CH11 Cultural Competency Flashcards
A person’s ethnicity refers to ________.
A) Cultural heritage
B) Physical characteristics
C) Hair color
D) European country of
A) Cultural heritage
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
C) Sociocultural
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
A) Cross-cultural dental hygiene
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
E) None of the above
Answer: Zone of Proximal Development
Culture encompasses which of the following?
A) Attitudes
B) Values
C) Beliefs
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above
E) All of the above
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
C) Cross-cultural dental hygiene
What are beliefs that are centered on European values and experience?
A) Ethnocentric
B) Eurocentric
C) Anglocentric
D) Unioncentric
E) All of the above
B) Eurocentric
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
B) Acculturate
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
B) A salad bowl
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
B) Pluralism
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
A) Culturally sensitive
Communication can be accomplished ________.
A) Orally
B) In writing
C) By body language
D) Both B and C
E) All of the above
E) All of the above
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
C) Blind spot
Successful communication with other cultures takes ________.
A) Time
B) Patience
C) Caring
D) Both B and C
E) None of the above
E) None of the above
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
A) Ethnocentrism
The provider who is ethnocentric tends to antagonize and alienate patients from other cultures.
True
False
True
Complementary alternative medicine often comes from cultural practices that are different than Western medicine.
True
False
True
Cultural diversity can be defined as the awareness and respect of an individual’s or a population’s cultural differences.
True
False
False
Culture is related to dental hygiene because disease and health often are culturally determined.
True
False
True
Minority populations are still underrepresented in the health professions.
True
False
True
_______ is an awareness of cultural differences
Cultural competence
_____ is people from different cultures
Cultural diversity
______ are different populations having different disease rates
Oral health disparities
______ is the belief that the only culture of importance is the individual’s own culture
Ethnocentrism
______ is the effective integration of a patient’s socioethnocultural background into the dental hygiene process of care
Cross-cultural dental hygiene
________ 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
Culture
______ represents social groups with a shared history, sense of identity, geography, and cultural roots.
Ethnicity
_____ refers to a population with shared physical characteristics.
Race
____ refers to three ways for which cultural tools to pass from one person to another.
Sociocultural theory
Name the three types of learning in sociocultural theory.
–Imitative learning-
–Instructed learning-
–Collaborative learning
____ is defined as, when a person tries to imitate or copy another
Imitative learning-
_____ is defined as, remembering the instructions of the teacher then using these instructions to self-regulate
Instructed learning
_____ is defined as passing long cultural tools, working together as a unit to learn a specific skill
Collaborative learning
_____ is the belief that one’s own culture or traditions are better than those of other cultures
Ethnocentrism
____ is defined as a group within a culture that differentiates them from the larger group
Subculture
_____ is the intentional or unintentional opinion or prejudice of a group
Stereotyping
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
cultures
management
Stereotyping
Transcultural
Cultural blind spot syndrome
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.
Zone of proximal development
_____when a person tries to imitate or copy another
Imitative
