Leininger Flashcards
What is her theory
Cultural diversity and universality theory
is a comparative study of cultures to understand similarities (culture universal) and difference (culture-specific) across human groups
Transcultural nursing
Set of values, beliefs and traditions, that are held by a specific group of people and handed down from generation to generation.
Culture
is primary through means of transmitting culture.
Language
Is a set of belief in a divine or super human power (or powers) to be obeyed and worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe.
Religion
refers to a group of people who share a common and distinctive culture and who are members of a specific group.
Ethnic
a consciousness of belonging to a group.
Ethnicity
the sense of being part of an ethnic group or culture
Cultural Identify
commonalities of values, norms of behavior, and life patterns that are similar among different cultures.
Culture Universals
values, beliefs, and patterns of behavior that tend to be unique to a designate culture.
Culture specifies
Refers to objects (dress, art, religious artifacts)
Material Culture
Refers to beliefs customs, languages, social institutions.
Non material Culture
composed of people who have a distinct identity but are related to a larger cultural group.
Sub culture
a person who crosses two cultures, lifestyles, and sets of values.
Bi cultural
refers to the fact or state of being different. Can occur between cultures and within a cultural group.
Diversity
People of a minority group tend to assume the attitudes, values, beliefs, find practices of the dominant society resulting in a blended cultural pattern.
Acculturation