NUR 215 FINAL EXAM MODULE 10 TEST
2025
Define culture:
shared similarities among members of a group. These similarities include ways
of thinking (values, norms, beliefs about health and illness), language and
communication, and customs (art, dress, music). Culture is transmitted
generationally (heritage) or across groups.
Cultural groups:
linked by a common ethnicity, race, nationality, language, religion, location,
sexual orientation, class, or gender.
ethnicity:
the shared identity, bond, or kinship people feel with their country of birth or
place of ancestral origin. affects culture.
traditionally been linked to biological or genetic traits, or shared origin or
background. While genetic discoveries have shown that races cannot be
identified scientifically, race continues to be used as a way to identify groups of
individuals (when individuals self identify on the u.s. census) This is called
what?
race
culture influences what?
health beliefs, health practices, and manifestations of, responses to, and
treatment of illness or injury.
true or false culture evolves over time and is shared by members of a group who
have similar needs and life experiences?
True
, many cultures consider the mind-body- spirit to be a single entity. Therefore, no
distinction is made between ___________ & ____________ illness.
physical and mental
although everyone within a culture shares cultural values, diversity exists
forming what? (they can be formed by factors - shared social values, ethnicity
or occupation)
subcultures
when exposed to a new culture, individuals can undergo the process of
_________ by adopting some of the cultural practices of the predominant group
.
acculturation
If an individual adopts the predominant culture and forms a new cultural
identity, this is called what?
assimilation
If an individual is influenced by more than one cultural group, adopting
preferences and shared values from more than one origin they are considered
what?
multicultural
avoid _________ behavior which assumes that group generalizations are true
for each individual in the group.
stereotyping
culture evolves as the following: (5)
- knowledge
-values
-beliefs
-morals and law
-customs and habits
cultural awareness:
2025
Define culture:
shared similarities among members of a group. These similarities include ways
of thinking (values, norms, beliefs about health and illness), language and
communication, and customs (art, dress, music). Culture is transmitted
generationally (heritage) or across groups.
Cultural groups:
linked by a common ethnicity, race, nationality, language, religion, location,
sexual orientation, class, or gender.
ethnicity:
the shared identity, bond, or kinship people feel with their country of birth or
place of ancestral origin. affects culture.
traditionally been linked to biological or genetic traits, or shared origin or
background. While genetic discoveries have shown that races cannot be
identified scientifically, race continues to be used as a way to identify groups of
individuals (when individuals self identify on the u.s. census) This is called
what?
race
culture influences what?
health beliefs, health practices, and manifestations of, responses to, and
treatment of illness or injury.
true or false culture evolves over time and is shared by members of a group who
have similar needs and life experiences?
True
, many cultures consider the mind-body- spirit to be a single entity. Therefore, no
distinction is made between ___________ & ____________ illness.
physical and mental
although everyone within a culture shares cultural values, diversity exists
forming what? (they can be formed by factors - shared social values, ethnicity
or occupation)
subcultures
when exposed to a new culture, individuals can undergo the process of
_________ by adopting some of the cultural practices of the predominant group
.
acculturation
If an individual adopts the predominant culture and forms a new cultural
identity, this is called what?
assimilation
If an individual is influenced by more than one cultural group, adopting
preferences and shared values from more than one origin they are considered
what?
multicultural
avoid _________ behavior which assumes that group generalizations are true
for each individual in the group.
stereotyping
culture evolves as the following: (5)
- knowledge
-values
-beliefs
-morals and law
-customs and habits
cultural awareness:
