Indigenous & Cross-Cultural Psychology

Question 1

Cultural competence

Answer 1

Refers to the demonstrable knowledge, behaviour and attitudes of practitioners that assist and support their capacity to function intercultural contests

Question 2

Cultural encapsulation

Answer 2

Is the process of working with clients from an ethnocentric perspective, where one does not effectively understand the worldview and culture of origin of the client, nor do they integerate this knowledge into the counselling process

Question 3

Enculturation

Answer 3

Involves implicit learning or tacity learning or tacit learning of cultural beliefs, values and traditions

Question 4

Acculturation

Answer 4

Refers to the process of adapting to a new culture

Question 5

Multicultralism

Answer 5

Refers to those situations where multiple cultures exist within a country

Question 6

Paradies five specific fantasies about Indigenuous People

Answer 6

1. Exclusivity: that expression of indigeneity only contrains or reflects acknowledgement of Indigenous heritage
2. Cultural alterity: that indigeniety be characterised by certain beliefs, experiences in the upbringng and adult associations
3. Marginality: that indigeneity be characterised by suffering and/or experiences on the economic and social margins of society
4. Phyicality: that indigeneity be characterised by an Indigenous ‘look’
5. Morality: that Indigeneity be characterised by access to moral qualifications different to and above or superior to those of non-indigenous people

Question 7

Race

Answer 7

The phenotypical characteristics such as skin, eye and hair colour of a person

Question 8

Cultural psychology

Answer 8

Involves examining a culture from within and within its own terms

Question 9

Etic

Answer 9

Etic orentation is concerned with commonalities or differences across cultures

Question 10

Cultural groups

Answer 10

Can end up being stereotyped if within different group differences are ignored.