Intro and overview of contemporary culture

Question 1

What is culture?

Answer 1

features of a practice or belief that a group of people share; these practices can be overt (e.g., food and clothing) or covert (e.g., ideas about gender and disease)

Question 2

What is race?

Answer 2

biological and physical features (e.g., skin color and facial features) of a group

Question 3

What is ethnicity?

Answer 3

cultural features that are shared that unite a group of people

Question 4

What is assimilation?

Answer 4

A person forgets about their own culture and blends into the majority culture; this is akin to the melting pot analogy.

Question 5

What is acculturation?

Answer 5

people enter a new society and take on features of the society they are in while still maintaining aspects of their culture; it is akin to the salad bowl analogy

Question 6

What is ethnography?

Answer 6

anthropological study of cultures

Question 7

What is ethnocentricity?

Answer 7

one uses their own cultural values and standards to judge another culture

Question 8

What is cultural competence?

Answer 8

a clinician’s ability to respond respectfully and responsively to children and families and highlight the richness and limitations of the clinician and family’s socio-cultural context.

Question 9

What does Dr. Maldonado claim is a cause of healthcare disparity?

Answer 9

Underrepresentation of healthcare professionals