Ch. 10 Cultural Diversity - Key Terms
Acculturation
Process of learning the beliefs and behaviours of a dominant culture and assuming some of the characteristics
Agnostic
Someone who believes the existence of God cannot be proved or disproved.
holistic care
Care that provides for the well-being of the whole person and meets not only physical needs, but also social, emotional, and mental needs.
Matriarchal
A family organization where the mother or oldest female is the authority figure
Sensitivity
Ability to recognize and appreciate the personal characteristics of others.
Atheist
A person who doesn’t believe in any deity.
Bias
A preference that inhibits impartial judgement.
Monotheist
Some believe in existence of one God a characteristic of Judaism, Christianity, and the Islamic religion
nuclear family
A family group that usually consists of 1 or 2 parents and a child or children.
Spiritually
The beliefs individuals have about themselves, their connections with others and their relationship with a higher power.
cultural assimilation
Absorption of many cultures into the dominant culture, which requires newly arrived cultural group to alter unique beliefs and behaviours and adopt the ways of the dominant culture
cultural diversity
Differences based on cultural, ethnic, and racial behaviours.
Patriarchal
A family organization where the father or the oldest male is the authority figure.
Personal space
The distance people require to feel comfortable while interacting with others
Stereotyping
Happens when an assumption is made that everyone in a particular group is the same, ignores individual characteristics and labels an individual.
Culture
Values, beliefs, attitudes, languages, symbols, rituals, behaviours, and customs to a unique particular group of people and passed from one generation to the next.
Ethnicity
A classification of people based on national origin or culture or both.
Polytheist
Others worship and believe in many gods.
Prejudice
A strong feeling/belief about a person or subject thats formed without reviewing facts or information.
transcultural health care
Health care based on cultural beliefs, emotional needs, spiritual feelings, and physical needs of a person. It focuses on providing care that’s culturally sensitive and inclusive
Ethnocentric
Describes individuals who believe that their cultural values of others.
extended family
A family group that includes the nuclear family plus grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Race
A classification of people based on physical or biological characteristics such as the color of skin, hair, and eyes, facial features, blood type and bone structure.
Religion
A organized system of belief in a higher power