CLASSWORK - Ch. 10 Cultural Diversity - Key Terms
Acculturation:
Acculturation: The slow process of learning the beliefs and behaviors of a dominant culture and assuming some of its characteristics.
Cultural Diversity
Cultural Diversity: Differences based on cultural, ethnic, and racial factors.
Holistic Care
Holistic Care: Care that provides for the well-being of the whole person, meeting physical, social, emotional, and mental needs.
Personal Space
Personal Space: Often called territorial space; the distance people require to feel comfortable while interacting.
Sensitivity
Sensitivity: The ability to recognize and appreciate the personal characteristics of others.
Agnostic
Agnostic: An individual who believes that the existence of God cannot be proved or disproved.
Culture
Culture: The values, beliefs, languages, symbols, and customs unique to a group of people, passed from one generation to the next.
Matriarchal
Matriarchal: A family structure where the mother or oldest female is the authority figure.
Polytheist
Polytheist: An individual who worships and believes in many gods.
Spirituality
Spirituality: Beliefs individuals have about themselves, their connections to others, and their relationship with a higher power.
Atheist
Atheist: A person who does not believe in any deity or God.
Ethnicity
Ethnicity: A classification of people based on national origin and/or culture (e.g., African American, Hispanic American).
Monotheist
Monotheist: An individual who believes in the existence of only one God.
Prejudice
Prejudice: To "prejudge"; a strong feeling or belief formed without reviewing facts or information.
Stereotyping
Stereotyping: Making an assumption that everyone in a particular group is the same; "labeling" an individual.
Bias
Bias: A preference that inhibits impartial judgment (e.g., believing college-educated people are superior).
Ethnocentric
Ethnocentric: The belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture.
Nuclear Family
Nuclear Family: Usually consists of one or two parents and a child or children.
Race
Race: Classification based on physical or biological characteristics (skin color, hair, bone structure).
Transcultural Health Care
Transcultural Health Care: Health care based on the cultural beliefs, emotional needs, spiritual feelings, and physical needs of a person.
Cultural Assimilation
Cultural Assimilation: The absorption of many cultures into a dominant culture, requiring newly arrived groups to adopt the ways of the dominant group (the "melting pot" concept).
Extended Family
Extended Family: A nuclear family plus grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Patriarchal
Patriarchal: A family structure where the father or oldest male is the authority figure.
Religion
Religion: An organized system of belief in a superhuman power or higher power.