A health care aide insists that a patient with mental illness eat specific foods to balance energy forces. The patient tells the nurse, "I go along with the diet to keep my aide happy." Which phenomenon is evident?
a. Biculturalism
b. Enculturation
c. Cultural imposition.
d. Culture-bound syndrome
C
Cultural imposition occurs when a member of one culture forces a member of another culture to adhere to certain cultural norms. Biculturalism refers to the ability to move back and forth between traditional culture and a new culture. A culture-bound syndrome refers to a behavior that one culture understands as illness but not another culture. Enculturation refers to the transmission of cultural preferences within a cultural group.
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