Intro to Psychology - Chapter 10 - Diversity in Psychology

In the United States, about 5–7% of the population falls into each 5-year age range starting with the youngest children (0–4 years old) and continuing through middle age (54–59 years old). About 18% of the population is over 60, including about 6% over 75.

experts on the subject typically agree that about 2–4% of the U.S. population identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual

About 85% of U.S. residents graduate from high school, but only about 28% graduate from college

The median family income in the United States is about $58,000, but the range is tremendous

About half of the U.S. population lives in the country’s 39 largest cities. Another 30% or so live in towns with at least 2500 people. The remaining approximately 20% live in rural areas, defined as towns with fewer than 2500 people.

About 19% of the U.S. population has a disability, with a roughly even split between those who describe their disability as “severe” and “nonsevere.”

the way any one person’s unique combination of social and cultural categories intersect or overlap, especially as related to discrimination or unequal treatment.

a set of shared beliefs, values, and patterns of behavior within a group of people

a comprehensive, culturally influenced way of approaching and understanding the world around you

the ability to simultaneously know the norm for a group and recognize that the norm might not apply to every member of that group

a psychological approach that highlights the importance and value of multiple cultural groups within a society

managing a life that involves the coexistence of more than one culture

an acculturation strategy in which the person adopts the new culture and rejects the old culture

an acculturation strategy in which the person retains the old culture and rejects the new culture

an acculturation strategy in which the person rejects both the new culture and the old culture

an acculturation strategy in which the person adopts both the new culture and the old culture

stress associated with the process of managing old and new cultures

a worldview that emphasizes the well-being of the individual over the well-being of the group

a worldview that emphasizes the well-being of the group over the well-being of the individual

your ability to live and interact effectively in a multicultural society

everyday actions or comments that, often unintentionally, contain hostile or off-putting messages for members of certain cultures

your culture’s social, psychological, behavioral expectations related to maleness or femaleness

your biological maleness or femaleness

your internal sense of yourself as male or female

a person whose gender and sex match

a person whose gender and sex do not match

choose to take steps to live as the gender that matches their identity rather than their biologically assigned gender

a person’s pattern of romantic attraction to a particular group (or groups) of other people

attracted to members of the other sex or gender

attracted to members of the same sex or gender

attracted to people of both the other and the same sex or gender.

a community of members of sexual minorities, including lesbian (L), gay (G), bisexual (B), transgender (T), queer/questioning (Q), and other people.