Essay - Identification Identify Dual Identity/ Double Consciousness: Individuals Who are Members...

Identification

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Dual identity/ double consciousness: Individuals who are members of minority groups must be hyperaware of the majority group's norms. The majority group's ***** are likely to be unaw***** of ***** minority groups' cultural norms and ideals, because they do not have to possess such an awareness. Thus the minority group's members possess a dual identity or double consciousness, where they ***** be aware of their own norms as well as the norms ***** the majority group.

RIOT procedure: Riot procedures are procedures that institutions such ***** a university follow when a student riot takes place, such as shutting d***** the basic functions of some of the offices, or calling in outside personnel to enf*****ce order. *****y may also involve the suspension of basic rights, ***** as free access and movement, in certain areas, in the ********** of public safety and maintaining order.

High context/Low context culture: A high context culture is a ***** where communic*****tion is highly situation-dependant. For example, the status of the persons speaking will vastly change ***** way in which the two persons relate. Deal*****g with ********** above one's self on the social hierarchy necessitates different body language, vocabulary, and terms of address to c*****vey the same meaning in a high-context culture. One would use different forms of expression with an *****ferior or ***** equal, even to convey the ***** meaning. In a low context culture, me*****ning ***** paramount, and methods of ***** vary little, even in a variety of ***** contexts.

Multiple intelligence: Howard Gardner's **********y of multiple intelligences suggests that rather than one generalized type of intelligence indivi*****s have a variety of *****s, such as verbal, kinesthetic, spatial, and musical, intelligences that are ***** necessarily the same in all persons. A person can be a gifted writer but not a gifted basketb***** player, or vice versa—one person can be very adept in one area, ***** ***** nearly as ***** in another area.

********** theory: Attribution theory ***** that there are ***** *****al and cultural attributes that can provide some predictive evidence as ***** the probability of future success within a particular context. These qualities are not ********** than other qualities, however the presence of such attributes, ***** as independence ***** diligence, ***** certain contexts that exist within the individual's character as a result of cultural, heritable, or environmental re*****ons can predispose that person towards success.

Lau vs. Nichols: This was a court c*****se validating the right of bilingual children, ***** possessed po***** ability in the English language relative to their age and intelligence due ***** their background, to receive educational support so that they could be educated along with their peers. It was an extension ***** the idea of ***** access to education for all, as putting these children in a classroom without linguistic support would ***** essenti*****y made a basic educational day incomprehensible to them, and severely hampered their development.

Unaccompanied Minors: Unaccompanied minors ***** children under the age ***** eighteen ***** *****ir parents. In ***** cases, unaccompanied minors are legally barred