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