Chapter 10 Human Diversity Flashcards
Assimilation
Process by which people slowly give up their original culture and melt into another usually larger group
Bias
Prejudice: thinking negative of others without any justification
Biculturalism
Being able to negotiate two or more different cultures competently
Cultures
develop behaviors, norms, and value to a specific environment
Discrimination
Actions involved in unequal or prejudicial treatment of people
Diverse
Human societies different or similar in their ways
Ethnicity
Relates to racial, national, and religious or cultural heritage
Ethnocentrism
Tendency toward viewing norms and values of one’s own culture as the acceptable one
Religion
Belief in divine or superhuman power or powers
What is cultural competency?
Set of attitudes, behaviors, and polices that come together in a system
What are some human diversity traits?
-Age
-Ethnicity/ national origin
-Race
-Gender/sexual orientation
-Mental and physical ability
-Religion
Racism
the belief that one race or culture is superior using it as basis for discrimination
What are the Core Values of Human Rights?
Autonomy
Dignity
Equality
Solidarity
What are the 5 ELEMENTS of cultural competency ?
-Valuing diversity
-Cultural self-assessment
-Awareness of the dynamics of cross cultural interaction
-Incorporating cultural knowledge into the corporate culture
-Adaptive environment to multicultural issues
What are the cultural competency in HEALTHCARE?
-Commnication
-Space
-Time
-Environmental cultural
-Biological variations
-Social organizations
