Week 2: Cultural Issues in Neurogenics & Healthcare

Question 1

Language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values and institutions of racial, ethnic, religous, or social groups are all a part of one’s…

Answer 1

Culture

Question 2

True or False: It is not necessary to consider how individuals value greetings in their culture

Answer 2

False
It IS necessary to consider cultural factors such as greetings when working with clients and their families.

Question 3

It is important that professionals must…

a. Be alert to bias and the underrepresentation of persons from racial/ethnic groups in test normative data and assessment stimuli

b. Be aware that all assessments may not represent the various dialects of those languages and may not have been translated by speakers who are native to the languages

c. Be aware that cultural differences can also affect the client-clinician relationship and impact the treatment process

d.All of the above

Answer 3

d. All of the above

Question 4

Cultural ___ is the moment when we realize that something much deeper than the surface issue is affecting the relationship between provider and patient

a. Emotion
b. Knowledge
c. Awareness
d. Skill

Answer 4

c. Awareness

Question 5

Cultural ____ is what you bring with you to an encounter, while awareness emerges during the encounter.

a. Awareness
b. Knowledge
c. Emotion
d. Skill

Answer 5

b. Knowledge.

Question 6

Culture refers to integrated patterns of human behavior that include

a. Language
b. Communication
c. Values/Beliefs
d. Ethnicity
e. All of the above

Answer 6

e. all of the above

Question 7

True or False: we never experience emotion when we are confronted with values and customs different from our own.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Cultural competence includes which of the following:

a. Valuing diversity
b. Conducting self-assessment
c. Having institutional cultural knowledge
d. Adapting to diversity and the cultural context of the communities served
e. All of the above

Answer 8

e. All of the above

Question 9

External culture accounts for _____ % of our culture while internal culture accounts for _____ % of our culture.

a. External culture: 90%,Internal culture: 10%
b. External culture: 50%, Internal culture: 50%
c. External culture: 10%, Internal culture: 90%
d. External culture: 75%, Internal culture: 25%

Answer 9

Answer: c. External culture: 10%, Internal culture: 90%

Question 10

_______ is the frustration and lack of acceptance between the health services provider and the culturally and ethnically diverse patient due to the provider not understanding the patient’s system of values, norms, and beliefs.

a. Cultural sensitivity
b. Cultural dissonance
c. Cultural competence
d. Internal culture

Answer 10

b. Cultural dissonance

Question 11

Cultural competence includes all of the following except

a. conducting cultural self-assessment
b. being conscious of the dynamics inherent when cultures interact
c. not valuing diversity
d. having institutional cultural knowledge: integration of cultural knowledge within individuals and systems

Answer 11

C. not valuing diversity

Question 12

True or False: Cultural competence requires a commitment to life-long learning and enhancement of our knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or False: Cultural responsiveness does not require groups to learn from each other

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Holism, spirituality, independence, acceptance of authority and tradition, and fluidity of time are all sources of ______.

a. Cultural competence
b. Cultural responsiveness
c. Cultural dissonance
d. Cultural knowledge

Answer 14

C. Cultural dissonance

Question 15

All of the following are considerations for cultural sensitivity except _____.

a. Awareness
b. Emotion
c. Talent
d. Knowledge

Answer 15

C. Talent

Question 16

Fill in the Blank:
Cultural sensitivity permits individuals to respond with ____ and ____ to all people.

Answer 16

Dignity, Respect

Question 17

True or False: As future SLPs we should use a “one size fits all” approach in service delivery.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT an example of someone’s internal culture?

a. Gender roles
b. Religious Beliefs
c. Race/ethnicity
d. Nature of friendship

Answer 18

c. Race/ethnicity

Question 19

What are the skill sets that a culturally adept provider needs?

a. Proper management of the emotions involved
b. Good communication skills
c. Ability to recognize cross-cultural encounters
d. All of the above

Answer 19

d. All of the above

Question 20

All of the following are cultural factor questions to consider for patients EXCEPT

a. What role does religion play?
b. How old are they?
c. How is disability viewed in their culture?
d. What does their verbal communication look like in the home?

Answer 20

b. How old are they?

Question 21

Categories where cultural differences can exist in non-verbal communication
does NOT include:

a. Touching & eye contact.
b. Body motion & proxemics
c. Verbal expressions
d. Time & paralinguistics

Answer 21

c. Verbal expressions.

Question 22

True or False: The words you use, non-verbal communication, and how you say something (pitch, emotion, etc.) are types of important cultural differences.

Answer 22

True