NURS 170 EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Group Norms - CORRECT ANSWER The unwritten behavioral rules of conduct expected
of group members
Culture Relativism - CORRECT ANSWER Holds that each culture is unique and its
merits should be judged only on the basis of its own values and standards
Acculturation - CORRECT ANSWER Describes how immigrants from a different culture
learn and choose to adapt to the behavior and norms of a different, new culture, which hold
different expectations
Assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER Occurs when an individual from a different culture
fully adopts the behaviors, customs, and values of the mainstream culture as part of his or her
social identity
High Context Culture - CORRECT ANSWER Value the relationship more than the
relational communication; people rely heavily on situational cues for meaning when
communicating with others
Compromising - CORRECT ANSWER a situation in which each party to a conflict is
willing to give up something
Recognizing - CORRECT ANSWER a measure of memory in which the person need only
identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test
Gatekeeping - CORRECT ANSWER The process by which a small number of
people/corporations control what info is presented
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Group Norms - CORRECT ANSWER The unwritten behavioral rules of conduct expected
of group members
Culture Relativism - CORRECT ANSWER Holds that each culture is unique and its
merits should be judged only on the basis of its own values and standards
Acculturation - CORRECT ANSWER Describes how immigrants from a different culture
learn and choose to adapt to the behavior and norms of a different, new culture, which hold
different expectations
Assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER Occurs when an individual from a different culture
fully adopts the behaviors, customs, and values of the mainstream culture as part of his or her
social identity
High Context Culture - CORRECT ANSWER Value the relationship more than the
relational communication; people rely heavily on situational cues for meaning when
communicating with others
Compromising - CORRECT ANSWER a situation in which each party to a conflict is
willing to give up something
Recognizing - CORRECT ANSWER a measure of memory in which the person need only
identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test
Gatekeeping - CORRECT ANSWER The process by which a small number of
people/corporations control what info is presented
