BSHS 345 Week 1 Personal Exploration Worksheet

Complete the Personal Exploration Worksheet.

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Personal Exploration Worksheet

Part 1: Select 4 groups that you are the least familiar with from the following list:

• African Americans
• Native Americans
• Latino(a)
• Asian Americans
• Jewish Americans
• Arab/Muslim Americans
• Single mothers
• Displaced homemakers
• People over 60
• Unemployed people over 50
• Immigrants

Part 2: Write a 50- to 100-word response to each question:

Group 1:

• Describe your assumptions, beliefs, and perceptions about members of this group.

• When you think about working professionally with members of this group, are there traits, characteristics, or other issues about the group that you would be curious about, concerned about, or intimidated by? Why would understanding diversity issues be important to you as a human services worker?

• How could advanced knowledge of the group address concerns and assumptions?

• What kind of information, learning experiences, contact, and so forth would you need to increase your knowledge about this group?

Group 2:

• Describe your assumptions, beliefs, and perceptions about members of this group.

• When you think about working professionally with members of this group, are there traits, characteristics, or other issues about the group that you would be curious about, concerned about, or intimidated by? Why would understanding diversity issues be important to you as a human services worker?

• How could advanced knowledge of the group address concerns and assumptions?

• What kind of information, learning experiences, contact, and so forth would you need to increase your knowledge about this group?

Group 3:

• Describe your assumptions, beliefs, and perceptions about members of this group.

• When you think about working professionally with members of this group, are there traits, characteristics, or other issues about the group that you would be curious about, concerned about, or intimidated by? Why would understanding diversity issues be important to you as a human services worker?

• How could advanced knowledge of the group address concerns and assumptions?

• What kind of information, learning experiences, contact, and so forth would you need to increase your knowledge about this group?

Group 4:

• Describe your assumptions, beliefs, and perceptions about members of this group.

• When you think about working professionally with members of this group, are there traits, characteristics, or other issues about the group that you would be curious about, concerned about, or intimidated by? Why would understanding diversity issues be important to you as a human services worker?

• How could advanced knowledge of the group address concerns and assumptions?

• What kind of information, learning experiences, contact, and so forth would you need to increase your knowledge about this group?