The World is Flat Psychology Research Assignment

              The World is Flat Name                 Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to 123 Your Street Your Town, NY Phone number: Email:   The World is Flat Diversity consciousness refers to an individual’s ability to discern that all people are different, and consequently recognize, understand and adapt to these differences. On the other hand, Thomas Freidman developed a concept that the world is flat, in which he presents a new idea to the diversity discussion by pronouncing an interesting perspective in which issues of multiplicity, and inclusion are reflected upon. To understand these concepts, this essay refers to Chapter 4 of the book Diversity Consciousness and the YouTube video Thomas Friedman: The World is Flat 3.0. Friedman’s Concepts Contribution to Better Understanding of Diversity With the understanding that all people are different and unique, it is equally important, based on Thomas Friedman’s concept of a flat world, to develop skills on how to live in harmony with people of diverse cultures and traits in the supposedly flat world. In his conceptualization of the flat globe, Friedman considers the puzzling effects that the flattening of the world has on different cultures around the world. Friedman says that, initially, there was an apprehension that globalization was based on the concept of American cultural imperialism, primarily because it was the American cultural products that were at the center stage of the flattening of the world (You Tube, 2012). However, from a diversity consciousness perspective, the flat world enhances diversity consciousness. Because the world is flat and with the emergence of the internet, anyone with internet access can upload content that reflects their culture on the internet, which is then spread globally (You Tube, 2012). This availability of different cultural aspects on the web enhances diversity consciousness as people can now easily access cultural content from diverse communities. Despite the positive influence of the flat world to diversity consciousness, the flat world has adverse effects (You Tube, 2012). In the same way that the internet creates positive influences on cultural diversity is the same way it could be used to produce harmful effects. For example, the web could be used to bring criminal groups together. How the Concepts from The Resources Impact the Field I Am Majoring In With the recognition that the flat world enhances cultural diversity and consequently increases diversity consciousness within the world today, it is important to analyze the effect of these from a psychiatrist’s perspective. First, diversity consciousness enhances a psychologist’s diversity skills (Bucher, 2015). With a broad understanding of different cultures, one can recognize and respect the diverse intellectual strengths and learning styles. With this knowledge, a psychiatrist will be in a better position to decide the method to employ when dealing with p...