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CMN 552 MODULE 5 TEST EXAM ACCURATE AND
FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS|| LATEST AND COMPLETE
UPDATE WITH EXPERT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS||
SURE PASS
Culture - ANSWER: - Open dynamic systems of knowledge, concepts, values,
norms or practices learned and transmitted across generations (DSM-V)
- Patterns of human activity among groups of people giving rise to symbolic
systems, shared meaning, and social structures (Sadock)
- Totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, beliefs, customs, values, etc
that guide worldview and decisions (Purnell_
3 Levels of Culture (Purnell) - ANSWER: - Tertiary: visible to outsiders; seen,
worn
- Secondary: known only to members; behaviors
- Primary: known and observed by all; implicit, deepest level
Ethnicity - ANSWER: - A culturally constructed group identity used to define
people and communities (DSM-V)
- Self identified race, tribe, or nation with which a person or group identifies and
greatly influences beliefs and behaviors (PMHNP)
Culture in the Cultural Formation Interview refers to... - ANSWER: - Process by
which individuals assign meaning to experience
- Aspects of an individuals background and current social context that affect their
perspective
- Influence of family, friends, or community on the illness experience
- Cultural background of health care providers
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Components of Culture - ANSWER: - Cultural identity of the individual
- Cultural concepts of distress
- Cultural features of vulnerability and resilience
- Cultural features of relationship between individual, clinical, treatment team and
institution
Culture Syndromes - ANSWER: Concepts of distress within a culture that have a
specific clinical presentation and are bound to a cultural idiom
Discuss the relationship between race and physiognomy - ANSWER: - Race is a
concept by which human beings are grouped primarily by physiognomy
- The scientific validity of this is highly questioned
- Refers to physical, biologic, and genetic characteristics (<1% of total genetics)
What factors comprise cultural identity? - ANSWER: - Identification as a member
of defined groups
- Self identification may be different than ascribed
- Influences social interaction, resource access
- Everyone has multiple cultural identities and these can change over time
Three concepts that assist in a culturally competent evaluation. - ANSWER: -
Communication: low context (western, explicit) vs high context (indirect, implied)
- Empathetic understanding
- Rapport
CMN 552 MODULE 5 TEST EXAM ACCURATE AND
FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS|| LATEST AND COMPLETE
UPDATE WITH EXPERT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS||
SURE PASS
Culture - ANSWER: - Open dynamic systems of knowledge, concepts, values,
norms or practices learned and transmitted across generations (DSM-V)
- Patterns of human activity among groups of people giving rise to symbolic
systems, shared meaning, and social structures (Sadock)
- Totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, beliefs, customs, values, etc
that guide worldview and decisions (Purnell_
3 Levels of Culture (Purnell) - ANSWER: - Tertiary: visible to outsiders; seen,
worn
- Secondary: known only to members; behaviors
- Primary: known and observed by all; implicit, deepest level
Ethnicity - ANSWER: - A culturally constructed group identity used to define
people and communities (DSM-V)
- Self identified race, tribe, or nation with which a person or group identifies and
greatly influences beliefs and behaviors (PMHNP)
Culture in the Cultural Formation Interview refers to... - ANSWER: - Process by
which individuals assign meaning to experience
- Aspects of an individuals background and current social context that affect their
perspective
- Influence of family, friends, or community on the illness experience
- Cultural background of health care providers
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Components of Culture - ANSWER: - Cultural identity of the individual
- Cultural concepts of distress
- Cultural features of vulnerability and resilience
- Cultural features of relationship between individual, clinical, treatment team and
institution
Culture Syndromes - ANSWER: Concepts of distress within a culture that have a
specific clinical presentation and are bound to a cultural idiom
Discuss the relationship between race and physiognomy - ANSWER: - Race is a
concept by which human beings are grouped primarily by physiognomy
- The scientific validity of this is highly questioned
- Refers to physical, biologic, and genetic characteristics (<1% of total genetics)
What factors comprise cultural identity? - ANSWER: - Identification as a member
of defined groups
- Self identification may be different than ascribed
- Influences social interaction, resource access
- Everyone has multiple cultural identities and these can change over time
Three concepts that assist in a culturally competent evaluation. - ANSWER: -
Communication: low context (western, explicit) vs high context (indirect, implied)
- Empathetic understanding
- Rapport
