Cultural Diversity in Healthcare

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

• race

• ethnicity

• culture

• stereotype

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

• prejudice

• stereotype

• bias

• religion

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

What is the term for the values, beliefs, attitudes, languages, and customs that are unique to a particular group of people?

• acculturation

• race

• culture

• ethnicity

In what type of family does the mother or oldest female relative have authority?

• patriarchal family

• extended family

• blended family

• matriarchal family

When providing care for a person with limited English speaking ability, you should __________.

(Choose all that are correct.)

• get an interpreter, if possible

• speak slowly, using simple words

• speak louder

• use pictures or gestures

The process of assuming that everyone in the same ethnic, racial or cultural group act the same, share the same beliefs or attitudes: a particular group is the same:

• ethnicity
• ethnocentric
• prejudice
• stereotyping

What is true about culture?

(Choose all that are correct.)

• Culture is learned from others in the group.

• Culture is shared by members of a group.

• Culture is social and passed on through the generations.

• Culture is constantly changing.

Race is based on _____________ characteristics, while Ethnicity is based on ____________ characteristics

• cultural, physical
• physical, cultural
• achieved, ascribed
• citizenship, cultural