Exam 8: A Cultural Perspective on Development

Understanding the attitudes, customs, and behaviors-in other words, the culture-of individuals is important if you are to interact positively with them.

After the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, U.S. psychologists who traveled there to help found that traditional Western therapeutic methods, such as individualized therapy, were especially helpful.

According to the text, developmental contextualism means that culture and human development __________.

A __________ includes communication, personal space, social organization of family and other groups, concept of time, relationship to actual or perceived control of authority, and biological variations.

Culturally competent care is the ability to be help the patient adjust to the predominant culture within the healthcare setting.

In __________, four forces are at work: physical setting, social influences, personal characteristics, and the influence of time.

Developing cultural competence is very important for healthcare providers. Culturally competent care refers primarily to __________.

In developmental contextualism, __________ include the home, classroom, and workplace.

It is important to remember that white, middle-class America is its own culture, and has developed over a period of time, while borrowing and integrating influences of other cultures.

In developmental contextualism, __________ include families, peers, and significant others.