Chapter 6 Vocabulary

Question 1

Culture

Answer 1

The traditions, customs, norms, belief, values, and thought patterns assed down from generation to generation.

Question 2

Intracultural communication

Answer 2

Communication between members of the same culture.

Question 3

Homophily

Answer 3

A powerful tool that can be effectively used for better health outcomes.

Question 4

Intercultural communication

Answer 4

Occurs between people who are members of two different cultural groups.

Question 5

Language barrier

Answer 5

Is the inability to relay effective and appreciate communication.

Question 6

Nonverbal barrier

Answer 6

Inability to relay effective and appreciate communication.

Question 7

Cross cultural communication

Answer 7

Is generally a synonym for intercultural communication.

Question 8

International communication

Answer 8

Communication between different governmental bodies of culture.

Question 9

Interethnic communication

Answer 9

Communication between ethnic groups.

Question 10

Interracial communication

Answer 10

Interactions between members of different racial groups.

Question 11

Anchoring Bias

Answer 11

When a person latches onto the features of the patient presentation.

Question 12

Ethnocentrism

Answer 12

Beliefs that the customs and practice of ones own culture is superior to others.

Question 13

Xenophobia

Answer 13

The fear of strangers.

Question 14

Equality

Answer 14

The lowest level of the ethnocentric spectrum.

Question 15

Sensitivity

Answer 15

Is the second point on ethnocentric.

Question 16

Indifference

Answer 16

A tendency for a person not to pay attention to the culture or subculture of others.

Question 17

Avoidance

Answer 17

Want little or nothing to do with other cultures.

Question 18

Disparagement

Answer 18

A person who displays a great deal of prejudice or intolerance for other cultures.

Question 19

Culture shock

Answer 19

A degree to which a person feels trauma related to the experience of a new culture.

Question 20

Stereotyping

Answer 20

A sense making behavior that requires people to make generalizations in order to make sense of the people and cultures that exist around them.

Question 21

Prejudice

Answer 21

A prejudgement of people that that is based on stereotyping.