Cultural Diversity in Healthcare

What is the term for a classification of people based on national origin?

• race

• ethnicity

• culture

• stereotype

When newly arrived people learn the beliefs and behaviors of the dominant culture and start to adopt some, it is known as _______.

• acculturation

• assimilation

• ethnocentrism

• bias

A preference that inhibits impartial judgment is known as a ___________.

• prejudice

• stereotype

• bias

• religion

The belief that one's own cultural values have supremacy over others is known as ___________.

• sensitivity

• bias

• acculturation

• ethnocentrism

The term for the classification of people based on physical or biological characteristics is known as _________.

• ethnicity

• race

• religion

• national origin

____________ is the term for strong feelings or beliefs that are formed without reviewing the facts and often leads to discrimination?

• prejudice

• bias

• stereotype

• sensitivity

The assumption that everyone in a group is the same is known as ________.

• bias

• prejudice

• stereotype

• ethnocentrism

What is an organized system of belief in a higher power?

• spirituality

• religion

• acculturation

• ethnicity

________ refers to the ability to recognize and appreciate the personal characteristics of others.

• spirituality

• assimilation

• acculturation

• sensitivity

Individualized beliefs that people have about themselves and their relationship with a higher power is known as ________.

• religion

• sensitivity

• spirituality

• ethnocentrism