01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ageism, Mnemonic, Ethnocentrism

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: L.Jacobs

Document Summary

The learned and shared beliefs, values, and life ways of a particular group. Refers to the patterned life ways of a group rather than to selected ethnic features or origins. The social identity and origins of a social group due largely to language, religion, and national origin. The universal tendency of people to believe that one"s own race or ethnic group is the most important and/or that some or all aspects of its culture are superior to those of other groups. Perpetuates the attitude that beliefs differing greatly from one"s own are strange, bizarre, or unenlightened and therefore wrong. Older adults can also patronize young adults. Assumption that the older person does not understand. Embracing the spiritual journey of health caring: meaning making (chap 14) Involves a personal quest for meaning and purpose in life. Sense of harmonious interconnectedness with self, others, nature, and an ultimate. Spirituality begins and ends with the nurse. Fica tool for taking a spiritual history.