Ch. 4 Lecs

Question 1

… can be microaggressions (e.g. assuming sexuality)
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best way to be sensitive to diversity is to know your own … and … and become aware of what you may … based on these factors –> having that awareness enables you to overcome it

Answer 1

assumptions;
culture; values;
unconsciously think of others

Question 2

... to act as the 4th force of psych 
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previous ways psych has been defined: 
- ... was 1st 
- ... 2nd

Answer 2

multiculturalism;
psychoanalysis;
behaviorism

Question 3

previous ways psych has been defined - behaviorism:

• reaction against …
• rejected … and the thought that we have … that are … and make us act out

Answer 3

psychoanalysis;
introspection;
deep-seated inner issues;
unresolved

Question 4

previous ways psych has been defined - behaviorism:

• rejected …
• spoke of …
• change … to address problems
• “if you make …, you’ll get …”

Answer 4

unconscious mind;
real, tangible behaviors;
behavior;
diff decisions; diff outcomes

Question 5

previous ways psych has been defined:

- …/… was 3rd –> addresses … are happening

Answer 5

humanism/person-centered;

why behaviors

Question 6

previous ways psych has been defined - humanism/person-centered:

• addresses why behaviors are happening
• borderlining … approach, which looks at … of things
• relatively new approach
• believing that people have potential to …
• recognize how we …

Answer 6

existential;
why;
achieve anything they want;
get in our own way

Question 7

previous ways psych has been defined - humanism/person-centered:
- multicultural perspective … all of the above and helps to build … –> other cultures have different ways of … and … differently

Answer 7

enhances;
psychotherapeutic rapport;
coping;
experience problems

Question 8

professional ways to enhance multiculturalism:

• …
• …
• different … for different …

Answer 8

books;
journals;
APA divisions;
cultural perspectives

Question 9

having an awareness of … is a requirement in clinical psych

Answer 9

diversity

Question 10

(Revisions to APA code)

• …
• …
• …

Answer 10

competence;
discrimination;
interpreting assessment results

Question 11

(Revisions to APA code)

competence:
- can only practice …
- presents an issue with multiculturalism, which is what multiculturalism is trying to address –> how am I competent to work with … that we are not …? (one of the controversies being worked on)

Answer 11

what you’re trained in;
different cultures;
familiar with;

Question 12

(Revisions to APA code)

discrimination –> everyone is …

Answer 12

entitled to benefits of psychotherapy

Question 13

(Revisions to APA code)
interpreting assessment results:
- many assessment tests can be …
- must be mindful of … and how that can affect clients of …

Answer 13

biased against cultures;
dominant culture;
different cultures

Question 14

… standards - programs now need … to be accredited

Answer 14

accreditation;

multiculturalism courses

Question 15

(revisions to dsm based on culture)

- Asian cultures speak of depression as an …, others describe it as …, middle eastern describe it as …, etc

Answer 15

imbalance;
nerves;
problems of the heart

Question 16

(revisions to dsm based on culture)

• … experienced differently in different cultures
• … in DSM 4, now called …

Answer 16

psychopathologies;
culture-bound syndromes;
cultural concepts of distress

Question 17

(revisions to dsm based on culture)
culture-bound syndromes in dsm 4, now called cultural concepts of distress:
- … of experiences people have with a different culture
- have to look at how we define a disorder –> can’t diagnose something that’s …, important to look at … as well as …

Answer 17

repetitive patterns;
normal in a different culture;
dominant culture;
beliefs of other cultures

Question 18

(cultural competence is important):

- …, …, …

Answer 18

awareness; knowledge; skills

Question 19

(cultural competence is important):
awareness, knowledge, skills;
- self-awareness: best way to work through other issues you may have with another culture is to …
- goal is to be less …, to understand that not everyone … –> differences in cultures are not …

Answer 19

understand your own;
egocentric;
thinks the way we do;
deficiencies

Question 20

(cultural competence is important):
awareness, knowledge, skills:
- knowledge: being aware of …, can ask client to …, includes …

Answer 20

clients’ cultures;
explain culture;
religion

Question 21

(cultural competence is important):
awareness, knowledge, skills
skills:
- techniques consistent with the … of the client
- not all cultures will respond to …, as well, esp if therapy is …

Answer 21

values;
talking to you;
mandated

Question 22

(cultural competence is important):

• … practice
• … and … changes with this –> need to be responsive to all people and all groups

Answer 22

constant ongoing;
structure of field;
DSM

Question 23

(etic vs emic perspective)

• Are we all alike/different?
• etic looks at … between people
• emic looks at the … that people follow

Answer 23

similarities;

cultural specific norms

Question 24

(cultural competence is important):
etic looks at similarities between people:
- …. among everyone
- doesn’t attach importance to …
- was popular during … of psych
- downside is that it didn’t appreciate …

Answer 24

universality;
different cultural groups;
early days;
culture

Question 25

(cultural competence is important):
emic looks at the cultural specific normas that people follow:
- different cultural groups have to be …
- different people may have the same disorder, but it’s …

Answer 25

understood in their own terms;

expressed differently

Question 26

(cultural competence is important):
narrow vs broad definitions of culture:
- narrow: just … and …
- broad: acknowledges …

Answer 26

ethnicity;
race;
other factors

Question 27

(cultural competence is important):
narrow vs broad definitions of culture
broad:
- … –> institutional versions of these such as …, …, etc

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measuring the … continues to be a challenge - how do we know that we are culturally competent?

Answer 27

subcultures;
military; prison;
outcome