1. Human Diversity

2. Ethnic Diversity
Involves people’s ethnic groups, which tend to unite them according to features such as their cultural heritage, race, language, and common history.

3. Biculturalism
Functions competently within two cultures (the dominant culture in the US and another culture within the home, without losing their cultural identity or choosing one culture over another.

4. Probing of human diversity
Enables students to appreciate the cultural heritages and historical problems of various ethnic groups

5. Question
How can psychologists hope to understand the aspirations and problems of individuals from an ethnic group without understanding the history and cultural heritage of that group?

6. Gender The state of being male or female
Not simply a matter of anatomic sex

7. Gender
Involves a complex web of cultural expectations and social roles that affects people’s self-concepts and hopes and dreams, as well as their overt behavior.

8. Question
How can sciences such as psychology and medicine hope to understand the particular viewpoints, qualities, and problems of women if most research is conducted with men and by men?

9. Gender
Even much of the scientific research into gender roles and gender differences assumes that male behavior represents the norm.

10. Other Kinds of Diversity
Age
Ability
Sexual Orientation

11. Contributors
Know the different contributions made by women and different ethnic individuals.

12. Critical Thinking
Taking nothing for granted and refers to a process of thoughtfully analyzing and probing questions, statements, and arguments of others.

13. Critical Thinking Principles of critical thinking
Recognizing common fallacies in arguments
Critical thinking=education