February 4‚ 2011 Cultural Competence in Physical Therapy Practice To be culturally competent physical therapists need to understand their own world view and those of the patient‚ while avoiding stereotyping and misapplication of scientific knowledge (cross‚ et al. 1989). Therapists must take into account eight characteristics that involve the dimensions of diversity: age‚ race‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnicity‚ mental and physical activity‚ religion and socioeconomic status. But before they
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English Essay | Cultural Identity | Selma Alejandra Saldaña EstradaAlonso Pérez CovarrubiasFrancisco Emmanuel Álvarez VegaJulio Cesar Martínez Contreras | 8-11-2012 Cultural Identity: Does your culture or mine? When we qualify the inhabitants of a town of dirty‚ stupid‚ selfish‚ cold ... we use stereotypes. We do not know the customs and values of others and fall in on subtle racism‚ that is‚ we believe that our culture is the only one that exists and we take as a reference to judge
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Cultural identity is what I see myself as‚ positively or negatively. The way I see things and my judgement is varied by my own personal identity. This is the combination‚ result of many factors. Like physical appearances and environment‚ cultural background‚ gender‚ etc. My personal identity should be changing everyday‚ every moment by the building up of my intelligence and experiences. In the earlier stage‚ my personal identity is solely from my parents. This includes: heredity‚ culture background
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have chosen to write about why cultural universals pose a problem for moral relativism in this paper. I will begin by defining cultural universals (CU). Then‚ I will cite examples of such theory and continue by applying them to situations in which these similarities can be seen. Next‚ I will discuss how we can convince ourselves that a given standard of behavior is in fact a cultural universal. I will then define moral relativism as well as provide examples of cultural differences that are often
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Filipino Values We are known for being hospitable when it comes to treat for our visitors. We Filipino values are very important to us we have different types of Filipino values we are using always like “po and opo” to response. During Fiesta we celebrate and we are glad to entertain our visitor and preparing for cooking lots of food special.And we have blessed always of fortuitous belief‚ we blessed always when we are coming to our home for respectful to any older with us. The Filipino value system
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Cultural Syncretism Cultural Syncretism Christina Doty Alexis Garrett American InterContinental University Online HUMA215-1205B-07 Topics in Cultural Studies Erin Pappas January 27‚ 2013 Abstract The legacies of cultural syncretism in Africa‚ and the Americas have been compared and contrasted with the resistance to cultural change Westerners encounter in China and India. The cultural factors that caused these different outcomes are discussed. This discussion is followed by the legacies
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Personality and Values I. PERSONALITY A. What Is Personality? • Personality is a dynamic concept describing the growth and development of a person’s whole psychological system; it looks at some aggregate whole that is greater than the sum of the parts. • Gordon Allport coined the most frequent used definition: o “The dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment” • The text defines personality as the
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1A03 Exam Review Week 7 Monday October 18-Thursday October 21 “Expressive Culture” (Miller Text Chapter 11) Expressive Culture October 18: Expressive Culture is: Behaviour and beliefs related to art‚ leisure‚ and play. - linked to other cultural domains such as: Exchange: pot latching art and dance‚ Bodily modification. Decorations‚ tattoos Religion: clothing‚ practices‚ etc. What is Art? Art is application of imagination‚ skill and style to matters movement‚ and sound that goes beyond
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One of the many different types of conflict is a Value Conflict. When it comes to conflict‚ differing values can become a big issue that can be very difficult to resolve. A value can be described as “beliefs that people use to give meaning to their lives”(Types of Conflict). A Value can explain what one person considers right and wrong or good and bad and includes cultural differences‚ morals and opinions. But when people’s values differ‚ conflict arises and difficulty solving the conflict can lead
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Cultural Metaphors Culture is a behavior that consists of several critical elements‚ such as language‚ religion‚ race and ethnicity‚ clothing and politics. Culture is what one does in his/her daily life. In order to understand others‚ we must first keep in mind that every culture carries its own set of values and assumptions. Culture is an evolving‚ ever changing civilization‚ which includes several different groups of people. For immigrants‚ America is a land of opportunity; for others it is just
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