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Cultural Competence - Chapter 1
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Nursing
Undergraduate 3
02/01/2013

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xenophobia
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will be wary of new ideas
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Intimate Zone
Definition
within 1 ft of someone
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personal distance
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within 3 ft of someone
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public distance
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within 12 ft or more of someone
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social distance
Definition
within 10 ft of someone
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Heritage Inconsistency
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An admitted change of last name may indicate....
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Heritage Consistency
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A person who is ..... may engage in frequent visits to their country of origin
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Involuntary
Definition
The nature of the process of acculturation is....
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pluralism
Definition
A core part of the social and economic engine that drives this country is....
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Socialization
Definition
THe process of being raised within a culture and knowing its characteristics
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voluntary
Definition
The acculturation process related to learning a new culture is....
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involuntary
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The acculturation process related to when a member of minority group becomes like the dominant group.
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assimilation
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the process by which a person develops a new cultural identity
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Culture
Definition
All facets of human behavior can be interpreted through the lens of...
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ethnicity
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Many people tend to shy away from their...
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Religion
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A major determinant of a person's ethnicity is.....
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Heritage Consistency
Definition
observance of the beliefs and practices of one's traditional cutural belief system
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Haragei
Definition
Japanese art or practice of using nonverbal communication
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xenophobia
Definition
morbid fear of strangers
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Metacommunication system
Definition
Large system of communication that includes both verbal language and nonverbal signs and symbols
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Assimilation
Definition
to become absorbed into another culture and to adopt its characteristics. To develop a new cultural identity.
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Acculturation
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process of adapting to another culture. to acquire the majority group's culture.
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social organization
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patterns of cultural behavior related to life events that are followed within a given social group.
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Heritage Inconsistency
Definition
observation of the beliefs and practices of one's acculturated belief system.
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Culture
Definition
nonphysical traits (values, beliefs, etc) shared by group of people and passed from one generation to the next.
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ethnocentrism
Definition
one's own cultural, ethnic, professional or social group is superior to others.
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Racism
Definition
one race is superior to other races.
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spirituality
Definition
experience and meaning of unity
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Spirit
Definition
source of meaning and unity
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alien
Definition
every person applying for entry to US. Anyone not a US citizen.
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pluralistic
Definition
numerous ethnocultural backgrounds
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ethnicity
Definition
cultural group's sense of identification associated with group's common social and cultural heritage.
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