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18 Cards in this Set
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acculturation
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The process of learning the norms, beliefs, and behavioral expectations of a group other than one's own group.
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belief
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Something accepted as true by a culture.
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cultural assimilation
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The process by which individuals from a minority group are absorbed by the dominant culture and take on the characteristics of the dominant culture.
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cultural competence
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The acquisition of knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of a culture that facilitates the provision of culturally appropriate health care.
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cultural diversity
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The differences among groups of people that result from ethnic, racial, and cultural variables.
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cultural imposition
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The tendency to impose one's own beliefs, values, and patterns of behavior on individuals from other cultures.
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culture
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The dynamic network of knowledge, beliefs, patterns of behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and norms that are unique to a particular group of people.
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dominant culture
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The group whose values prevail within a society.
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ethnic group
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A group of people within a culture who share an identity based on race, religion, color, national origin, or language.
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ethnicity
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An individual's identification of self as part of an ethnic group.
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ethnocentrism
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An assumption of cultural superiority and an inability to accept another culture's ways.
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minority group
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An ehtnic, cultural, racial, or religious group that constitues less than a numerical majority of the population.
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oppression
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The imposition of the cultural ways of one group on another group.
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race
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A grouping of people that is based on biological similarities. Members of a racial group have similar physical characteristics, such as blood group, facial features, and color of skin, hair, and eyes.
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racism
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Discrimination directed toward individuals or groups who are perceived to be inferior because of biological differences; often accompanied by oppression.
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stereotyping
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An expectation that all people within the same racial, ethnic, or cultural group act alike and share the same beliefs and attitudes.
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subculture
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A group of people with characteristic patterns of behavior that distinguish the group from the larger culture or society.
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values
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Principles and standards that have meaning and worth to an individual, family, group, community, or culture.
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