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casperchen82 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The nurse is not happy to learn that a newly admitted patient is from the same culture as a previous patient who had created much turmoil on the care area. What behavior is this nurse prone to demonstrate?

1. Prejudice
2. Discrimination
3. Ethnocentrism
4. Racism

Question 2

A patient from a non-English-speaking culture tells the nurse about spending time with friends in American clubs and shopping for clothes on the weekends. The nurse realizes this patient is experiencing which type of assimilation?

1. Marital
2. Cultural
3. Primary
4. Secondary

AISCAMPING · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Explanation: 1. Prejudice occurs when the person making the judgment generalizes an experience of one individual from a culture to all members of that group.
2. Discrimination occurs when a person acts on prejudice and denies another person one or more of his or her fundamental rights.
3. This is the belief that one's own culture is superior to that of others.
4. Racism is the belief that members of one race are superior to those of other races.

Answer to Question 2

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Explanation: 1. Marital assimilation is that which occurs when members of one group intermarry with members of another group.
2. Cultural assimilation is taking on the characteristics and customs of the dominant culture.
3. Primary structural assimilation is when relationships between people are warm and personal.
4. Secondary structure assimilation is when relationships between people are cold and impersonal.