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Arii_bell · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The staff development instructor is planning a seminar that focuses on the variables leading to generational conflict. What will the instructor include in this content? Select all that apply:

1. Decade of birth
2. Generation in the United States
3. Class
4. Language
5. Socialization

Question 2

A seminal event in the silent generation that can still elicit comments today is the question:

1. Where were you when John F. Kennedy was shot?
2. Do you remember Pearl Harbor?
3. What were you doing on September 11, 2001?
4. How did the Challenger tragedy affect you?

FergA · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1, 2, 3, 4
Explanation: 1. People's life experiences vary and depend upon the events of the decades in which they were born and the cultural values and norms of those times.
2. Worldviews differ between the immigrant generation and subsequent generations who have resided in the United States for many years.
3. Social class includes education, economics, and background. There are differences among people predicated on class.
4. There are conflicts between those with limited English-speaking skills, and those who do not understand English with those who provide care for English speakers.
5. Socialization is not a variable that contributes to generational conflict.

Answer to Question 2

2
Explanation: 1. The Boomer generation was at high school and elementary school age when Kennedy was assassinated. This event in their history was followed by a time of social upheaval.
2. Pearl Harbor was the event heralding the U.S. involvement in World War II. The generations that remember it are in their 70s and older, the Silent Generation.
3. 9/11 was a pivotal event in many people's lives, and not restricted to one generation.
4. The explosion of the Challenger space shuttle is a seminal event in the lives of Generation X, as it occurred in 1986.