Author Question: A nurse is sitting at the nurse's station and two visitors approach the desk. One of the individuals ... (Read 66 times)

rmenurse · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A nurse is sitting at the nurse's station and two visitors approach the desk. One of the individuals is Caucasian and the other is Hispanic.

The nurse helps the Caucasian individual and ignores the Hispanic individual based on his race. This behavior is an example of what?
A) Discrimination
B) Stereotyping
C) Stigmatization
D) Ethnocentrism

Question 2

A nursing student has been challenged by an instructor that she may hold the belief that her own cultural practices and values are inherently correct or superior to those of others. In doing so, this student is demonstrating:

A) Stigmatization
B) Ethnocentrism
C) Stereotyping
D) Discrimination

aadams68 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Feedback:
Discrimination is differential treatment based on race, class, sex, or other variables rather than on individual merit. Stereotyping is believing that one member of a cultural group will display certain behaviors or hold certain attitudes (usually negative) simply because he or she is a member of that cultural group. Stigmatization is the attribution of negative characteristics or identity to one person or group, causing feelings of rejection, alienation, and ostracization from society. Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own cultural practices and values are inherently correct or superior to those of others.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
Feedback:
Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own cultural practices and values are inherently correct or superior to those of others. Stigmatization is the attribution of negative characteristics or identity to one person or group, causing feelings of rejection, alienation, and ostracization from society. Stereotyping is believing that one member of a cultural group will display certain behaviors or hold certain attitudes (usually negative) simply because he or she is a member of that cultural group. Discrimination is differential treatment based on race, class, sex, or other variables rather than on individual merit.