CH11 Cultural Competency

Question 1

A person’s ethnicity refers to ________.

A) Cultural heritage

B) Physical characteristics

C) Hair color

D) European country of

Answer 1

A) Cultural heritage

Question 2

Which is the theory that suggests an individual’s social interaction as a child leads to continuous changes in thought and behavior from culture to culture?

A) Social-cognitive

B) Cognitive

C) Sociocultural

D) Social behavior

E) None of the above

Answer 2

C) Sociocultural

Question 3

The integration of the patient’s socioethnocultural background into the dental hygiene process is ________.

A) Cross-cultural dental hygiene

B) Target assessments

C) Cultural diversity

D) Cultural barriers

E) All of the above

Answer 3

A) Cross-cultural dental hygiene

Question 4

The difference between a child’s actual level of development shown by unassisted performance and his or her potential level as indicated by assisted performance is termed ________.

A) Social-cognitive space

B) Stages of space

C) Proximal theory

D) Stages of development

E) None of the above

Answer 4

E) None of the above

Answer: Zone of Proximal Development

Question 5

Culture encompasses which of the following?

A) Attitudes

B) Values

C) Beliefs

D) Both A and B

E) All of the above

Answer 5

E) All of the above

Question 6

Displaying an accepting, nonjudgmental demeanor when presented with cultural diversity is a guideline for ________.

A) Building an effective infrastructure

B) Developing a lesson plan

C) Cross-cultural dental hygiene

D) Barrier posts

E) None of the above

Answer 6

C) Cross-cultural dental hygiene

Question 7

What are beliefs that are centered on European values and experience?

A) Ethnocentric

B) Eurocentric

C) Anglocentric

D) Unioncentric

E) All of the above

Answer 7

B) Eurocentric

Question 8

A term used to describe an individual assimilating to another culture by assuming its practices and beliefs is ________.

A) Ethnocentric

B) Acculturate

C) Cross-cultural

D) Cultural diversity

E) All of the above

Answer 8

B) Acculturate

Question 9

Americans are viewed as ________.

A) A melting pot

B) A salad bowl

C) Jello with fruit

D) Apples and oranges

E) None of the above

Answer 9

B) A salad bowl

Question 10

What is the term used when numerous distinct ethnic, religious, or cultural groups are present and tolerated within a society?

A) Ethnocentrism

B) Pluralism

C) Cross-cultural

D) Cultural diversity

E) None of the above

Answer 10

B) Pluralism

Question 11

Health care workers have a major responsibility to be ________.

A) Culturally sensitive

B) Ethnocentric

C) Pluralistic

D) Both A and B

E) All of the above

Answer 11

A) Culturally sensitive

Question 12

Communication can be accomplished ________.

A) Orally

B) In writing

C) By body language

D) Both B and C

E) All of the above

Answer 12

E) All of the above

Question 13

What is the belief that because the patient looks like the health care provider, there are no cultural differences?

A) Ethnocentric

B) Ethnocultural

C) Blind spot

D) All of the above

E) None of the above

Answer 13

C) Blind spot

Question 14

Successful communication with other cultures takes ________.

A) Time

B) Patience

C) Caring

D) Both B and C

E) None of the above

Answer 14

E) None of the above

Question 15

What is the belief that one’s own culture is better than other cultures?

A) Ethnocentrism

B) Ethnocultural

C) Cross-cultural

D) Blind spot

E) None of the above

Answer 15

A) Ethnocentrism

Question 16

The provider who is ethnocentric tends to antagonize and alienate patients from other cultures.

True

False

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Complementary alternative medicine often comes from cultural practices that are different than Western medicine.

True

False

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Cultural diversity can be defined as the awareness and respect of an individual’s or a population’s cultural differences.

True

False

Answer 18

False

Question 19

Culture is related to dental hygiene because disease and health often are culturally determined.

True

False

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Minority populations are still underrepresented in the health professions.

True

False

Answer 20

True

Question 21

_______ is an awareness of cultural differences

Answer 21

Cultural competence

Question 22

_____ is people from different cultures

Answer 22

Cultural diversity

Question 23

______ are different populations having different disease rates

Answer 23

Oral health disparities

Question 24

______ is the belief that the only culture of importance is the individual’s own culture

Answer 24

Ethnocentrism

Question 25

______ is the effective integration of a patient’s socioethnocultural background into the dental hygiene process of care

Answer 25

Cross-cultural dental hygiene

Question 26

________ is the theory that suggested that an individual’s social interaction as a child leads to continuous changes in thought and behavior that can vary greatly from culture to culture

Answer 26

Culture

Question 27

______ represents social groups with a shared history, sense of identity, geography, and cultural roots.

Answer 27

Ethnicity

Question 28

_____ refers to a population with shared physical characteristics.

Answer 28

Race

Question 29

____ refers to three ways for which cultural tools to pass from one person to another.

Answer 29

Sociocultural theory

Question 30

Name the three types of learning in sociocultural theory.

Answer 30

–Imitative learning-

–Instructed learning-

–Collaborative learning

Question 31

____ is defined as, when a person tries to imitate or copy another

Answer 31

Imitative learning-

Question 32

_____ is defined as, remembering the instructions of the teacher then using these instructions to self-regulate

Answer 32

Instructed learning

Question 33

_____ is defined as passing long cultural tools, working together as a unit to learn a specific skill

Answer 33

Collaborative learning

Question 34

_____ is the belief that one’s own culture or traditions are better than those of other cultures

Answer 34

Ethnocentrism

Question 35

____ is defined as a group within a culture that differentiates them from the larger group

Answer 35

Subculture

Question 36

_____ is the intentional or unintentional opinion or prejudice of a group

Answer 36

Stereotyping

Question 37

Cross-Cultural Communication

• Being able to effectively communicate with those from different ______
• Practice______
• ______- intentional or unintentional opinion or prejudice of a group
• ______ communication- ability to interpret and transmit information to someone from another culture
• _______- believing there are no barriers to care because of similar cultural backgrounds

Answer 37

cultures

management

Stereotyping

Transcultural

Cultural blind spot syndrome

Question 38

The __________ refers to the difference between what a learner can do without help and what he or she can achieve with guidance and encouragement from a skilled partner.

Answer 38

Zone of proximal development

Question 39

_____when a person tries to imitate or copy another

Answer 39

Imitative