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Chapter 02: Cultural Competence(FREE)
Chapter 02: Cultural Competence
Jarvis: Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is reviewing the development of culture. Which statement is
correct regarding the development of one’s culture? Culture is:
a. Genetically determined on the basis of racial background.
b. Learned through language acquisition and socialization.
c. A nonspecific phenomenon and is adaptive but unnecessary.
d. Biologically determined on the basis of physical characteristics.
ANS: B
,Culture is learned from birth through language acquisition and socialization. It
is not biologically or genetically determined and is learned by the individual.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 14
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
2. During a class on the aspects of culture, the nurse shares that culture has four
basic characteristics. Which statement correctly reflects one of these
characteristics?
a. Cultures are static and unchanging, despite changes around them.
b. Cultures are never specific, which makes them hard to identify.
c. Culture is most clearly reflected in a person’s language and behavior.
d. Culture adapts to specific environmental factors and available natural
resources.
ANS: D
Culture has four basic characteristics. Culture adapts to specific conditions
related to environmental and technical factors and to the availability of natural
resources, and it is dynamic and ever changing. Culture is learned from birth
,through the process of language acquisition and socialization, but it is not most
clearly reflected in one’s language and behavior.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) REF: p. 14
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
3. During a seminar on cultural aspects of nursing, the nurse recognizes that the
definition stating “the specific and distinct knowledge, beliefs, skills, and
customs acquired by members of a society” reflects which term?
a. Mores
b. Norms
c. Culture
d. Social learning
ANS: C
The culture that develops in any given society is always specific and
distinctive, encompassing all of the knowledge, beliefs, customs, and skills
acquired by members of the society. The other terms do not fit the given
definition.
, DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: p. 14
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
4. When discussing the use of the term subculture, the nurse recognizes that it is
best described as:
a. Fitting as many people into the majority culture as possible.
b. Defining small groups of people who do not want to be identified with the
larger culture.
c. Singling out groups of people who suffer differential and unequal
treatment as a result of cultural variations.
d. Identifying fairly large groups of people with shared characteristics that are
not common to all members of a culture.
ANS: D
Within cultures, groups of people share different beliefs, values, and attitudes.
Differences occur because of ethnicity, religion, education, occupation, age,
and gender. When such groups function within a large culture, they are referred
to as subcultural groups.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 14
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Chapter 02: Cultural Competence(FREE)
Chapter 02: Cultural Competence
Jarvis: Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is reviewing the development of culture. Which statement is
correct regarding the development of one’s culture? Culture is:
a. Genetically determined on the basis of racial background.
b. Learned through language acquisition and socialization.
c. A nonspecific phenomenon and is adaptive but unnecessary.
d. Biologically determined on the basis of physical characteristics.
ANS: B
,Culture is learned from birth through language acquisition and socialization. It
is not biologically or genetically determined and is learned by the individual.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 14
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
2. During a class on the aspects of culture, the nurse shares that culture has four
basic characteristics. Which statement correctly reflects one of these
characteristics?
a. Cultures are static and unchanging, despite changes around them.
b. Cultures are never specific, which makes them hard to identify.
c. Culture is most clearly reflected in a person’s language and behavior.
d. Culture adapts to specific environmental factors and available natural
resources.
ANS: D
Culture has four basic characteristics. Culture adapts to specific conditions
related to environmental and technical factors and to the availability of natural
resources, and it is dynamic and ever changing. Culture is learned from birth
,through the process of language acquisition and socialization, but it is not most
clearly reflected in one’s language and behavior.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) REF: p. 14
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
3. During a seminar on cultural aspects of nursing, the nurse recognizes that the
definition stating “the specific and distinct knowledge, beliefs, skills, and
customs acquired by members of a society” reflects which term?
a. Mores
b. Norms
c. Culture
d. Social learning
ANS: C
The culture that develops in any given society is always specific and
distinctive, encompassing all of the knowledge, beliefs, customs, and skills
acquired by members of the society. The other terms do not fit the given
definition.
, DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: p. 14
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
4. When discussing the use of the term subculture, the nurse recognizes that it is
best described as:
a. Fitting as many people into the majority culture as possible.
b. Defining small groups of people who do not want to be identified with the
larger culture.
c. Singling out groups of people who suffer differential and unequal
treatment as a result of cultural variations.
d. Identifying fairly large groups of people with shared characteristics that are
not common to all members of a culture.
ANS: D
Within cultures, groups of people share different beliefs, values, and attitudes.
Differences occur because of ethnicity, religion, education, occupation, age,
and gender. When such groups function within a large culture, they are referred
to as subcultural groups.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 14
