6 Giddens Culture Flashcards
Culture:
Culture is a pattern of shared attitudes, beliefs, self-definitions, norms, roles, and values that can occur among those who speak a particular language or live in a defined geographic region
Enculturation
Process by which a person learns norms, values, and behaviors of another culture
Ex.) a high school student from the United States spends a summer abroad with a family in Switzerland
Acculturation
Process of acquiring new attitudes., role, customs, or behaviors
Ex.) an immigrant from china develops a preference for western foods and music
Assimilation
Process by which a person gives up her original identity by becoming absorbed into the dominant cultural group
Ex.) a Native American looses his native identify after living in Chicago for 10 years
Biculturalism
Duel pattern of identification
Ex.) a women of Christian faith married to Muslim adopts some Muslim practices and also maintains some Christian practices
Ethnicity and ethnic identity
Common ancestry that leads to shared values and beliefs
Influenced by culture and common ancestry
Ethnicity is a powerful determinant of ones identify, known as ethnic identity
Race
Influenced by physical or biological characteristics
Attributes of culture
Culutre is learned
Culture is changing and adapting
Individualism versus collectivism Power distance Masculinity versus femininity Long-term versus short-term orientation Religion
Theoretical links to culture
Leningers theory
Interprofessional theory
RESPECT model
What do you call the problem? What caused it? Why do you think it started when it DI?
How does it work?
How severe?
What kind of treatment?
What are the chief problems it caused?
What do you fear most about the sickness?
Ethics
Is the study or examination of morality through a variety of different approaches
Scope of ethics:
Societal ethics Organizational ethics Bioethics Professional ethics Personal ethics
Societal ethics
Society provides a normative basis for ethical behavior with laws and regulations
Law is the minimum standard of behavior to which all members of society are held
Bioethics
Ethical questions surrounding biological sciences and technology
Clinical ethics
Decision made at the bedside
