UCSP, 08 Handout 1

Question 1

Education helps to develop the inborn potentialities of
a child.

Answer 1

Development of inborn potentialities

Question 2

o Mind and body are distinct.
o A person may be declared dead while the heart is still beating, so long as the brain is
judged to be “dead” (no brain activity).

Answer 2

Perceptions of the Body

Question 3

Education allows members of the next generation to understand their rights and duties as citizens in a democratic country.

Answer 3

Inculcation of civic and social responsibility

Question 4

It refers to the study of cross-cultural health systems, which first came into use in the 1960s, It expanded its focus to include topics such as perceptions of the body, culture and disability, and change in indigenous or “traditional” healing systems, especially as resulting
from globalization.

Answer 4

Ethnomedicine

Question 5

o The body is a bounded physical unit.
o People do not accept a person brain death (no brain activity).

Answer 5

Ethnomedicine

Question 6

It is the sum total of all the organizations, institutions, and resources whose primary purpose is to improve health.

Answer 6

Health System

Question 7

Education aims at the all-round development of child-physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual.

Answer 7

Holistic development

Question 8

Education helps for bringing about total national development by developing all aspects i.e. social, economic, cultural, spiritual, moral, educational, etc.

Answer 8

Total national development

Question 9

Human beings differ from beasts. Men and women have the power to reason and think for themselves.

Answer 9

Developing personality

Question 10

It is based on either religious or secular beliefs, exist cross-culturally for preventing misfortune, suffering, and illness.

Answer 10

Prevention

Question 11

Society is never stationary. It is progressive and dynamic. The
child exists in society

Answer 11

Social change and control

Question 12

Humoral Healing emphasizes balance among natural elements within the body.

Answer 12

Healing Systems

Question 13

Education is a life-long process. Life is education and
education is life. Life is full of experiences. One cannot live with his/her past experiences which are unable to adjust in the society

Answer 13

Reconstruction of experiences

Question 14

The Indian Constitution has introduced the term ‘equality’
because we are not getting equal opportunities in all aspects

Answer 14

Providing opportunity or equality

Question 15

It is considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture. Social factors such as stress, fear, or shock often are the underlying causes of culture–specific syndromes

Answer 15

Culture-specific Syndrome and Illness

Question 16

Education helps to modify the past behavior through learning and through different agencies of education

Answer 16

Modifying behavior

Question 17

We are living in one country having differences in color, caste, language, diet, dress, habits, and physical environment.

Answer 17

National integration

Question 18

o Disease is referred to as a biological health problem that is objective and universal, such as a bacterial or viral infection or a broken arm.
o Illness is referred to as culturally specific perceptions and experiences of a health problem.
o Western Biomedicine is based on scientific understanding

Answer 18

Defining and Classifying Health Problems (System of Diagnosis)

Question 19

The whole personality of the child is developed physically,
intellectually, morally, socially, aesthetically, and spiritually.

Answer 19

Developing personality

Question 20

When a child completes his/her education from kindergarten to tertiary, s/he will be able to get a good-paying job where his/her knowledge and skills will be
utilized.

Answer 20

Preparing for the future

Question 21

The lack or absence of education among members
of the society can lead to narrow-mindedness.

Answer 21

Development of social and moral values

Question 22

An individual’s leadership qualities are developed when s/he participates in all spheres of social, political, religious, and educational activities.

Answer 22

Training for leadership