Define five culture-bound syndromes

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1. What are some important considerations in assessing the significance of a diverse client's faith, spiritual or religious affiliations?

2.. Identify and define five culture-bound syndromes.

3. Compare and contrast the Western and non-Western perspectives on holistic outlook, interconnectedness, and harmony. In your response, please discuss the implications for social work practice.

4. Briefly describe four ways that family systems therapy is culture-bound.

5. What are the characteristics of the two-family systems approaches (communication and structural) that make them appropriate for working with minority group families?

6. Select two minority groups and indicate how they differ from White Americans on the dimensions of people-nature relationships, time orientation, people relationships, and preferred activity mode.

7. Describe some of the changes in family therapy that Kim (1985) suggests in working with Asian American families. Which ones would be effective with other ethnic groups? Why?

8. Briefly define proxemics and kinesics. Indicate possible cultural differences and misinterpretations that can arise from those two characteristics.

9. Define paralanguage and contrast Euro-American norms for the characteristics and meaning of loudness of voice, pauses, silences, rate of speech, and inflections with two other cultural groups.

10. Indicate differences in verbal and nonverbal communication between Euro-Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and African Americans and traditional social work theories.

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