Ch. 4 Multicultural Considerations Flashcards

1
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multicultural assessment

A

practices in which counselors attend to the role of a multitude of intersecting cultural variables in how client’s present and conceptualize concerns and respond to treatment.

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2
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The MSJCC includes four developmental domains counselors should attend to as they work with
culturally diverse clients. What are the four domains?

A
  • counselor self-awareness
  • counseling relationship
  • client worldview
  • counseling and advocacy interventions
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3
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What is the difference in fairness and bias?

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Fairness refers to efforts to create equitable experiences for test-takers; bias refers to score differences that lead to differential ways these data are used for different groups

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4
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Absolute fairness in assessment is …

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impossible to achieve

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5
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9 types of biases in testing:

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content bias, 
conceptual bias, 
criterion bias
omission bias, 
connotation bias,
examiner bias, 
interpretive bias, 
response bias, and situational bias

TABLE 4.1 p. 72

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content bias,

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items are more familiar to one group

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7
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conceptual bias,

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meaning of test items differs across cultures

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8
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criterion bias

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comparing a client’s score to a non-normative criterion for that client

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omission bias

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items are worded in a way that ignores the possibility of one’s membership in a minority group

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connotation bias

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items with negative connotations in reference to minority groups

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11
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contiguity bias

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scales intended to measure pathology appear alongside scales intended to measure minority group traits

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12
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examiner bias

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an examiner’s beliefs affecting the administration

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13
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interpretive bias

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interpretation of the assessment provides a biased advantage/disadvantage to the client

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response bias

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client’s may be culturally inclined to use certain response sets, such as a restricted range of responses

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15
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situational bias

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test conditions favoring majority groups

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16
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selection and prediction bias

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use of results to inappropriately influence decisions (e.g., personality tests for hiring).

17
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technical

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the assessment method is more or less familiar to different cultures

18
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the four acculturation models listed in the textbook

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assimilation, separation, integration, and marginalization

19
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assimilation model

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when a client acculturates by identifying with the majority culture only

20
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separation model

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when a client does not acculturate to the majority culture and operates from culture of origin only

21
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integration model

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when a client acculturates by integrate culture of origin and majority culture

22
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marginalization model

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when a client rejects both culture of origin and majority culture

23
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goal of culture free tests

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to provide items that are equally familiar to all groups, with items and procedures equitable to all groups

24
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goal of culture fair tests

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minimize cultural bias as much as possible

25
Q

What does section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 require for students with disabilities?

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(requires that testing be adapted for students with disabilities so that the test measures what it
is designed to measure while allowing for the students’ disability)

26
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What does IEP stand for, and which federal Act is it a cornerstone of?

A

individualized education plan; the Education of All

Handicapped Children Act of 1975

27
Q

Be sure

to represent in any assessment report how confounding factors, such as ____________, affected assessment results.

A

educational opportunity or socioeconomic status

28
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Consult test manuals and other assessment materials to learn about …

A

the norm groups and subgroups as well as specific information about available versions of instruments.