cultural diversity - Answers This is characterized by a wide range of distinctions, including race, national
origin, religion, language, physical size, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, socioeconomic status,
occupational status, and geographic location
Culture - Answers Shared system of beliefs, values, customs, and behavioral expectations that provide
structure for daily living
Immigration - Answers To settle in a new country
Acculturation - Answers Another term for cultural assimilation
Ethnicity - Answers Sense of identification with a group based on a common heritage, including
language, religious practices, music, and cuisine
stereotype - Answers Mistaken perception that arises from prejudging someone based on cultural or
societal differences
race - Answers Group of people related by heredity who share specific physical characteristics, such as
skin pigmentation, body stature, facial features, and hair texture
culture shock - Answers Psychological discomfort caused by living in a dominant culture that differs from
one's own that may lead to feelings of foolishness, fear, inadequacy, embarrassment, humiliation, or
inferiority
Subculture - Answers Group of people who are members of a larger cultural group, but whose attitudes
and behaviors reflect different beliefs and values from those of the larger culture
Ethnocentrism - Answers Assumption that a particular social or cultural group is superior in some way
cultural assimilation - Answers Process that occurs when an individual shifts his or her identity from the
minority group to the dominant group and adopts the values, attitudes, and behaviors of the dominant
culture
cutaneous stimulation - Answers Technique that involves stimulating the skin through massage,
vibration, heat, or cold to reduce the intensity of pain.
acupuncture - Answers A method that developed in China, this therapy prevents, diagnoses, and treats
pain and disease by inserting special . needles into the body at specified locations.
eye contact - Answers Although making _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is considered courteous in some cultures, others
find it disrespectful.
pain - Answers If you are providing direct patient care, you should be sensitive to signs that patients are
in _ _ _, because in some cultures expressing this is considered a sign of weakness, and your patient may
mask his or her problem.