Welcome to your first Assessment Book in the Diploma of Financial Counselling! All of the information that you need to complete your assessment tasks are included in your Study Guide and associated Readings. Before attempting to complete this Assessment Book you must read through all of the information supplied to you in the Study Guide and Readings for this unit. You are required to complete all assessment questions successfully in order to be deemed competent in this unit. This Assessment Book is designed to assess your knowledge. Copying sentences and blocks of text directly from your Study Guide, Readings, or other documents does not demonstrate your understanding of the topic. Neither does copying the work of another student. Such practices are regarded as plagiarism and will not be tolerated. (Please see your Student Handbook for further information regarding Plagiarism).

1.1 Briefly define diversity. (Your response should be approximately 30 words.)

1.2 Two important concepts embedded within the diversity are acceptance and respect. Briefly explain what these two concepts mean. (Your response should be approximately 50 words)

1.3 Financial counsellors need to be aware of the characteristics of a number of key diversity factors. Complete the following table by outlining the characteristics of each of the areas of diversity. Hint: see pages 12-13 of the Study Guide. (Your total response should be approximately 200 words)

Area of Diversity	Characteristics
a) Culture/race/ethnicity
b) Disability
c) Religious and/or spiritual beliefs
d) Generational
e) Gender, including transgender and intersex
f) Sexual orientation/sexual identity

1.4 Select True or False in relation to the following statements.

a) A group who shares a language, social practices, food, habits, and music can be thought of as sharing a culture.

True False

b) Disability only refers to physical impairments.

True False

c) All individuals who belong to the same religion share the same ethnic background.

True False

d) There are only two genders male and female.

True False

Culture and Diversity

1.5 Consider the cultural iceberg diagram from page 14 of the Study Guide and reflect upon how it applies to you. In the space below, briefly outline the key formative factors that have shaped your core values and interpretations/way of viewing the world.

Note: While there are no specified answers for this question, your response must demonstrate that you have considered your own social and cultural perspectives and what has influenced their formation. (Your response should be approximately 100 words)

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