Chapter 1 Terms

Question 1

Cultural Competence

Answer 1

The ability of professionals to repeat, recognize, value, and honor the beliefs and values of the individuals and families they serve as well as engage in continual self-assessment regarding cultural differences between themselves and their clients

Question 2

Culture

Answer 2

The shared beliefs, traditions, and values of a group of people that are used to define their social identity

Question 3

Race

Answer 3

A classification that distinguishes groups of people from one another based on physical characteristics such as skin color. It is a statement about a person’s biological attributes

Question 4

Ethnicity

Answer 4

The social definition of groups of people based on shared ancestry and culture. Ethnicity includes races and also factors such as customs, nationality, language, and heritage

Question 5

How can culture be viewed?

Answer 5

A framework through which actions are filtered as individuals go about the business of daily living

Question 6

Stereotype

Answer 6

An oversimplified, fixed image we have of members of a group

Question 7

Ethnocentrism

Answer 7

The view that members of one’s own culture do things the right way

Question 8

Cultural Relativism

Answer 8

hold the attitude that other ways of doing things are different yet equally valid; the goal is to understand other people’s behavior in its cultural context

Question 9

“melting pot”

Answer 9

People from around the world came to the U.S., brought their cultures, and threw them into the American pot. The mixture was stirred and heated until the various cultures melted together

Question 10

Immigrant

Answer 10

An individual who enters a country with the intention of becoming a permanent resident.

Question 11

Refugee

Answer 11

An individual who flees to another country because of fear of persecution, war, or imminent danger

Question 12

Traditional

Answer 12

Individuals do not adapt to the new culture and continue to adhere solely to the practices and values of their culture of origin

Question 13

Marginal

Answer 13

Individuals adapt minimally to the new culture

Question 14

Acculturated

Answer 14

Individuals adapt to the new culture but lose some parameters of their culture of origin

Question 15

Bicultural

Answer 15

Individuals retain strong ties with their culture of origin while successfully adapting to the new culture

Question 16

Acculturation

Answer 16

The situation in which individuals identify with their primary community in which they have been initially socialized as well as with the broader majority community

Question 17

Acute movement situation

Answer 17

Refugees not planned to leave their country and are not prepared for it

Question 18

Anticipate movement

Answer 18

Refugees leaving their country sense danger and leave early; they resemble voluntary migrants