Cultural Diversity Quiz Flashcards
Cultural humility is described as which of the following?
a. a way of doing
b. a way of cultural awareness
c. a way of assessing
d. a way of being
d. a way of being
Multicultural counseling and psychotherapy assumes
a. Western therapy does not oppress people of color.
b. What happens in the therapist’s office may represent a microcosm of race relations in the larger society.
c. So-called psychological problems of minority groups may reside not within but outside of our clients.
d. b and c
d. b and c
What is the key element that can destroy trustworthiness within a helping relationship?
a. agreeableness
b. defensiveness
c. insight
d. expertness
b. defensiveness
How should a counselor enter a situation with a client who is culturally different?
a. free from any preconceived notions or generalizations
b. with a mental list of generalizations from which to view the client
c. with guidelines to be tentatively applied, changed, and challenged
d. a and c
c. with guidelines to be tentatively applied, changed, and challenged
Which of the following is true regarding counseling and therapy as a communication style?
a. Although theories of counseling differ, they represent similar communication patterns.
b. Different cultural groups may be more receptive to certain counseling styles because of cultural and sociocultural factors.
c. As opposed to African Americans, Asian American clients prefer an insight approach to a directive approach.
d. Black males and females tend to use more reflection and self-exploration than their White counterparts.
b. Different cultural groups may be more receptive to certain counseling styles because of cultural and sociocultural factors.
Incorporating tribal practices and rituals into an aspect of a cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) treatment for an American Indian represents
a. an empirically supported treatment
b. a cultural adaptation
c. an example of merging evidence-based practice and multicultural counseling
d. b and c
d. b and c
Counselors’ acceptance of potential benefits of spirituality as a means of coping with hopelessness, powerlessness, and identity issues is
a. increasing
b. decreasing
c. staying the same
d. not known
a. increasing
The sociopolitical identity transformations experienced by Asian Americans, Latina/os, and American Indians in the last few decades with the awareness of cultural oppression as the common unifying force is known as what?
a. Integrative awareness
b. Ethnocentric monoculturalism
c. Internalized racism
d. Third World consciousness
d. Third World consciousness
The Autonomy ego status is represented by which of the following?
a A person is knowledgeable about racial differences, values diversity, and no longer fearful of the experiential reality of race.
b. A person sees people as people and autonomously decides if he/she sees race or not.
c. A person has the belief that the White way is the right way.
d. A person intellectually understands race but sees Whites as being superior to people of color.
a. A person is knowledgeable about racial differences, values diversity, and no longer fearful of the experiential reality of race.
In addition to working collaboratively with your client to construct an accurate definition of the problem, you also include the __________________, which acknowledges that both the client and therapist are embedded in systems such as family, work, and culture.
a. contextual viewpoint
b. multicultural perspective
c. multicultural worldview
d. contextual limit
a. contextual viewpoint
Demographics on the African American population show
a. within 20 years, they will be the largest minority group in the United States.
b. the number of African American men in their 20s who are in prison, in jail, or on parole has decreased in recent years.
c. the poverty rate of African Americans remains nearly two times as high as that of White Americans.
d. their unemployment rate is now only slightly higher than that of White Americans.
c. the poverty rate of African Americans remains nearly two times as high as that of White Americans.
Question: In terms of time orientation, American Indians and Alaskan Natives are much more oriented toward
a. the future
b. the present
c. the past
d. time does not exist
b. the present
Counseling techniques that focus directly on emotions may be uncomfortable and produce _________ for traditional Asian Americans.
a. guilt
b. shame
c. aggressiveness
d. depression
b. shame
The conflicts in gender roles in both Latino American men and women are as a result of
a. the degree of religiosity
b. educational level
c. different expectations between ethnic group and mainstream values
d. the degree to which the family speaks Spanish in the home
c. different expectations between ethnic group and mainstream values
Compared to their male counterparts, Latinas and Asian American women are _______ to marry interracially.
a. as likely.
b. less likely.
c. more likely.
d. expected.
c. more likely
