(CO611) Chapter 5 - Terms

Question 1

worldview

Answer 1

A term referring to the meta-dimensions along which all cultures can differ. They include Psychobehavioral Modality, Axiology, Ethos, Epistemology, Logic, Ontology, Concept of Time, and Concept of Self.

Question 2

Psychobehavioral modality

Answer 2

A dimension of culture that refers to the mode of activity most preferred within a cultural group.

Question 3

Axiology

Answer 3

A dimension of culture that describes the interpersonal values that a cultural group teaches.

Question 4

Ethos

Answer 4

A dimension of culture that refers to the basic values, assumptions, and beliefs that are held within a cultural group and that guide social interactions.

Question 5

Logic

Answer 5

In reference to culture, a dimension that describes the kind of reasoning and intellectual processes that a cultural group adopts.

Question 6

Epistemology

Answer 6

A dimension of culture that describes a cultural group’s preferred way of gaining knowledge and learning about the world.

Question 7

Concept of Time

Answer 7

A dimension of culture that describes how time is experienced within a cultural group.

Question 8

Ontology

Answer 8

A dimension of culture that describes how a cultural group views the nature of reality.

Question 9

Concept of Self

Answer 9

A dimension of culture that refers to whether group members experience themselves as separate beings (individual self) or as part of a greater collective (extended self).

Question 10

felt experience of living

Answer 10

Growing up, developing, and maturing in each culture yields a phenomenologically different experience; that is, the quality of life differs in tone, mood, and intensity.

Question 11

Emic

Answer 11

Viewing a culture through a perspective that is indigenous to it.

Question 12

Etic

Answer 12

Viewing a culture through a perspective that is external to it.

Question 13

autoplastic

Answer 13

An approach to personal change that involves adapting the self to the external environment.

Question 14

alloplastic

Answer 14

An approach to personal change that involves altering the external environment to fit the needs of the individual.

Question 15

Locus of control

Answer 15

A dimension of worldview that reflects whether individuals feel in control of their own fate (internal control) or feel controlled externally by environmental forces (external control).

Question 16

Locus of responsibility

Answer 16

A dimension of worldview that reflects whether individuals believe they are responsible for their fate (internal responsibility) or cannot be held responsible because there are more powerful forces at work in their lives (external responsibility).

Question 17

extended self

Answer 17

Ego development typical of ethnic group members who conceive of themselves not as individuals, but as part of a broader collective.

Question 18

Mosayara

Answer 18

A Muslim and/or Arab term which involves hiding your real feelings and instead reacting in socially acceptable ways.

Question 19

Istighaba

Answer 19

Involves expressing authentic feelings away from the family and social observation.

Question 20

Collective treatment models

Answer 20

As opposed to one-to-one or individualistic treatment models, collective treatment models actively depend on interactions with other group members for therapeutic outcomes.