorary

It is Not Just Talk

Subject is “I” and Not “You” Statements that cast responses in

terms of oneself and one’s individual interpretation

Avoid being judgmental

Try it 5 page 327 (10 min.)

A win-win proposition

Stop, look, and listen Defuse the argument Don’t get personal Listen for the real message Show that your are listening Acknowledge you are angry Ask for clarification Be explicit Life is not a zero-sum game (winners and

losers)

Changing Relationships:Surviving Ending

Do something – anything Accept that you feel bad Talk to a friend or relative Write about the relationship Talk to a professional