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Cultural competence, also known as intercultural competence, is a range of cognitive, affective, behavioral, and linguistic skills that lead to effective and appropriate communication with people of other cultures.
Research on resistance to diversity has revealed insight into resistors and under which circumstances they resist. Focusing on resistance from the dominant, non-minority group, some have linked diversity resistance to White male backlash [5] [6] or straight, white, American male (SWAM) backlash, [7] although the research may focus on the study of resistance from Whites or men in the context of ...
Self-determination theory – is an organismic theory of behavior and personality development that is particularly concerned with how social-contextual factors support or thwart people's intrinsic motivation, social integration, and well-being through the respective satisfaction or deprivation of posited basic psychological needs for competence ...
It is evident that language can have an effect on an individual's thinking process. This is because the language itself primes the individual's cultural values, [7] cognitive style, [8] attitudes and memory, [9] which in turn affect behavior. For example, researchers randomly assigned participants in India to complete a work task in English or ...
Cultural Awareness Day at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama (2014) Cultural sensitivity, also referred to as cross-cultural sensitivity or cultural awareness, is the knowledge, awareness, and acceptance of other cultures and others' cultural identities.
Targeted behavioral interview questions allow a hiring manager to test if a candidate has a specific soft skill or hard skill necessary for that job by asking them to look back on their career and ...
The observation of the same or similar behavior in different cultures does not prove that they are the results of a common underlying psychological mechanism. One possibility is that they may have been invented independently due to a common practical problem. [6] Outside influence could be an explanation for some cultural universals. [7]
Human behavioral ecology (HBE) or human evolutionary ecology applies the principles of evolutionary theory and optimization to the study of human behavioral and cultural diversity. HBE examines the adaptive design of traits , behaviors , and life histories of humans in an ecological context.