Ch. 2: Cultural Identity Development Flashcards
A way to conceptualize a person or group of people based on their social categories, identities, and sources of oppression. Furthermore, one’s varying intersecting identities contribute to how they are seen in the world, how they are treated in society, and what advantages and disadvantages they face.
Intersectionality
Mature ____ ____ development has been associated with healthy psychological functioning (Rogers etal., 2020), an ability to buffer institutional challenges, and an ability to cope with and navigate in-group and out-of-group interactions
Racial Identity
Which model involves preencounter, The Encounter Stage, Immersion-Emersion, Internalization, Internalization-Commitment?
Cross
Cross’s view of an pre-existing identity or an identity to be changed. Attitudes include assimilation to white culture & low race salience or self-hatred.
Preencounter
Cross’s stage that induces identity change.
Encounter
During the ____ ____ stage, individuals immerse themselves in the symbols and signs of Black culture (Cross) Attitudes of changing and intense themes of pro-black, anti-white involvements.
Immersion-Emersion
Is marked by self-acceptance and a proactive Black pride infused in daily life while leaving room for an appreciation of other intersections and dimensions of diversity. (Cross) Attitudes of positive adherence to a black cultural identity.
Internalization
Challenges individuals to integrate their personal sense of Black identity into a way of being and/or a long-lasting commitment to issues that impact the Black community. (Cross)
Internalization-Commitment
Who’s model includes Conformity, Dissonance, Immersion-Emersion, Internalization, & Integrative Awareness?
Helm
Helm’s status involves the acceptance of racial characteristics and external self-definition. Individuals negotiating this status (but not yet in it) may feel uncomfortable around other people of color or blame them for societal challenges or social ills.
Conformity
Helm’s status is confusion about one’s connection to people of color and to White people. The confusion may result from cross-racial interactions that elucidate one’s personal or reference group’s experiences with the use of racism.
Dissonance
People of color idealize their own racial group while devaluing what is perceived to be White and while expressing resistance to oppressive external forces (Helm)
Immersion-Emersion
Status is characterized by the ability to use internal criteria for self-definition as well as respond objectively to White people. Flexible and analytic information processing are aligned with this status. (Helm)
Internalization
Includes an assessment of one’s intersecting identities and the recognition and appreciation of the similarities among oppressed people (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, ability status, religion, sexual identity, educational status, socioeconomic status, immigration status) (Helm)
Integrative Awareness
Whose model involves Contact, Disinegration, Reintegration, Pesudoindependence, Immersion-Emersion, Autonomy
Helm
This status is characterized by satisfaction with the status quo and the acceptance of socially imposed racial characterizations and rules. (Helm)
Contact
Status is marked by confusion regarding one’s commitment to their own group and being troubled by racial moral dilemmas (Helm)
Disintegration
Satus involves the idealization and championing of one’s own group and group entitlement (Helm)
Reintegration
Individuals rationalize the commitment to their own group and tolerance in lieu of acceptance of others and their racial composition (Helm)
Peudoindependence
Status challenges White people to understand how they have benefited by and contributed to racism (Helm)
Immersion-Emersion
White people operating in this ego status use internally derived definitions of self, demonstrate positive racial group commitment, and possess the capacity to both acknowledge and relinquish White privilege. (Helm)
Autonomy
Whose model of cultural identity has pre-exposure, exposure, zealot-defensive, integration?
Ponterotto
White counselor trainees who are unfamiliar with multicultural issues are comfortable with the status quo (Ponterotto)
Pre-exposure
trainees become aware of racism and other issues pertaining to diversity. (Ponterotto)
Exposure
White counselor trainees may become pro-minority and anti-White (Ponterotto)
Zealot-Defensive
a balanced perspective is achieved as White counselors in training can process their emotions and make meaning of their learning and growing levels of cultural awareness (Ponterotto)
Integration
Researchers suggest that ____ _____ take shape in adolescence and are necessary for the development of a healthy self-concept and cultural socialization
Cultural Identities
____ Model of Ethnic Identity. Can be applied to all racial groups
Phinney
Phinney (1996) described ___ ___ as the self-perceived significance of membership in an ethnic group and the attitudes and feelings that are associated with that group
Ethnic Identity
leads adolescents to either take on ethnic identities of significant family members without exploration or internalize stereotyped identities that pervade the dominant culture, media, and popular culture (Phinney)
First Stage
marked by an exploration of identity and a subsequent differentiation of the culture of origin from the dominant culture
Second Stage (Phinney)
involves emotional experiences and a rapid sense of personal and cultural awareness as adolescents begin to shape a personal understanding of who they are as cultural beings (Phinney)
Moratorium
individuals gain increased acceptance of their identity in ways that are healthy and allow for a full appreciation of multiculturalism. (Phinney)
Final Stage
is the propensity for immigrants to adopt the cultural norms of their receiving country.
Assimilation
Whose model involves personal identity, choice group categorization, enmeshment/Denial, Appreciation, Integration?
Poston Biracial Identity Development
is the propensity for immigrants to adopt the cultural norms of their receiving country. (Poston Biracial)
Personal Identity
individuals are forced to choose an ethnic or a racial identity because of peer, situational, community, or physical appearance factors (Poston Biracial)
Choice Group Categorization
individuals may feel guilt, disloyalty, and self-hatred rooted in choices made during the previous stage of development (Poston Biracial)
Enmeshment/Denial
multiple heritages are explored as individuals engage in activities and traditions and learn about the histories and worldviews of their previously ignored racial or cultural group (Poston Biracial)
Appreciation
the final stage of Poston’s model, individuals experience a sense of wholeness as they learn to integrate their multiple cultural identities in personally meaningful ways (Poston Biracial)
Integration
In the model, children from birth through _ years of age recognize similarities and differences in skin color and hair texture
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In the ___ to ___ stage, biracial children may be forced to classify themselves, often with a monoracial label or a descriptive term that identifies skin color.
Kerwin Model, Entry to School
youths become increasingly aware of group membership and the social meanings ascribed to skin color, race, hair texture, language, and culture (Kerwin)
Preadolesence (Kerwin)
developmental (e.g., the need to belong, intolerance toward difference) and societal factors pressure biracial youths to choose a specific cultural group identity (Kerwin)
Adolescence Stage (Kerwin)
continuing to embrace a single-culture identity; however, the expanding sense of self that is experienced during this period of growth often results in the capability and desire to integrate one’s multiple heritages (Kerwin)
College/Young Adult (Kerwin)
stage is characterized by further exploration of one’s race and culture and by increased flexibility in one’s interpersonal relations and understanding of self (Kerwin)
Adulthood (Kerwin)
Whose model is phase neutrality, awareness, acceptance, Experimentation, Transition, Recognition of Identity?
Henriksen
in this phase young children are unaware of race or issues related to culture (Henrikson)
Phase Neutrality
During this second phase, children begin to recognize differences that they have when compared to their peers but they lack understanding related to those differences (Henrikson)
Awareness
they develop an understanding that they have more than one ethnic identity. (Henrikson)
Acceptance
is described as a time when people with multiple heritages experience challenges related to fitting in and they often search for a racial group to belong to (Henrikson)
Experimentation
described as a phase of turmoil and decisions (Henrikson)
Transition
It is in this phase that the whole self is fully integrated and the varying intersections of identity are considered (Henrikson)
Recognition of Identity
describes five types of gender identity attitudes for White males that are flexible and responsive to situations and experiences
The Key Model
describes attitudes that have little awareness of race: race is ignored, denied, or minimized. Traditional or typical gender roles are valued. (Key)
Noncontact Type