Culture and Worldview

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Culture and Worldview
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Learning Objectives

• Define culture and worldview
• Develop questions that lead to an understanding
  of the clients worldview.
• Demonstrate the ability to interview a person
  about his/her culture and worldview

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What is Culture?

• Culture is a common heritage or set of beliefs,
  norms and values.
• It refers to the shared, and largely learned,
  attributes of a group of people.
• Each of us has a cultural identities or many!
• The Surgeon Generals Report on Mental Health 2006

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Some Examples of Cultural Groups
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Cultural Introductions
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Worldview

• The individuals
• values and reality conditions
• can also be described as their
• worldview or experienced reality.

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Developing Interview Questions

• Culture is the basis, the ground on which
  everything else is built.
• What are some questions that might facilitate
  learning about culture and worldview?

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A Worldview Interview