Quiz 3

Question 1

Important tools and skills that one needs when working with diverse populations.

Answer 1

Language
Ask the people
Understand the culture
Trust the people
Foster a community of inclusion
Lift where you stand
Be innovative/creative
Learn from others

Question 2

What is unconscious (or implicit) bias?

Answer 2

operates outside of the person’s awareness and can be in direct contradiction to a person’s espoused beliefs and values.

Question 3

Three things to learn about when getting to know a population

Answer 3

Historical and Generational Trauma
Cultural Values and Beliefs
communication Styles

Question 4

What is redlining?

Answer 4

Redlining defined whole neighborhoods as “high risk” and did not allow residents access to mortgages
Red: hazardous, most financial risk, “do not lend” (~30%)

Question 5

Health conditions/outcomes correlated with redlining

Answer 5

Chicago: cancer and mental health
Atlanta: asthma, poor mental health, less than 7 hours of sleep a night
San Francisco-Oakland: Bay View-Hunters Point has consistent poor health outcomes across the board, as well as Oakland, Alameda, and Berkeley
Miami: stroke, poor mental health, poor sleep quality

Question 6

What is culture?

Answer 6

Sharing a pattern of thinking, feeling, reacting, and problem-solving
Must be considered in historical, social, political, and economic contexts
Pattern of learned beliefs, values, and behaviors shared within a group (language, styles of communication, practices, customs, views on roles and relationships)
“Shared beliefs, values, and assumptions of a group of people who learn from one another and teach to others that their behaviors, attitudes, and perspectives are the correct ways to think, act, and feel”

Question 7

What is cultural competence?

Answer 7

The ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures
Three components:
Awareness
Attitude
Skills

Question 8

What is cultural humility?

Answer 8

A personal lifelong commitment to self-evaluation and self-critique
Recognition of power dynamics and imbalances, a desire to fix those power imbalances and to develop partnerships with people and groups who advocate for others
Institutional accountability

Question 9

Generational cohorts

Answer 9

1. Greatest generation
   (born 1901-1927)
2. Silent generation (born
   1928-1945)
3. Baby Boomers (born
   1946-1964)

Question 10

Common psychological challenges among the aging population