Chapter 4 - Counselling in a Multicultural Society (TWO)

Question 1

Define;cultural encapsulation

Answer 1

disregarding culture as a factor in counselling

Question 2

Define; multicultural competence

Answer 2

the extent to which counselors possess appropriate levels of self-awareness, knowledge, and skills in working with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds

Question 3

Define; overculturalizing

Answer 3

mistaking people’s reactions to poverty and discrimination for their cultural pattern

Question 4

Define; acculturation

Answer 4

the process by which a group of people give up old ways and adopt new ones

Question 5

Counselors Must be Sensitive to Cultures in Three Areas:

Answer 5

1. Knowledgeable, of the worldviews of culturally different clients
2. Awareness, of one’s own personal worldview and how one is a product of cultural conditioning
3. Skills, necessary for work with culturally different clients

Question 6

Define; cultural bias

Answer 6

the tendency to think one’s own culture is superior to others, this can be present in majority and minority counsellors

Question 7

Cultural –Infused Counselling Competence

Answer 7

awareness of the impact of culture on personal assumptions, understanding of the worldview of the client, coming to agreement on goals and tasks in the context of a trusting and culturally sensitive working alliance, and reinforcing that alliance by embracing a social justice agenda