Chapter 4 - role of Culture in strengths and living Flashcards
Culturally deficient perspective
A view that identifies a host of environmental, nutritional, linguistic, and interpersonal factors (namely, those factors that differ most from European American values) that supposedly explain the physical and psychological growth of members of selected groups.
Culturally different perspective
A view of human diversity that recognizes the potential of each culture to engender unique strengths.
Culturally pluralistic
Explanations that recognize distinct cultural entities and adopt some values of the majority group.
Culturally Relativistic
Explanations that interpret behaviors within the context of cultures.
Culture
A common heritage or set of beliefs, norms, and values.
Culture-bound syndromes
Sets of symptoms much more common in some societies than in others.
Etiology
The cause, origin, or a reason for something.
Eugenics
The study of methods of reducing “genetic inferiority” by selective breeding, especially as applied to human reproduction.
Genetically deficient perspective
A view of human diversity that suggests that biological difference explains perceived gaps in intellectual capabilities among racial groups. Proponents of this perspective believe that those of inferior intelligence cannot benefit from growth opportunities and do not contribute to the advancement of society.
Multicultural Personality
“A strength-based cluster of personality dispositions that . . . is hypothesized to predict cultural adjustment and quality of life outcomes in culturally heterogenous societies” (Ponterotto, Mendelowitz, & Collabolletta, 2008, p. 95).
WorldView
“Ways of describing the universe and life within it, both in terms of what is and what ought to be” (Koltko-Rivera, 2004, p. 4).
