Ch. 10 Cultural Diversity - Key Terms
This is the process of learning or adapting to a new culture.
What is acculturation?
This includes a group’s beliefs, customs, and traditions.
What is culture?
This term describes a family or society led mainly by women.
What is matriarchal?
This word describes someone who believes in many gods.
What is a polytheist?
his refers to a person’s sense of meaning, purpose, or connection to something greater.
What is spirituality?
This term describes someone who believes we cannot know if God exists.
What is an agnostic?
This term refers to shared culture, traditions, or ancestry.
What is ethnicity?
This word describes someone who believes in one God.
What is a monotheist?
This term means judging others unfairly without knowing them.
What is prejudice?
This is making general assumptions about a group of people.
what is stereotyping
This is a person who does not believe in God or gods.
What is an atheist?
This word describes believing your own culture is better than others.
What is ethnocentric?
This family includes parents and their children only.
What is a nuclear family?
This category groups people based on physical traits like skin color.
What is race?
This type of health care respects and considers different cultures.
What is transcultural health care?
This word means having an unfair opinion or preference.
What is bias?
This type of family includes grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
What is an extended family?
This term describes a family or society led mainly by men.
What is patriarchal?
This is a system of beliefs related to worship and faith.
What is religion?
This word describes believing your own culture is better than others.
What is ethnocentric?
This happens when a person gives up their original culture to adopt another one.
What is cultural diversity?
This type of care treats the whole person, not just the illness.
What is holistic care?
This refers to the physical distance a person feels comfortable keeping from others.
What is personal space?
This means being aware of and respectful toward others’ feelings and differences.
What is sensitivity?