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Culture and Cultural Competency in Sociology

   

Added on  2023-04-17

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Sociology 1
Sociology

Sociology 2
Part A
Culture:
Culture can be depicted as the social behaviour and norms developed in the societies of human.
Culture comprises of the beliefs, practices, objects, and different attributes common to the
individuals from society. It is the main concept in anthropology, including a number of
phenomena that are broadcasted by social learning in human societies. The culture of each field
(healthcare, art, education) is different from each other as it relies on the behaviour of people.
There are difficulties in understanding of different culture. This is not only because of the
variance in lifestyles and languages but also to various procedures they determine to
communicate the world and subsequently make their decisions.
Reflection on the connections between culture and cultural competency:
Culture competency depicts as the complex process which includes number of elements such as
knowledge, values, attitudes and skills. Along with that, it can be said that culture competence is
considered as the ability to communicate with people of different cultures. It is the term to be
respectful and receptive to the beliefs and practices of health of diverse population groups
(Taylor & Guerin, 2014).
In the context of the connection between culture and cultural competency, the absence of cultural
competence, which is subjective and dynamic, is simpler to recognize than its quality. Culture
includes language, considerations, correspondences, traditions, racial, ethnic, beliefs, values and
religious. Competence is the ability to within the culture effectively. I have been found that our
culture is taking changes in a slow way and through which, we find innovative techniques of
accomplishing things by our experience to other cultures. Cultural competency has been broken

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