chapter 3 - Cultural Perspectives and Barriers: The Individual Interplay of Cultural Experiences Flashcards
define culturally deficit models
groups are seen as possessing inferior or dysfunctional values and belief systems
define culture
It is the totality of the ideals, beliefs, skills, tools, customs, and institutions into which members of society are born
what is the greatest punishment in an Asian culture
to be disowned by their family due to their collectivistic culture
what do Africans call their collectivism
groupness
when someone wrongs another, do collective society group members feel guilt or shame
shame. guit is felt by individualistic members.
in chinese culture why might a client be silent as a response
it is to show reverence to the “older and wiser” counselor.
define the Latinx value simpatía,
cultural value of communicating with politeness and warmth and interest in another
what culture does not value insight due to thinking that thinking too much causes issues
asian culturs
what 5 cultures believe self disclosure is disapproved due to it also reflecting on their families
asian american, latinx, native americans, and polynesian americans.
define paralanguage
vocal cues that individuals use to add meaning to their communications. For example, loudness of voice, pauses, silences, hesitations, rate of speech, inflections, and the like all fall into this category
during silence in conversation, how might the following view that silence: Russians, French, and Spanish
as one being in agreement
how do the British and Arabs use silence
as privacy (non choice in response)
what culture speaks softly as they see being loud as a anger and lose of control
asians
what country prefers communication to be open, direct, and frank confrontation
the british
what 3 cultures see direct and frank communication as immature and rude
Asian Americans, American Indians, and some Latinx Americans
what culture prefers to speak with a desk between them
european americans
define proxemics
the understanding of one’s personal space
define kinesics
the way a person moves their body
what 3 things can the japanese see smiling as
embarrassment, discomfort, or shyness
what 2 cultures prefer to show very little emotionality as they see it as a sign of lacking maturity or wisdom
chiense and japanese
what ancietn culture saw sticking out of the tongue as wisdom
mayan
what 2 cultures see putting up one’s feet and showig the bottom of the feet to someone as rude
Asian and Latinx
who reads nonverbal cues the best based on demogrpahics
women and POC (developed this skill for survival)
what culture tends to prefer a nonlinear, holistic, intuitive, and harmonious approach to life
native americans
what culture tends to avoid conflict directly
the chinese - they use deflection instead to maintain harmony
what country is very future oriented
america
what 2 cultures are more oriented to the present
native americans and black americans
what 2 cultures are focused on the past-present
asian american and latin american
what society is focused on the past
asian (honoring ancestors)
how does the native american characterize time
flowing, circular, harmonis (like nature)
how do americans characterize time
fixed/static and categorical (time is money) and as a commodity
african americans tend to not have a nuclear family, how is it conceived then instead
as a peoplehood or extended family network as a means of surviving racism
americans place value on doing, where do native americans and latinx place such a value
on being or a being in becoming. here and now focus, thus, they will tend to not seek to interfere with another’s path (no manipulation)
how does the Latin culture view materialism
it does not seek it but seeks dignity and respect as qualities we are all born with instead.
how do european and african americans view our nature as neutral
we are neither good nor bad but our environment shapes us
what 2 cultures view humans as innately good
asian and native american
how does latin people view our nature
as either good or bad and needs direction and guidance to help it prosper. this guidance is typically from the family or religion.
what 4 things can happen when children are needed to translate for the parents in therapy siuations
1- stresses parent-child relationship
2- kids don’t have adequate vocab
3- private info violations with kids learning thigns they shouldn’t
4- kids become parentized
is it legal to use parents kids as interpreters
no. it is illegal and discriminatory to not have translators or interpreters available
do therapists view the functionality of clients as better orworse in correlation to their SES
worse. aka the poorer they are the worse we perceive their functionality
