ch.5

Question 1

cultural assimilation

Answer 1

process that occurs when a minority group, living as part of a dominant group within a culture, loses the cultural characteristics that made it different

Question 2

cultural blindness

Answer 2

the process of ignoring differences in people and proceeding as though the differences do not exist

Question 3

cultural competence

Answer 3

care delivered with an awareness of the aspects of the patient’s culture

Question 4

cultural humility

Answer 4

recognition of diversity and power imbalances

Question 5

cultural imposition

Answer 5

tendency of some to impose their beliefs, practices, and values on another culture because they believe that their ideas are superior to those of another person or group

Question 6

culture conflict

Answer 6

situation that occurs when people become aware of cultural differences, feel threatened, and respond by ridiculing the beliefs and traditions of others to make themselves feel more secure about their own values

Question 7

culture shock

Answer 7

those feelings, usually negative, a person experiences when placed in a different culture

Question 8

ethnicity

Answer 8

sense of identification that a cultural group collectively has; the sharing of common and unique cultural and social beliefs and behavior patterns

Question 9

ethnocentrism

Answer 9

belief that one’s own ideas, beliefs, and practices are best, superior, or most preferred to those of others; using one’s cultural norms as the standard to evaluate others’ beliefs

Question 10

implicit bias

Answer 10

prejudice in favor or against one thing, person or group as compared to another, in a way that is usually considered unfair.

Question 11

intersectionality

Answer 11

occurs when race, sex, gender, class, and other individual characteristics intersect and overlap with one another,

Question 12

linguistic competence

Answer 12

ability of caregivers and organizations to understand and effectively respond to the linguistic needs of patients and their families in a health care encounter

Question 13

subcultures

Answer 13

group of people with different interests or goals than the primary culture

Question 14

cultural diversity

Answer 14

coexistence of different ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups w/in one social unit

Question 15

culture

Answer 15

shared system of beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations

Question 16

race

Answer 16

typically based on multiple characteristics