Activity 2 Inventory of Cross-Cultural Sensitivity ©Kenneth Cushner‚ 1986 Purpose To complete a self-assessment instrument regarding your intercultural experiences. Instructions The following questionnaire asks you to rate your agreement or disagreement with a series of statements. Please respond honestly as there are no correct answers. You will find another copy of this in the last section of the workbook that you can complete at a later time. You can compare your responses
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and judging others based on them is something that was done in the past upon realization that closing the opportunity to learn about other cultures was hindering me in life. * Have you learned something new about your own racial‚ ethnic‚ or cultural history? * The African American history is something that is widely and often discussed. Recently I have learned that all African Americans were not brought over to the United States from Africa to be slaves. Some were actually immigrants that
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Cultural Autobiography Juanita J. Duffy Capella University Cultural Autobiography Investigating one’s own cultural heritage can teach us much regarding our own world views‚ how they affect us‚ how they affect others‚ and how they can potentially affect our clients in a counseling situation either positively or negatively. This paper provides examples and analyzes how a therapist’s own cultural self-awareness can impact the counseling relationship and explores appropriate strategies to address
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home to one of the most culturally diverse populations in the world‚ and the population continues to grow (National Health and Medical Research Council‚ 2006). This expanding diversity creates a potpourri of cultural attitudes‚ beliefs and values unlike the dominant Westernised view. The cultural differences impact on how people understand and experience end-of-life in the country. Customary practices of caring for the terminally ill that permeates in most African communities differ vastly from that
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Mr. Reeves Page 1 Cultural Diffusion in the Ancient World Throughout history‚ cultures have mixed all over the world‚ changing beliefs‚ creating new ones‚ and changing the way people look at the world along with their existence. This can be proven from anything from music to food‚ but is especially prevalent in world religion and the way that every culture sees their god‚ or gods‚ and how they think‚ worship‚ and even obey‚ in similar manners. Even though Hebrew conceptions differed from the rest
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Human Relations: Cultural Awareness Throughout the semester the subjects and content in Human Relations has ranged from the BaaFaa BaaFaa activity‚ the Star Power activity‚ the White Privilege article‚ teacher beliefs and expectation articles‚ Brown Eyes and Blue Eyes video‚ Cycle of Socialization‚ and the Iceberg article. These activities have all contributed to the theme of cultural awareness. Cultural Awareness ranges from knowing and understanding ones own culture to understanding another’s
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of Stereotypes Conclusion Introduction Cultural stereotypes may seem humorous but they can harm people. While many people understand and accept this as true‚ a "case study" approach‚ in the form of personal testimony‚ is often more valuable than a truckload of research. The definition of a stereotype is any commonly known public belief about a certain social group or a type of individual. Stereotypes are often confused with prejudices‚ because‚ like prejudices‚ a stereotype is based on a prior
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Cultural Interview October 22nd‚ 2014 I based my cultural interview on an Iranian family that I’ve known for many years; I’ll refer to them in an alias name as the Gabr family. They are a very close nit family whom live nearby in a middle class neighbor. I mainly interviewed the mother of this family whom I’ll refer to as Eklass Gabr. Eklass is a highly educated and respected teacher in the community. She was born in Jerusalem; to her father whom was a business man and her mother whom was a stay
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Grgas Child Development 26 September 2014 Cultural Beliefs Traditional practices in Kenya capital of Na Obi pregnant woman can’t eat certain amounts of food. This is because they don’t want to have an oversized baby or encounter problems during deliver the things they don’t eat are bananas or eggs. Usually the mothers of these pregnant woman encounter them on what foods to avoid and the ones to eat. Thousands of woman in Kenya hold these cultural beliefs and practices during pregnancy. African
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define themselves‚ conform to society’s shared values‚ and contribute to society. Thus‚ culture includes many societal aspects: language‚ customs‚ values‚ norms‚ mores‚ rules‚ tools‚ technologies‚ products‚ organizations‚ and institutions. * Cultural universals = common to all cultures. * Material and Non‐Material Culture * Material culture refers to the physical objects‚ resources‚ and spaces that people use to define their culture. These include homes‚ neighborhoods‚ cities‚ schools
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