Week 4

Question 1

what is culture?

Answer 1

culture is the shared set of values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours typifying a group of people or population

Question 2

enculturation

Answer 2

process of absorbing and internalising the rules of the culture we live in

Question 3

collectivist culture

Answer 3

we and us
group goals ahead of individual goals
define ones identity according to the group you belong in
group-concept and group co-operation

Question 4

individualistic culture

Answer 4

personal goals
define identity according to personal attributes
self-concept and competition

Question 5

what is involved in learning our behaviour and belief system throughout our upbringing?

Answer 5

family, society and education

Question 6

what is a person’s first culture?

Answer 6

family

Question 7

what is involved in formal communcation?

Answer 7

value silence
physical closeness
soft eye contact
minimal body language
formal greeting
high context

Question 8

what is involved in informal communication

Answer 8

avoid silence
physical distance
direct eye contact
animated body language
short greeting
low context

Question 9

what is involved in direct communication

Answer 9

individual
self-asserted
use of I
focus on what is said
disagreement vlaued

Question 10

what is involved in indirect communication

Answer 10

not personal 'face'
unassumed
uses we
focus on what is implied
harmony valued

Question 11

what issues to minority groups face?

Answer 11

stereotypes and myths
discrimination
concepts of health and ill-health
kinship and traditional law
gender issues
wide diversity of cultures and language groups
employment, education, justice access

Question 12

what is low context communication

Answer 12

meaning is conveyed verbally and explicitly

Question 13

what is high context communication?

Answer 13

meaning is conveyed by situation and context

Question 14

what is uncertainty avoidance?

Answer 14

tolerance of ambiguity and uncertainty

to have high uncertainty avoidance = avoid ambiguity and uncertainty

Question 15

what is power distance

Answer 15

extent to which cultures value status and power and expect that these are distributed unequally

Question 16

what does a low power distance culture involve?

Answer 16

more consultation or democracy

Question 17

what does high power distance cultures involve?

Answer 17

structured and hierarchical approach to communication with those in power

Question 18

what is facework?

Answer 18

how you present yourself so others see you in a particular way for acceptance and group membership

Question 19

what is integration/acculturation

Answer 19

maintaining own culture but also relating to and absorbing other cultures

Question 20

fusion

Answer 20

combining cultures together

Question 21

Assimilation

Answer 21

completely giving up on own culture and adopting new culture

Question 22

separation and marginalisation

Answer 22

maintaining own culture and being isolated from other cultures

Question 23

the 3 Rs of communication across cultural settings

Answer 23

recognition, respect and reciprocacy

Question 24

cultural competence

Answer 24

developing understanding of other cultures

improve awareness, knowledge of other cultures develop cross-cultural communication skills so they can manage cultural factors in relation to health service interventions

Question 25

transcultural care

Answer 25

use of knowledge of cultures to provide culture specific and culture universal care to individuals, families and communities from other cultures

focus on power of relations, racism amd conceptualisation of identities and emphasise a process of self-awareness as well as knowledge and acceptance of cultural differences rather than developing practice in reference to a catalogue of cultural knowledge

Question 26

cultural security

Answer 26

incorporates culture in their delivery of the services to improve understanding of indigenous values and how we can work with the values to provide better health care

Question 27

cultural respect

Answer 27

upholding rights of indigenous and torres strait islander people to maintain, protect and develop their culture an achieve equitable health outcomes

Question 28

cultural awareness

Answer 28

self-reflection on own culture and know own discrimination and stereotyping

increase participants awareness of cultural, social and historical factors, promoting participants self-refection on their own culture and tendency to stereotype.

helps workers become more tolerant and accordingly adjust their practice with people from other cultures

Question 29

cultural safety

Answer 29

recognise and protect a person’s cultural identity and maintain cultural safety.
understanding the processes of the cultures and how power imbalances or relationships can be culturally unsafe

understanding own culture and identity and how this manifests in their practice