5: Cultural Implications for Psychiatric Mental
Health Nursing - Varcarolis (7th) 25 Questions
with 100% Correct Answers
Which statement best explains the term "worldview"?
A. Beliefs and values held by people of a given culture about what is good,
right, and normal.
B. Ideas derived from the major health care system of the culture about
what causes illness.
C. Cultural norms about how, when, and to whom illness symptoms may
be displayed.
D. Valuing one's beliefs and customs over those of another group. -
Answer✔️✔️-A.
A worldview is a system of thinking about how the world works and how
people should behave in the world and toward each other. It is from this
view that people develop beliefs, values, and the practices that guide their
lives.
When members of a group are introduced to the culture's worldview,
beliefs, values, and practices, it is called
A. acculturation.
B. ethnocentrism.
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C. enculturation.
D. cultural encounters. - Answer✔️✔️-C.
Members of a group are introduced to the culture's worldview, beliefs,
values, and practices in a process called enculturation. Ethnocentrism is the
universal tendency of humans to think that their way of thinking and
behaving is the only correct and natural way. Acculturation is learning the
beliefs, values, and practices of a new cultural setting, which sometimes
takes several generations. Cultural encounters occur when members of
varying cultures meet and interact.
According to the Western scientific view of health, illness is the result of
A. pathogens.
B. energy blockage.
C. spirit invasion.
D. soul loss. - Answer✔️✔️-A.
Disease has a cause (e.g., pathogens, toxins) that creates the effect; disease
can be observed and measured.
Which healing practice is least used in the Western health system of
healing practices?
A. Antibiotic medication
B. Surgery
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