Occ Sci Week 5

Culture defined

-Comes from the latin colere, which means to tend or cultivate

-The word dates back to the 18th and early 19th century when it began to show up in literature to describe the growing of something or improvement of something, as in horticulture or agriculture

-Today is viewed as the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group

-Culture appears 16 times in the OTPF-4

Western worldviews

-Highlights a separation between the self and the environment and highlights the self as the central focus

-Science also focuses on empiricism (what can be measured and defined)

-Culture therefore os considered to be part of the person and usually related to race, ethnicity, and gender (things that can be measured and defined)

Eastern worldviews

-Regard humans as just another part of an environment that includes the totality of the universe

Science focuses on relativism. (truth is not universal but viewed as being multiple and changing according to the nuances of the environment)

-Culture therefore is viewed as socially constructed, and human occupation is not considered to be universal and varies based on the context

Western religions examples

-Omnipotent god individually central

-Single moral code guides life

-Actions are the result of the grand schema

Eastern religions examples

-No one person or thing. is above another

-Act do not have a specific purpose or outcome

-Things are not earned or achieved but rather dependent on each other

Historical view

Culture was thought to be marker of distinction that involved cultivation of one's mind. What is proper, good, and beautiful was something to be achieved

Current view

Culture is everything we do. It is the way we dress, the way we move, and the way we engage in occupation

Vertical

Social structure and occupations are dictated by hierarchical structure based on a person's job, age, frame of reference, organization, etc.

Horizontal

Occupation have both an inside quality (basic, personal intent) and outside quality (deliberate, public intent). Occupations viewed from an inside or outside perspective is situationally dependent

Definition

A system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms by means of which people communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes towards life.

Meaning and purpose

Therefore, culture serves to ascribe meaning to the world make it understandable

IADLs subcategories

-Care of others

-Care of pets and animals

-Child rearing

-Communication management

-Driving and community mobility

-Financial management

-Home establishment and management

-Meal prep and cleaning

-Religious and spiritual expression

-Safety and emergency maintenance

-Shopping

Care of others

-Helping your grandma get dressed

-Putting your grandma's walker in the car

Care of pets and animals

-Feeding the dog

-Making sure the gate is closed before you let your dog out

Child rearing

Getting a babysitter

Communication management

Teaching ASL

Driving and community management

-Driving a car

-Riding the school shuttle

Financial management

-Paying electric bill

-Activating credit card

Home establishment and management

-Gardening

-Replacing siding on house

Meal prep and cleanup

-Making dinner

-Loading dishwasher

Religious and spiritual expression

Attending church

Safety and emergency maintenance

-Checking smoke detectors

-Having a fire escape ladder under upstairs beds

Shopping

-Buying groceries

-Making a list