CHAPTER 11 Culturally Competent Assessment

Question 1

what is a stereotype

Answer 1

generalizations based on limited or inaccurate information

Question 2

define implicit bias

Answer 2

ubconscious negative racial or diversity attitudes that are activated spontaneously

Question 3

what are 6 errors that can be made when not being culturally sensitive during diagnosis or assessments

Answer 3

confirmatory strategy, attribution error, judgemental heuristics, diagnostic overshadowng, implicit bias

Question 4

what is confirmatory strategy

Answer 4

searching for thigns that support your hypothesis and ignoring what doesn’t support it.

Question 5

what is attribution error

Answer 5

undue empahsis on internal causes for an client’s issue

Question 6

what is a judgemental heuristic

Answer 6

quick decision rules that are used often. (quick impulsive references or insights)

Question 7

what is diagnostic overshadowing

Answer 7

focusing on an aspect of a client due to it being more promiment.

Question 8

what 2 things help us reduece diagnostic errors

Answer 8

cultural competence and cultural humility

Question 9

what ist he collaborative approach

Answer 9

clients are given opportunities to share their beliefs, perspectives, and expectations, as well as their explanations of problems

Question 10

what are the 7 parts of a collaborative conceptualizatio

Answer 10

clinical skill and client perspective to understand the problem
collaborate to define the issue
build a hypothesis together to see the cause of the issue
develop ways together to confirm or disconfirm the hypothesis
test out the hypothesis from both people
if the hypothesis is found to be true then you develop a treatment plan
if this is not true, then collect more data and start again.