Glossary C

Glossary C

Culturally skilled therapist refers to a therapist who has the awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary to treat clients from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Culture is defined as an on-going pattern of life, characterizing a society at a given point in history; the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, behaviors, artifacts, and traditions which characterize a group of people or shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.

- Culture conflict : Culture conflict refers a sociological perspective on crime which suggests that the root cause of criminality can be found in a clash of values between variously socialized groups over what is acceptable or proper behavior.

Culture conflict theory refers to a theory positing that two (2) groups may clash when their conduct norms differ, resulting in criminal activity.

Culture fair tests refer to intelligence tests constructed to minimize any irrelevant cultural biases in test content that could influence test performance.

Culture of honor refers to a social network in which men are taught from an early age to defend their reputation for strength by responding to insults or threats with aggression. It is a a society that places high value on individual respect, strength, and virtue, and accepts and justifies violent action in response to threats to one’s honor

Culture Shock refers to the discomfort experienced by people on encountering and trying to adjust to unfamiliar cultural practices.

Culture-Bound Syndromes refer to recurrent patterns of maladaptive behaviors and/or troubling experiences which are specifically associated with different cultures or localities.