module 2

Question 1

(general) trauma definition

Answer 1

the experience or witnessed experience of a deeply distressing event act or process.

Question 2

mental health associations’s trauma definition

Answer 2

a deeply distressing or disturbing event such as divorce, chronic or life threatening illness, an accident, grief and loss. war, torture, rape and GENOCIDE.

Question 3

american psychological association’s trauma definition

Answer 3

• the apa is a Eurocentric organization
• a mental DISORDER. seen in the diagnostic statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM). falls under PTSD (post trauma stress disorder).
• “actual or threatened DEATH, serious injury, or sexual violence.”

Question 4

africentric trauma definition

Answer 4

specific of the african, african descendent and children of the diaspora. summarized as an inherent lack of SELF-KNOWLEDGE. this in relation to HOLISM.
- inner verbs external knowledge

worst kind of trauma:

Question 5

inner knowledge

Answer 5

the ability to become aware of one’s body, thoughts, connectedness to nature, the universe and collective conscious body -> the ability to tap into one’s emotional state. metaphysical realm and becomes united with physical plane.

Question 6

external knowledge

Answer 6

includes an understanding of african history, culture, rituals and traditions –> process of translating that knowledge into knowing.

Question 7

symptoms of trauma (africentric trauma)

Answer 7

1. immediate emotional reactions
2. immediate physical reactions
3. immediate existential reactions
4. delayed emotional reactions
5. delayed physical reactions
6. delayed cognitive reactions
7. delayed behavioral reactions

Question 8

3 types of trauma and how early can trauma start

Answer 8

trauma can begin as early as in utero

- acute, chronic and complex

Question 9

acute trauma

Answer 9

consists of single traumatic event

ex: car accident, single instance of rape, witnessing a car crash once.

Question 10

chronic trauma

Answer 10

repeated or prolonged traumatic event(s). this can be a series of traumatic events or a single traumatic event occurring repeatedly.
ex: sexual abuse, bullying, violent neighborhoods, watching a violent video repeatedly.

Question 11

complex trauma

Answer 11

experiencing varied or multiple traumatic events, that are invasive or interpersonal. can also mean multiple traumatic events occurring to children 0-6 years and often referred as Early Childhood Complex Trauma.
ex: rape/prostitution, violent neighborhoods, plane crash, death of a loved one.

Question 12

multigenerational trauma

Answer 12

• this and racial trauma are the only GROUP trauma.
• consists of complex and chronic trauma that can be transferred from first-get trauma survivors to further gen. trauma survivors.
• changes gene expression/dna

Question 13

when did slavery begin?

Answer 13

before U.S. chattel slavery.

Question 14

western psychology

Answer 14

focuses on behavior. the purpose is to control.

Question 15

midterm question: differences between traumas

Answer 15

• acute, chronic and complex are INDIVIDUAL trauma.

- multigenerational is GROUP trauma.

Question 16

(quiz) // question 1: All of these are a type of trauma except:

Answer 16

reverse racism

Question 17

(quiz) // question 2: Which type of trauma can only occur in children ages 0-6?

Answer 17

complex

Question 18

(quiz) // question 3: Which type of trauma consists of a single incident?

Answer 18

acute

Question 19

(quiz) // question 4: What are the differences between Acute, Chronic, Complex trauma and Multigenerational Trauma? (check all that apply)

Answer 19

• One type of trauma produces mass, systemic and individual changes, while the other only produces individual changes
• Chronic, Acute and Complex trauma are all Individual traumas
• Transgenerational trauma occurs through epigeneti

Question 20

(quiz) // question 5: Multigenerational Trauma of Africans began during Slavery in the U.S.

Answer 20

false

Question 21

sociological trauma

Answer 21

systems in our society that perpetrate trauma or manipulate the process, so a victim keeps enduring it
Ex: single mothers (systems in place to put more black men in jail)
Racism victimizes the victim

Question 22

consequences of trauma in black community

Answer 22

Racism/discrimination, unemployment (last hired, first fired), lynching, less access to clean water, overincarceration of black men, wage gap b/w black people, more dropouts (systematic racism of teachers), crime, police brutality, racial profiling, housing discrimination & more

Question 23

knowing

Answer 23

an individual with conscious awareness, harmony, balance and access to the ancestors
To an African, those cut off from gaining self-knowledge have endured worst trauma à being incapable of self-actualization
Africentric households have a more widespread way of parenting; it takes a village
It’s not who is in the home; it’s who raises the kid