week 2 - diversity Flashcards
symptoms are culture bound
“normative”based on cultural standards/expectations
narrow vs broad
narrow - ethnicity and race
broad - ethnographic, demographic, status
subculture
a shared lifestyle with unique norms, expectations, and values
intersectionality
the meaningful ways in which various social stances interact and result in differing experiences with oppression and privilege
cultural competence
counselors awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to function effectively in a pluralistic democratic society
cultural self awareness
begins with learning about own culture and identity
unpleasant things psychologists come to terms with:
-racism
-sexism
-heterosexism
-classism
assimilation
individual adopts much of the new culture and abandons much of the original EX; amish to mainstream
separation
Individual rejects much of the new culture and retains much of the original ex: immigration
marginalization
in this, an individual rejects both new and the original culture
integration
in this, an individual adopts much of the new culture and retains much of original
ataque de nervios
-latinx descent
-acute anger
-trembling
screaming
maybe panic attack in US
dhat syndrome
-South Asia
-“semen” loss
-anxiety
-weakness
-depression
in absence of any other psychiatric condition
Khyal cap
“wind attacks”
cambodia
dizziness
palpitations
seen like anxiety in US
kufungisisia
Zimbabwe
“thinking too much”
obsessive thoughts
could be like OCD in US
shedding shuairuo
a weakness in nervous sytem
china
weakness
bad sleep
