DEOMI-Cultural Awareness Exam 2024/2025

DEOMI-Cultural Awareness Exam 2024/2025 Define race. ANS-• "A division of human beings identified by the possession of traits that are transmissible by descent and that are sufficient to characterize persons possessing these traits as a distinctive human genotype." DoD Directive 1350.2 Define ethnicity. ANS-is a cultural concept in which a large number of people who share learned or acquired traits and close social interaction regard themselves and are regarded by others as constituting a single group on that basis. Define race. ANS-• a group of people who are generally considered to be physically distinct in some way (e.g., skin color, hair texture, or facial features such as size and shape of the head, eyes, ears, lips, nose, color of eyes) from other groups and are generally considered by themselves and/or others to be a distinct group Ethinicity based on cultural characteristics ANS-• Customs • Traditions • Language List OMB race groups. ANS-Five race groups 1) American Indian or Alaska Native 2) Asian 3) Black or African American 4) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5) White List OMB ethnic groups. ANS-Two ethnic groups 6) Hispanic or Latino 7) Not Hispanic or Latino Describe the concept of culture. ANS-Culture Attributes of Culture Cultural adaptation describes how people adapt to other cultures.