A nurse cares for a first-generation American whose family emigrated from Germany. Which worldview about the source of knowledge would this patient likely have?
a. Knowledge is acquired through use of affective or feeling senses.
b. Science is the foundation of knowledge and proves something exists.
c. Knowledge develops by striving for transcendence of the mind and body.
d. Knowledge evolves from an individual's relationship with a supreme being.
ANS: B
The European-American perspective of acquiring knowledge evolves from science. The distracters describe the beliefs of other cultural groups. See relationship to audience response question.
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