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Culture in Behavior Analysis
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Culture in Behavior Analysis
Cultural responsiveness is considered an essential component of ethical responsibility
which behavioral professionals are required to exhibit to provide consummate services to clients
or patients from diverse backgrounds. It allows professionals to identify and mitigate personal
biases and stereotypes, which can adversely affect relationships with patients and care outcomes.
From a behavioral perspective, culture describes how people from a particular setting, society or
group interact with their surroundings (other people and the physical environment). This implies
that it has everything to do with beliefs values, and norms that guide the behaviors of people.
Typically, it relates to the social patterns of shared meaning which members of a group ascribe
to, and which influence the salient characteristics of the people, including practices (behaviors)
the people (Beaulieu & Jimenez‐Gomez, 2022). These practices are passed through generations
as ‘the ways’ of the distinct group, through teaching associative and operant learning and
apprenticeship. A good mastery of culture and its implementation from a behavioral perspective
forms a strong foundation of professional acumen in applied practice and research. For instance,
understanding the value of diversity helps improve behavioral flexibility, which is essential in
developing interventions that best meets their individual, diverse needs. More so, it helps
improve rapport and communication, which is pivotal to averting misunderstandings, and
potential conflicts (Wright, 2019).
Cultural Humility
Cultural humility is the basic foundation for developing and sustaining a positive
relationship between the behavioral analyst, the client/patient and the family. Fisher-Borne et al.
(2015) define cultural humility as the ability to uphold an interpersonal stance which is others-
oriented, especially in regards to being sensitive to individual client’s cultural identities that are
Culture in Behavior Analysis
Student Name
Academic Department, Name of School
Course Title
Instructor Name
Assignment Due Date
, 2
Culture in Behavior Analysis
Cultural responsiveness is considered an essential component of ethical responsibility
which behavioral professionals are required to exhibit to provide consummate services to clients
or patients from diverse backgrounds. It allows professionals to identify and mitigate personal
biases and stereotypes, which can adversely affect relationships with patients and care outcomes.
From a behavioral perspective, culture describes how people from a particular setting, society or
group interact with their surroundings (other people and the physical environment). This implies
that it has everything to do with beliefs values, and norms that guide the behaviors of people.
Typically, it relates to the social patterns of shared meaning which members of a group ascribe
to, and which influence the salient characteristics of the people, including practices (behaviors)
the people (Beaulieu & Jimenez‐Gomez, 2022). These practices are passed through generations
as ‘the ways’ of the distinct group, through teaching associative and operant learning and
apprenticeship. A good mastery of culture and its implementation from a behavioral perspective
forms a strong foundation of professional acumen in applied practice and research. For instance,
understanding the value of diversity helps improve behavioral flexibility, which is essential in
developing interventions that best meets their individual, diverse needs. More so, it helps
improve rapport and communication, which is pivotal to averting misunderstandings, and
potential conflicts (Wright, 2019).
Cultural Humility
Cultural humility is the basic foundation for developing and sustaining a positive
relationship between the behavioral analyst, the client/patient and the family. Fisher-Borne et al.
(2015) define cultural humility as the ability to uphold an interpersonal stance which is others-
oriented, especially in regards to being sensitive to individual client’s cultural identities that are
