CMN 554 Exam Study Guide: QUESTIONS WITH
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Culture
a system of knowledge, values, norms, practices learned and transmitted across generations
Cultural Norms
Patterns, values, beliefs typical of specific cultural group, learned and passed down
race
Social, not biological construct
Etnicity
A culturally constructed group identity. May be rooted in history, religion, language or shared
ancestry.
Stereotyping
Overgeneralized belief that group members are indistinguishable from each other.
Humanism
All humans are equal in worth and alike in fundamental a ways.
Postmodernism
Context is everything, all knowledge is equally constructed. Rejects universal standards.
cultural relativism
, behavior in one culture should not be judged by standards of another culture
cultural imposition
When one person imposes his or her beliefs, values, and practices on another because he or she
believe his or her ideals are superior
Cultural syndrome
DIAGNOSIS, cluster of co-occurring symptoms recognized in a specific cultural group
cultural idioms of distress
TALKING a way of expressing or communicating distress that may not ma to any specific
symptom or disorder.
cultural explanations
EXPLAINING a label or explanatory model indicating culturally recognized cause or etiology
Ataque de nervios
A cultural syndrome primarily seen in Latin Americans, involving symptoms of intense
emotional upset, acute anxiety, fear, or anger. Heat rising from chest, triggered from a stressful
family event.
Susto (Latin America)
"Fright" soul leaves body after a frightening event
nervios ("nerves")
Chronic vulnerability to stress-not an episode
CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS | 2026
UPDATE
Culture
a system of knowledge, values, norms, practices learned and transmitted across generations
Cultural Norms
Patterns, values, beliefs typical of specific cultural group, learned and passed down
race
Social, not biological construct
Etnicity
A culturally constructed group identity. May be rooted in history, religion, language or shared
ancestry.
Stereotyping
Overgeneralized belief that group members are indistinguishable from each other.
Humanism
All humans are equal in worth and alike in fundamental a ways.
Postmodernism
Context is everything, all knowledge is equally constructed. Rejects universal standards.
cultural relativism
, behavior in one culture should not be judged by standards of another culture
cultural imposition
When one person imposes his or her beliefs, values, and practices on another because he or she
believe his or her ideals are superior
Cultural syndrome
DIAGNOSIS, cluster of co-occurring symptoms recognized in a specific cultural group
cultural idioms of distress
TALKING a way of expressing or communicating distress that may not ma to any specific
symptom or disorder.
cultural explanations
EXPLAINING a label or explanatory model indicating culturally recognized cause or etiology
Ataque de nervios
A cultural syndrome primarily seen in Latin Americans, involving symptoms of intense
emotional upset, acute anxiety, fear, or anger. Heat rising from chest, triggered from a stressful
family event.
Susto (Latin America)
"Fright" soul leaves body after a frightening event
nervios ("nerves")
Chronic vulnerability to stress-not an episode
