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✔✔If only the physical symptoms are addressed in a conversation between a physician
and patient, the patient may tend to experience:
Discomfort
All of the answers are correct.
Loss of control
Feelings of helplessness - ✔✔All of the answers are correct.
✔✔Which of the following would be included in the individual element of intercultural
communication?
Social identity
Motivation
Social networks
Shared beliefs - ✔✔Motivation
✔✔In proxemics, the intimate distance in the American culture is much closer than the
intimate distance in other cultures.
True
False - ✔✔False
✔✔What may result if there is a high level of anxiety when we communicate with people
who are a different from us (stranger)?
Open and engaging conversation
More likely to use non-verbal communication
Avoidance
Effective communication - ✔✔Avoidance
✔✔The category of anxiety what we experience as members of a particular group is
called _________ anxiety.
Integral
Individual
Situational
Social - ✔✔Integral
✔✔In achieving effective communication, health educators need to continually acquire
information about other cultural groups and is called:
, Awareness
Sensitivity
Empathy
Skills - ✔✔Awareness
✔✔In facing differences in language, English non-native speakers are seen as less
competent and friendly than native English speakers.
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔The older population is evenly distributed over the 50 states.
True
False - ✔✔False
✔✔The negative stereotype and discrimination based on age is called:
Ageism
Gerontology
Age Bias
Partiality - ✔✔Ageism
✔✔Which health care model would be most appropriate when prescribing physical
therapy for a patient who is recovering from hip surgery?
The medical model
The social model
The health promotion model
The public health model - ✔✔The medical model
✔✔What is a good strategy when presenting information to older adults?
Use a quiet place to talk
Keep social activities and health education programs separate
Speak with the same tone and volume to all elderly patients
Use technical language - ✔✔Use a quiet place to talk
✔✔What framework emphasizes the interrelations of aging, ethnicity and health, and
transculture health in collaboration with the field of geriatrics and ethno gerontology?
Ethnogeriatrics
Biogerontology
The Critical Period Model