4.7 culturally inclusive practice

Question 1

A refugee is a person who

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flees his/her home for refuge or safety and is without home

Question 2

An asylum seeker is a person who

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has left their home country and is seeking sanctuary (legal and physical protection) in another country

Question 3

An asylum seeker is a person who

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has left their home country and is seeking sanctuary (legal and physical protection) in another country

Question 4

in 2018 the Australia’s Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) reported that there were

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3.5 million people around the world seeking asylum and 25.9 million refugees, with half of the world’s refugee population being children

Question 5

In 2018, Australia was home to over

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56,000 refugees from around the world with Australia’s refugee intake cap reduced to 13,750 people in 2020-21, down from 18,750 places in 2018-19

Question 6

Research shows that the majority of refugees and asylum seekers have experienced or witnessed

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trauma and/or torture

Question 7

some common long-term effects of torture and trauma include

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cognitive impairment;
chronic pain and poor mobility, difficulties in walking;
mutilation of body parts, and subsequent scars or disfigurement;
sexual and gynaecological dysfunction;
loss of trust and meaning;
diminished capacity to trust others;
sensitivity to injustice;
jumbled moral concepts;
identity confusion or disruption;
grief and loss; and
mistrust in, or fear of, authority (Murray et al., 2008).

Question 8

Refugeeism is a human experience that evokes

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passionate responses in fellow humans

Question 9

APS states that the health and human rights of refugees and asylum seekers is a

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key concern for psychologists and health professionals

Question 10

The APS has voiced concerns about the harmful effects of

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immigration detention on the mental health and wellbeing of asylum seekers

Question 11

the cultural, physical, and psychological separation from land, language and people that occurred in the stolen generations has left a long-lasting sense of ________ for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

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unfinished business

Question 12

Research shows that those experiencing poverty and hardship face

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myriad stressors and traumatic experiences as well as ongoing hardships around housing and basic amenities

Question 13

Borges’ (2014) study, experienced psychologists were seen to change their

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conceptualisation of appropriate boundaries when working with clients experiencing poverty and hardship

Question 14

The APS Guidelines for psychological practice with women and girls ask psychologists to be aware of the

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historically pertinent forms of psychology theory, research and practice that have engendered stereotypes and gender discrimination

Question 15

In their book exploring women and psychology, Denmark et al. (2016, p.12) state that

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“Men’s prominence in the history of the field of psychology parallels sex role stereotypes pervading our society. Psychology might have more accurately been called the psychology of men. Most research in the first half of the twentieth century was carried out by men, with a predominance of male participants.”

Question 16

the APS makes a clear statement of inclusive support for

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all people who identify as intersex, non-heterosexual, and/or not of their birth sex

Question 17

This information sheet states that, with some 40 years since homosexuality appeared in the DSM

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the APS has a clear position on the inappropriateness of so-called ‘reparative’ or ‘conversion’ therapies as applied to lesbians, gay men and bisexual people.

Question 18

Seven specific stereotypes are listed in the information sheet, with psychologists instead reminded to promote the following realities:

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Sexual orientation and paedophilia are entirely separate categories.
As seen in a substantial body of research, children raised by LGBTIQA+ people fare well.
There are significant differences between people who ‘cross-dress’ as a fetish, and people who are transgender
Bisexuality may be a lifelong sexual identity, or a part of the ‘coming out’ process.
LGBTIQA+ people can have consensual, meaningful and committed long-term relationships, like any population.
Same-sex desires do not need to be ‘cured’.
LGBTIQA+ people have the human right to live in an inclusive society, regardless of how their gender or sexual identity is understood by others