Glossary C

Glossary C

Deutsch: Kulturelle Sensibilität / Español: Sensibilidad cultural / Português: Sensibilidade cultural / Français: Sensibilité culturelle / Italiano: Sensibilità culturale

Cultural sensitivity in the context of psychology refers to the awareness, understanding, and appreciation of cultural differences and the impact these differences can have on individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It involves recognizing the importance of cultural identities in shaping personal experiences and the way individuals interact with the world around them.

Cultural tools refer to symbol systems, such as language of one's society that permit individuals to alter their environments and guide, regulate and redefine themselves.

Cultural transmission refers to a theory that views delinquency as a socially learned behavior transmitted from one generation to the next in disorganized urban areas.

Cultural truisms refer to attitudes and beliefs that are widely shared and rarely challenged in a society.

Cultural universality refers to the belief that the origin, process, and manifestation of disorders are equally applicable across cultures

Cultural-familial retardation refers to substandard intellectual performance that is presumed to stem from lack of opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills considered important within a cultural setting.

cultural–familial group refers to mental retardation in which there is no evidence of organic brain damage (usually associated with mild MR).

cultural–familial mental retardation refers to a mild form of mental retardation that may be caused largely by environmental influences.