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Rasmussen College MDC 2 – Multidimensional Care II Exam 1
PDF Document Comprising Questions and Verified Answers
For the Academic Year
Desire to understand and be sensitive to feelings, beliefs and
situation.
Empathy
This is the expression of value and flexibility to meet the patients'
needs based on their unique situation.
Respect
Ability to respond truthfully.
Genuineness
Ability to respond using specific terms
Concreteness
This is used to clarify the message received or decoding the actual
meaning.
Confrontation
Be aware of cultural preferences related to eye contact, space, and
touch.
Therapeutic communication within cultures
Socially transmitted behaviors, arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways
and other characteristics that guide decision making.
Culture
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- Provide identity and sense of belonging
- Consist of common beliefs & practices
- Material (clothing, art) and non-material (language, beliefs).
- Dynamic & adaptive
- Complex
- Diverse
- Influences thinking and activities
Culture Characteristics
Member share a common social & cultural heritage (race,
physical chrematistics)
Ethnicity
Learning how to become a member of a society or a group.
Socialization
An individual assumes the characteristics of a culture they just
immigrated to.
Acculturation
A new member learn and take essential values, beliefs and behaviors
of the dominant culture gradually.
Assimilation
Considering everyone are the same under their racial or ethnic group.
Stereotype
Something recurrent that assumes that everyone has under the same
racial or ethical group.
Archetype
Rasmussen College MDC 2 – Multidimensional Care II Exam 1
PDF Document Comprising Questions and Verified Answers
For the Academic Year
Desire to understand and be sensitive to feelings, beliefs and
situation.
Empathy
This is the expression of value and flexibility to meet the patients'
needs based on their unique situation.
Respect
Ability to respond truthfully.
Genuineness
Ability to respond using specific terms
Concreteness
This is used to clarify the message received or decoding the actual
meaning.
Confrontation
Be aware of cultural preferences related to eye contact, space, and
touch.
Therapeutic communication within cultures
Socially transmitted behaviors, arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways
and other characteristics that guide decision making.
Culture
, 2|Page
- Provide identity and sense of belonging
- Consist of common beliefs & practices
- Material (clothing, art) and non-material (language, beliefs).
- Dynamic & adaptive
- Complex
- Diverse
- Influences thinking and activities
Culture Characteristics
Member share a common social & cultural heritage (race,
physical chrematistics)
Ethnicity
Learning how to become a member of a society or a group.
Socialization
An individual assumes the characteristics of a culture they just
immigrated to.
Acculturation
A new member learn and take essential values, beliefs and behaviors
of the dominant culture gradually.
Assimilation
Considering everyone are the same under their racial or ethnic group.
Stereotype
Something recurrent that assumes that everyone has under the same
racial or ethical group.
Archetype
