Terminology test 1

Question 1

Tendency to view your own way of life as the most desirable, acceptable, or best and act superior to any other cultures way of life

Answer 1

Ethnocentrism

Question 2

Borne out of each persons unique life experience and his or her personal effort to find purpose and meaning of life

Answer 2

Spirituality

Question 3

The key to understanding cultural diversity is what??

Answer 3

Self awareness and understanding ones culture

Question 4

An organized system of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe

Answer 4

Religion

Question 5

This theory assumes that all events in life have a cause and effect, that the human body functions more or less mechanically

Answer 5

Biomedical

Question 6

Professional health care that is culturally sensitive, appropriate, and competent

Answer 6

Cultural care

Question 7

A social group that may possess shared traits such as common geographic origin, migratory status, religion, language, values , traditions, or symbols , and food preferences

Answer 7

ethnicity

Question 8

The basic premise is that the world is an arena in which supernatural forces dominate

Answer 8

Magiocoreligious

Question 9

The process of social and psychological exchanges that take place when there are ongoing encounters between individuals of different cultures with subsequent changes in either or both groups

Answer 9

Acculturation

Question 10

Cultural characteristics refers to the physical objects, resources, and spaces that ppl use to define their culture

Answer 10

Material

Question 11

Unfair and avoidable health differences affect people who experience social economic and or environmental disadvantage.

Answer 11

Health disparities

Question 12

A pattern of shared attitudes, beliefs , self definitions, Norms, roles, and values that can occur among those who speak a particular language or live in a defined geographic region

Answer 12

Culture