Question

How can making cultural generalizations, both aide in providing more insightful and

culturally competent therapy, and be limiting in capturing the diversity that exists within and across

ethnic groups?

Answer 1

1. Cultural generalizations helps one to be aware and provides a sense of understanding of the patterns of different cultures.
2. It also helps in bifurcating people of the same culture having similar charachteristics.
3. Being in a group of different cultures,one expects a certain stereotypical thing from a particular culture.
4. For example,A person of certain community or culture must have a typical way of dressing up or the way they look.
5. This behaviour enables one to become more aware and also curious about different cultures.
6. It also hleps an individual to get more knowledge about different cultures.
7. As Cultural generalization works on the principle of formation of patterns about a particular culture which limits about understanding the diversity of cultures that is "limiting in going to the dept of diversity of different cultures".