Final Terms

Question 1

Acculturation

Answer 1

Process of adopting new majority culture; a process of social/cultural identification development where an individual maintains their own cultural/social identity while also adopting select traits from the dominant culture

Question 2

Assimilation

Answer 2

Complete acculturation; an individual gives up their own cultural/social identity in order to fit into the dominant culture

Question 3

Enculturation

Answer 3

The process of passing culture from generation to generation

Question 4

Assumptions

Answer 4

Beliefs held about people, situations, etc. such beliefs are not confirmed by factual information but rather by opinions, experiences, etc

Question 5

Race

Answer 5

Racial categories are based on visible traits; no control over, not accurate portrayal of people

Question 6

Religion

Answer 6

System of beliefs expressed through rituals and other practices through which man relates to a supreme being and whereby human life attains meaning

Question 7

Ideology

Answer 7

System of beliefs; solely mental no practices or rituals like religion

Question 8

Ethnicity

Answer 8

A social construction that indicates identification with a particular group which is often descended from common ancestors; members of the group share common cultural traits and are an identifiable minority within the dominant culture. Not biological or physical differences

Question 9

Ethnocentrism

Answer 9

Uncritical acceptance of ones own value system and lifestyle as most appropriate

Question 10

Stereotyping

Answer 10

Applying why is perceived to be the collective traits of a specific group on an individual-discounting the individuals characteristics

Question 11

Prejudice

Answer 11

Hostility directed towards an individual of a different cultural group-purely because they are a part of that group- not based on individuality

Question 12

Cultural diversity

Answer 12

Recognition that people come from a variety of ethnic, geographic, economic, and religious backgrounds

Question 13

Multiculturalism

Answer 13

Promotion of an environment free of discrimination

Question 14

Equality vs equity

Answer 14

Equality:A focus on treating people in the same manner regardless of their differences

Equity: a focus on acknowledging people’s differences and making accommodations for some of their differences while still treating everyone fairly

Question 15

Historically marginalized groups

Answer 15

Those who have been historically and systemically excluded from advantages or oppressed by the dominant group. Categories of marginalization have include race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, physical ability, and immigrant status.

Question 16

Structural inequality

Answer 16

A process and a set of institutional relationships by which groups are historically and systemically excluded from advantage or oppressed by dominant group. These inequalities are established and maintained by the dominant group which results in the marginalization of other people’s and their concepts or practices. These marginalized groups in turn negotiate and contest the status and meaning of the concepts and practices of the dominant group.

Question 17

Food security

Answer 17

For a household means access by all members at all times to enough food for an active healthy life. At minimum includes: the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food. Assured ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways

Question 18

Food insecurity

Answer 18

Limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods or limited ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.

Question 19

Culture

Answer 19

The beliefs, customs, arts, way of life, of a particular society, group, place, time

Question 20

Diversity

Answer 20

Understanding that each individual is unique and recognizing our differences. There can be race, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs or other ideologies

Question 21

Cultural worldview

Answer 21

Each cultural group has a unique outlook on life which is often based on their personal beliefs and values. Personal and public conduct, assumptions regarding social interactions, and assessments of individual behavior are determined by cultural outlook or worldview

Question 22

Biomedicine

Answer 22

Conventional, western medicine based on principles of natural science, treat disease, uses the latest technology

Question 23

Traditional medicine

Answer 23

Sum total of knowledge. Skills and practices are based on theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures. Used to maintain health, used to prevent, diagnose, improve and treat physical and mental illness

Question 24

Health

Answer 24

A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely an absence of disease or infirmity

Question 25

Complementary medicine

Answer 25

The use of unconventional medicine secondary or as an adjunct to biomedicine

Question 26

Alternative medicine

Answer 26

The use of unconventional therapies in place of biomedicine

Question 27

Integrative medicine

Answer 27

Medical practice combining conventional treatments and CAM therapies where there is some quality if scientific evidence of safety and effectiveness

Question 28

Affluence

Answer 28

Abundance of money, property, and other material goods; riches; wealth

Question 29

Socioeconomic status

Answer 29

An economic and sociological combined total measure of a persons work experience and of an individual or family's economic and social position in relation to others based on income, education, and occupation.

Question 30

Food dessert

Answer 30

Parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit, veggies, and other healthful whole foods, usually found in impoverished areas largely due to lack of grocery stores, farmers markets, and healthy food providers