Deck 4: Culture and Life Course Development

Question 1

Which of the following best describes the interrelationship between culture and the self-care routines of individuals?

A) The influence of culture is pervasive and shapes all occupations, including self-care habits and routines, which any individual engages in.
B) Culture has no influence on how, why, when, and where people engage in self-care habits and routines.
C) Culture influences values and concrete things like style of dress and choice of food, but does not directly impact daily self-care habits and routines.
D) Self-care routines are more likely to be influenced by age and gender than they are by the cultural background of an individual.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Cultural variations in motor development mean:

A) Assessments of motor behavior are standardized and equally useful in all cultures.
B) Some cultures are better than others at facilitating movement.
C) Culture has a genetic basis.
D) It is impossible to compare motor development across cultures.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The parents of a young girl with dwarfism have visited her school. There they talked to the students about dwarfism and have helped the teacher adapt the classroom to make it more accessible to her by placing shelves and material at a lower level than is standard so that she can do everyday activities independently. This is an example of:

A) Serving as a cultural broker
B) The use of proxemics in communication to support development
C) Building a developmental niche
D) How an egalitarian viewpoint may impact parental behavior

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following statements about culture is not true?

A) It influences developmental life tasks.
B) It is identical to race.
C) It gives a set of rules for behavior.
D) It impacts how disease or disability is viewed.

Question 5

Which of the following reflects linguistic competence?

A) Providing health information and other communications in the officially recognized, or national, languages
B) Requiring all health care personnel to demonstrate fluency in at least three languages
C) Tailoring messages to the predominant cultural group in the intended audience
D) Communicating in simple language with graphic support to make the message easily understood by diverse audiences including people of limited language proficiency

Question 6

For a person who relies on restrained formal communication with strangers and authority figures, the challenge for health care providers is likely to be:

A) Communicating with the client in a manner that makes clear that they (the health care providers) should be respected as the expert in the conversation
B) Encouraging disclosure of detail of daily function that would be needed to support interventions to improve independent function
C) Focusing the conversation on topics pertinent to the health condition and/or intervention
D) Building rapport with the client to help him or her overcome shyness

Question 7

A person from an authoritarian culture may:

A) Want to collaborate on the development of an intervention plan
B) Enter freely into family-centered care models
C) Prefer that the professional direct the treatment
D) Avoid interaction with medical professionals

Question 8

All of the following characterize culturally sensitive health care practitioners except:

A) They understand that cultural values may impact interpretation of the therapeutic interaction.
B) They enjoy learning from different cultures.
C) They know it is essential for all people to adopt behaviors and beliefs of the dominant culture.
D) They are respectful to cultural values other than their own in developing an intervention plan.

Question 9

Developmental assessments that give children high scores for autonomy may:

A) Be applied equally across all cultural groups
B) Negatively impact children of cultural groups that value independence
C) Be culturally biased
D) Be considered optimal

Question 10

Absolute poverty refers to:

A) The state of severe deprivation of basic human needs, which commonly includes food, water, sanitation, clothing, shelter, health care, education, and information
B) A sudden loss of a job or a major illness resulting in a state of not having sufficient basic resources
C) A cultural view of poverty as a lifestyle choice that is valued and sustained
D) Poverty that occurs only in poor or developing nations, where there is no social support infrastructure