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Acculturation
Acculturation: The 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 and meets physical, social, emotional, and mental needs.
Personal space
Personal space: The distance people require to feel comfortable while interacting with others.
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, attitudes, languages, symbols, rituals, behaviors, and customs unique to a particular group of people and 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: The beliefs individuals have about themselves, their connections with others, and their relationship with a higher power.
Atheist
Atheist: A person who does not believe in any deity.
Ethnicity
Ethnicity: A classification of people based on national origin and/or culture.
Monotheist
Monotheist: An individual who believes in the existence of one God.
Prejudice
Prejudice: A strong feeling or belief about a person or subject that is formed without reviewing facts or information; to prejudge.
Stereotyping
Stereotyping: Occurs when an assumption is made that everyone in a particular group is the same, ignoring individual characteristics.
Bias
Bias: A preference that inhibits impartial judgment.
Ethnocentric
Ethnocentric: The belief that one's own cultural values are better than the values of others.
Nuclear family
Nuclear family: Usually consists of one or two parents and a child or children.
Race
Race: A classification of people based on physical or biological characteristics such as skin color, hair, eyes, and 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
Cultural assimilation: A process where a newly arrived cultural group alters its unique beliefs and behaviors and adopts the ways of the dominant culture.
Extended family
Extended family: Includes the 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.