The nurse recognizes the terminology that applies to culture and ethnicity and its correct application. Which of the following would be true for a client who goes through the process of assimilation?
a. The client will coexist with people of other cultures in society and maintain his or her own cultural differences.
b. The client will gradually adopt the attitudes and customs of the mainstream cul-ture.
c. The client will socialize within his or her primary cultural group.
d. The client will treat people unfairly based on group membership.
B
Assimilation occurs when a minority group gradually adopts the attitudes and customs of the mainstream culture.
Multiculturalism, regarded as a fundamental characteristic of Canadian society, involves many cultures coexisting in society and maintaining their cultural differences.
Socialization into one's primary culture is known as enculturation.
Discrimination is the act of treating people unfairly based on group membership.
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