Mental Health Care Chp 4
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Culture | set of learned values, beliefs, customs and behaviors that is shared by a group of interacting individuals |
| Race | bilogical term that describes a group of peiople who whare distince physical characteristics as skin color, facial features and hair texture |
| Ethnicity | social term associated w/the customs, cultural habits and socialization patterns of a particular group |
| Spirituality | belief in a power greater than any human being |
| Religion | defined, organized and practiced system of worship |
| Norms | established rules of conuct that define which behaviors are encouraged, accepted, tolerated and forbidden w/in a culture |
| Role | expected pattern of behaviors associated w/a certain position, status or gender |
| Stereotype | oversimplified mental picture of a cultural group |
| Prejudice | extreme form of negative sterotyping |
| Disease | a conditions of physical dysfunction exists |
| Illness | state of social, emotional, intellectual and physical dysfunction |
| Cultural Competence | process of continually learning about the cultures w/which we work and developing cross-cultural therapeutic health care skills |
| Environmental Control | individuals ability to perceive and control the environment |
| Territoriality | need to gain control over an area of space an dclaim it for oneself |
| Nuclear Family | consisting of parents and one or more children |
| Extended Family | aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins and or god parents included in the family |
| Gender Role | expected behavioral patterns based on gender |
| Physical Variations | differences in body structure, eyes, ears, noses, teeth, muscle mass and skin color |
| Refugee | a person who becuase of war or persecution, flees from his/her home or country and seeks refuge elsewhere |
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