“Social and Cultural Diversity Paper”

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Refer to the “Social and Cultural Diversity Paper Instructions” for a detailed explanation of the requirements for the Social and Cultural Diversity Paper that you have been developing throughout the course. 

Complete the final draft of the Social and Cultural Diversity Paper (1,500‐1,700 words), structured in four parts, in which you address the content criteria provided in “Social and Cultural Diversity Paper Instructions.”

Complete any revisions needed in the final paper, based on the feedback that the instructor provided after review of your first draft.

The paper must include a total of eight scholarly references in addition to the textbook. More references may be used if necessary.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

1.2:  Propose strategies to promote self‐care and wellbeing for mental health and wellness providers.

2.1:  Analyze how culture impacts an individual’s ability to recover, sense of belonging, connectivity, and wellbeing.

2.3:  Assess personal competency to work with people with different backgrounds, belief systems, and worldviews.

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Social and Cultural Paper Outline

Amber Hope

Grand Canyon University: MHW-510-Ethics and Cultural Diversity in Mental Health and Wellness

December 11, 2019

Social and Cultural Paper Outline

Topic: Personal biases regarding culture

I. Introduction

1) People from different cultures view each other through a different lens.

2) Cultural differences may be seen in;

i. Ethnicity

ii. Race

iii. Socioeconomic status

iv. Religion

v. Sexual orientation

vi. Gender Orientation

3) Cultural Bias is a psychological condition of individuals and societies.

4) Cultural competency is the solution to remove the cultural bias from society (Abuwala, 2019).

5) Thesis Statement:

“A cultural bias develops when people view their own culture as a standard and compare the other cultures with it, considering other cultures having low values.”

II. Definition of Cultural Diversity

1) The cultural diversity is also called multiculturalism.

2) Cultural diversity teaches to respect, acknowledge, value, regard, recognize and empower the people belonging from multiple cultures (Erasmus, 2019).

III. Body Paragraphs:

1) Topic Sentence 1:

i. To study cultural biases, cultural archives serve the best purpose (Grout, 2019).

2) Topic Sentence 2:

ii. Cultural bias is becoming a major reason for causing depression and mental fatigue among nations (Tanaka, 2019).

3) Topic Sentence 3:

i. The Global cultural view makes it necessary to study the cultural values in a better way than they were studied before.

ii. Interactions among the cultures have been triggered.

4) Topic Sentence 4:

iii. This is important to counsel the diversity of the culture to remove cultural biases (Sue, Sue, Neville, & Smith, 2019).

5) Topic Sentence 5:

iv. Wellness plan for the care providers is also necessary because they can then easily provide help to others if their self-help plan is effective.

IV. Conclusion

1) Cultural Bias arises when people in societies consider themselves superior.

2) It creates depression among societies.

3) It disturbs the cultural and social fabric.

4) Biasness must be removed to make the societies peaceful.

5) The self-care plan of service providers is also important to be designed.

References
Abuwala, A. (2019, February 13). What Is Cultural Bias? Retrieved from Worldatlas: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-does-cultural-bias-mean.html
Erasmus. (2019, December 12). WHY IS CULTURAL DIVERSITY IMPORTANT? Retrieved from Erasmus: https://www.partnershipinternational.ie/why-is-cultural-diversity-important/
Grout, H. (2019). Archiving critically: exploring the communication of cultural biases. Spark: UAL Creative Teaching and Learning Journal.
Sue, D., Sue, D., Neville, H., & Smith, L. (2019). Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Tanaka, J. (2019). Culture and Psychotherapy. Wiley Online Library.

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Amber Hope

Grand Canyon University: MHW-510-Ethics and Cultural Diversity in Mental Health and Wellness

December 17, 2019

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Ayón, C., Tran, A. G., & Nieri, T. (2019). Ethnic–Racial Socialization Practices Among Latino

Immigrant Families: A Latent Profile Analysis. Family Relations, 68(2), 246-259.

This article was published in the journal of Family Relations to highlight the importance of family composition in understanding the cultural differences. It is known to everyone in the history that African and Latin American families had to face the cultural biases in the past. Now, the research shows that parents must play their part in making the children powerful psychologically.

When parents will learn to teach how to prepare their children for effective cultural communication, they will be successful to make their coming generations happy, healthy and high in self-esteem. Therefore, it becomes the moral duty of the parents to understand the cultural differences first and to teach those differences positively to their children.

Olteanu, A., Castillo, C., Diaz, F., & Kiciman, E. (2019). Social data: Biases, methodological

pitfalls, and ethical boundaries. Frontiers in Big Data, 2, 13.

In this review article, this is analyzed that social data and social communication are also bringing people together. In social media communication, where people learn a lot from different cultures, they can also make false assumptions about other cultures, this can result in the prejudices and biases among different cultures. Hence, social media should be used in a better way to educate people about the culture.

Social media use can also be used to educate the people about the culture and to remove cultural biases. It is the ethical basis that defines what are the right and wrong dimensions of the culture. This makes people conscious of their acts and they exhibit ethical behaviors in their lives.

Abbott, D. M., Pelc, N., & Mercier, C. (2019). Cultural humility and the teaching of

psychology. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 5(2), 169.

Cultural diversity is also called multiculturalism and it is seen in the educational institutions the most where a lot of international students come to get an education. The diversity of culture among the students also makes them apart if they do not interact with open hearts. If they make their communication better, it can make their lives easier by removing the prejudices that exist among different cultures.

The education of psychology is helpful to understand the fact that cultural biases exist everywhere, but they can be treated. Different kinds of measures are there in place that are used to help the marginalized people and it also makes the global culture a harmonized and organized one.

Carney, J. (2019). Culture and mood disorders: the effect of abstraction in image, narrative and

film on depression and anxiety. Medical Humanities.

This article is about the cultural differences and the mood that is affected by culture. Most of the inhabitants are seen to be depressed and cinema therapy is also used to help people. This therapy helps people by creating good emotional appeals. The films are used as entertainment for the people. These films are also used as therapy as well through which people learn how to combat the stress that is created as a result of cultural differences.

The film and cinemas are used for infotainment purposes and can help people to grow and develop their communication skills.

Grout, H. (2019). Archiving critically: exploring the communication of cultural biases. Spark: UAL Creative Teaching and Learning Journal.

In this article, Grout has explained that cultural values can be well understood if the social aspect of the cultures is kept in mind. This can be done when cultural archives from the past are drawn and different cultures are studied to get a better understanding. When the archives are explored, biases are also studied and tried to find out the reasons.

Cultural archives are the basis to know what values are pertained in a culture and how can a culture become rich. These archives can also help in knowing the transitionary phases of cultures over a specified period.

Sue, D., Sue, D., Neville, H., & Smith, L. (2019). Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

In this book, the authors argue about the diversity of the culture and the elements that are shown in different cultures. The elements that exist in culture include races, ethnicity, sexual identity, socioeconomic culture, religion, and gender discrimination. Multiple races have different notions about other cultures and the discriminatory factors are seen in those cultures which are rich in cultural identities.

The counseling of people is essential to remove the problems in social and cultural contexts. This will promote the ease to collaborate and communicate positively. No two countries can be culturally alike and to respect other cultures, it is necessary to make people understand that giving respect to other cultures will make their lives easier.

Tanaka, J. (2019). Culture and Psychotherapy. Wiley Online Library

In this book, Tanaka explains how psychotherapy helps the issues created by cultural differences. There are a lot of therapies that can help people to avoid the complexes created by superior races. When lower races learn to combat those differences, it becomes helpful for the lower races to survive in the world.

Culture is important to communicate with each other but on the other hand, it is also important to understand and solve the problems that are created by culture. To solve those issues with the help of therapies is essential for effective communication among all the cultures.

Wagenaar, B. H., Petersen, I., Rao, D., & Chwastiak, L. (2019). Collaborative care models: A

global perspective. In Global Mental Health and Psychotherapy (pp. 153-170). Academic Press.

This document sheds light on the importance of the self-care of the service providers. When the self-care of the health providers is good, they are better able to teach good analytics to their patients as well. When those practices will become successful, they can also be practiced at the international level. This is also important to be shared at the global level because the multiculturism is seen at the global levels in the whole world.

The collaboration and communication among the health providers in the whole world will promote the wellbeing of human beings to make them stress-free. This will also make the social fabric strong by bringing people to close together.

Social and Cultural Diversity Paper Instructions

Overview

The Social and Cultural Diversity Paper (1,500 to 1,700 words) requires the student to identify and reflect on possible personal biases regarding gender, religion, sexual or gender orientation, race, socioeconomic status, disability status, or culture. In addition, a self-care plan is developed for the mental health and wellness provider. The purpose of this paper is to raise the student’s personal and professional level of awareness regarding the subject of diverse populations and how to prevent burnout and compassion fatigue as a mental health and wellness provider.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Process Schedule

The Social and Cultural Diversity Paper assignment will be accomplished in a four-step process, with individual steps submitted and graded regularly throughout the course, according to the following schedule:

1) Outline (Due Topic 4)

2) References (Due Topic 5)

3) First Draft (Due Topic 7)

4) Final Paper (Due Topic 8)

Content Guidelines

When constructing this paper, use a four-part structure according to the following guidelines:

Part 1: Personal Reflection

The first part of the paper requires you to identify information from your own personal history. Use the following questions to help guide your reflections:

1. Identify your personal biases and how those biases may present challenges to you as a mental health professional. Remember, everyone has biases. The point is not to project them onto your clients.

Note: It is preferred you discuss your cultural biases.

2. Describe your personal history by documenting experiences with discrimination you may have experienced and how your cultural background impacted these experiences.

3. Identify memories of contact with those who were culturally different than you, and your experiences associated with these differences. Be specific.

4. How has your life experience affected how you may relate to persons different than you? Be specific.

Part 2: Racism and Discrimination

The second part of the paper requires you to demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of racism/discrimination. Use the following questions to help guide your reflections:

1. Distinguish between stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination.

2. What does it mean to be a subtle racist? Please include a referenced definition and example.

3. Why could there be significant differences in perceptions and values of members within the same ethnic group? Be specific.

Part 3: Multicultural Competence

The third part of your paper requires you to review and reflect on multicultural competence as a professional. Use the following to help guide your reflection:

1. What did you learn about the importance of cultural sensitivity in providing professional services to clients?

2. How do communication styles differ across cultures?

3. How might strategies to build rapport be differentiated based on culture?

4. What resources could help you to become more informed regarding cultural diversity? Cite resources you can use to dispel your
personal biases.

5. Provide an example of cultural bias in counseling/psychological research and support your answer with at least one scholarly reference.

6. How could you apply your learning to your future practice as a mental health and wellness professional?

Part 4: Self-Care for Providers

The fourth part of your paper requires you to develop a self-care plan for the mental health and wellness provider. This is not for the client. Identify four different strategies for providers to use to mitigate burnout and compassion fatigue.

1. Describe the factors associated with burnout and compassion fatigue. What are the symptoms?

1. Describe why it is important to develop a self-care plan before burnout or compassion fatigue occurs.

1. List and describe four different strategies to mitigate burnout or compassion fatigue.

1. Conclude with why you selected the four strategies and how you think they will help you as a professional provider of mental health services.

1. Use two to three resources to justify your descriptions and strategies for self-care.

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Social And Cultural Diversity Leading To Cultural Biases

Amber Hope

Grand Canyon University: MHW-510-Ethics and Cultural Diversity in Mental Health and Wellness

January 15, 2020

Social and Cultural Diversity Leading to Cultural Biases

Due to globalization cross culture has taken the toll. People belonging to different culture are now connected than ever. This has led to cultural diversity in all over the world. The cultural diversity is also called multiculturalism. Cultural diversity instructs us to regard, accept, value, recognize and encourage all individuals belonging from multiple cultures (Erasmus, 2019). People from different cultures view each other through a different lens. Cultural differences may be seen in; ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, religion, sexual orientation and Gender Orientation. These cultural differences have led to cultural biases in societies. Cultural bias is classified as a psychological condition of individuals and societies. Due to cultural bias menace like discrimination and differences arise. However, to overcome Cultural competency is the solution to remove the cultural bias from society (Abuwala, 2019). Nonetheless, due to increased integration of cultures people develop cultural bias as people view their own culture as a standard and compare the other cultures with it, considering other cultures having low values.

To study cultural biases, cultural archives serve the best purpose (Grout, 2019). Grout has explained that cultural values can be well understood if the social aspect of the cultures is kept in mind. This can be done when cultural archives from the past are drawn and different cultures are studied to get a better understanding. When the archives are explored, biases are also studied and tried to find out the reasons. It is known to everyone in the history that African and Latin American families had to face the cultural biases in the past. Now, the research shows that parents must play their part in making the children powerful psychologically. When parents will learn to teach how to prepare their children for effective cultural communication, they will be successful to make their coming generations happy, healthy and high in self-esteem. Therefore, it becomes the moral duty of the parents to understand the cultural differences first and to teach those differences positively to their children.

Cultural prejudice is turning out to be a major reason for depression and mental fatigue amongst nations (Tanaka, 2019). Tanaka explains how psychotherapy helps the issues created by cultural differences. There are a lot of therapies that can help people to avoid the complexes created by superior races. When lower races learn to combat those differences, it becomes helpful for the lower races to survive in the world. Culture is important to communicate with each other, but on the other hand, it is also important to understand and solve the problems that are created by culture. To solve those issues with the help of therapies is essential for effective communication among all the cultures. It is about the cultural differences and the mood that is affected by culture. Most of the inhabitants are seen to be depressed and cinema therapy is also used to help people. This therapy helps people by creating good emotional appeals. The films are used as entertainment for the people. These films are also used as therapy as well through which people learn how to combat the stress that is created as a result of cultural differences. The film and cinemas are used for infotainment purposes and can help people to grow and develop their communication skills.

The worldwide cultural view makes it essential to research the cultural principles in a superior way than they were analyzed before; by taking the position of social media into account. Connections amongst cultures have been generated. Olteanu analyzed that social data and social communication are also bringing people together. In social media communication, where people learn a lot from different cultures, they can also make false assumptions about other cultures, this can result in the prejudices and biases among different cultures (Olteanu,2019). Hence, social media should be used in a better way to educate people about the culture. Social media use can also be used to educate the people about the culture and to remove cultural biases. It is the ethical basis that defines what are the right and wrong dimensions of the culture. This makes people conscious of their acts, and they exhibit ethical behaviors in their lives.

The diversity of the culture to remove cultural biases is imperative to counsel (Sue, Sue, Neville, & Smith, 2019). The elements that exist in culture include races, ethnicity, sexual identity, socioeconomic culture, religion, and gender discrimination. Multiple races have different notions about other cultures and the discriminatory factors are seen in those cultures which are rich in cultural identities. The counseling of people is essential to remove the problems in social and cultural contexts. This will promote the ease to collaborate and communicate positively. No two countries can be culturally alike and to respect other cultures, it is necessary to make people understand that giving respect to other cultures will make their lives easier. A wellness strategy for the care providers is also essential because they can then easily make available help to others; if their self-help proposal is successful. That is the importance of the self-care of the service providers. When the self-care of the health providers is good, they are better able to teach good analytics to their patients as well. When those practices will become successful, they can also be practiced at the international level. This is also important to be shared at the global level because the multiculturism is seen at the global levels in the whole world. The collaboration and communication among the health providers in the whole world will promote the well-being of human beings to make them stress-free. This will also make the social fabric strong by bringing people to close together.

Cultural prejudice happens when people in societies deem themselves superior. It creates depression among societies. It disturbs the cultural and social fabric. Biasness should be eliminated to make the societies peaceable. The self-care plan of facility providers is also crucial to be designed. Therefore, to eradicate the culture biases the education of psychology used. It is helpful to understand the fact that cultural biases exist everywhere, but they can be treated. Different kinds of measures are there in place that are used to help the marginalized people and it also makes the global culture a harmonized and organized one.

Reference

Abuwala, A. (2019, February 13). What Is Cultural Bias? Retrieved from Worldatlas: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-does-cultural-bias-mean.html
Erasmus. (2019, December 12). WHY IS CULTURAL DIVERSITY IMPORTANT? Retrieved from Erasmus: https://www.partnershipinternational.ie/why-is-cultural-diversity-important/
Grout, H. (2019). Archiving critically: exploring the communication of cultural biases. Spark: UAL Creative Teaching and Learning Journal.
Olteanu, A., Castillo, C., Diaz, F., &Kiciman, E. (2019). Social data: Biases, methodological
pitfalls, and ethical boundaries. Frontiers in Big Data, 2, 13.
Sue, D., Sue, D., Neville, H., & Smith, L. (2019). Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Tanaka, J. (2019). Culture and Psychotherapy. Wiley Online Library.
J.M., Doviodio, J.F., & Vietze, D.L. (2014). Psychology of diversity: Beyond prejudice and
racism. Somerset, England: Wiley-Blackwell.