Ch. 10 Cultural Diversity
The process of learning the beliefs and behaviors of a dominant culture and assuming some of its characteristics.
Acculturation
Differences based on cultural, ethnic, and racial factors.
Cultural diversity:
Care that provides for the well-being of the whole person and meets not only physical needs, but also social, emotional, and mental needs.
Holistic care
The distance people require to feel comfortable while interacting with others; also called territorial space.
Personal space
The ability to recognize and appreciate the personal characteristics of others.
Sensitivity
An individual who believes that the existence of God cannot be proved or disproved.
Agnostic
The values, beliefs, attitudes, languages, symbols, rituals, behaviors, and customs unique to a particular group of people and passed from one generation to the next.
Culture
A family structure in which the mother or oldest female is the authority figure.
Matriarchal
An individual who believes in and worships many gods.
Polytheist
The beliefs individuals have about themselves, their connections with others, and their relationship with a higher power.
Spirituality
A person who does not believe in any deity or god.
Atheist
A classification of people based on national origin and/or culture.
Ethnicity
An individual who believes in the existence of only one God.
Monotheist
A strong feeling or belief about a person or subject that is formed without reviewing facts or information; literally means "to prejudge".
Prejudice
Occurs when an assumption is made that everyone in a particular group is the same.
Stereotyping
A preference that inhibits impartial judgment.
Bias
The belief that one's own cultural values are better than the cultural values of others.
Ethnocentric
A family that usually consists of one or two parents and a child or children.
Nuclear family
A classification of people based on physical or biological characteristics such as skin, hair, and eye color, facial features, blood type, and bone structure.
Race
Care based on the cultural beliefs, emotional needs, spiritual feelings, and physical needs of a person.
Transcultural health care:
A process where many cultures are absorbed into a dominant culture, requiring the newly arrived group to alter unique beliefs and behaviors to adopt the ways of the dominant culture.
Cultural assimilation:
A group that includes the nuclear family plus grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Extended family
A family structure in which the father or oldest male is the authority figure.
Patriarchal
An organized system of belief in a higher power, usually associated with a particular form or place of worship.
Religion