Multicultural Flashcards
ICIR
-in control of own outcomes
-responsible for own success/failures
ICER
-determines own outcomes
-others are responsible from keeping them from doing so.
ECER
-little or no control over outcomes
-have no responsibility over themselves
ECIR
-little control over outcomes
-take responsibility for failures
What LC & LR are seen most in American culture
ICIR
Most challenging client for a White therapist (worldview)
ICER
Acculturation
1.Integration
2.Assimilation
3.Separation
4. Marginilization
Healthy Cultural Paranoia
1.Functional paranoia (pathological)
2. Cultural paranoia (due to racism)
*Race of therapist is most important when the client has both functional and cultural paranoia (prefer Black therapist)
Racial Microaggressions
Microassaults (explicit racism)
Microinsults (verbal or nonverbal - assumptions)
Microinvalidation (negate thoughts, feelings or POC)
Tight vs. Loose Cultures
Tight
-strong social norms
-low tolerance for deviant behavior
*citizens are more likely to conform and want stability
**higher conscientiousness and lower openness to new experiences
Loose
-weak social norms
-high tolerance for deviant behavior
citizens are more likely to engage in deviant behavior and are more open to change.
**lower conscientiousness and higher openness to new experiences
High vs. Low Context Communication
High
-group understanding
-nonverbal messages
-knowledge is situational
-similar to minority groups
Low
-verbal messages
-independent of the context
-characteristics of White population
*When client is high communication and therapist is Low, there becomes issues in treatment.
Minority stress theory
Sexual minorities
proximal
-stress with in the person
distal
-stress external to the person
Recent disclosure of sexuality, lesbian vs. gay men
Lesbian = decrease in depression and anxiety
Gay men = increase in depression and anxiety
Racial-Cultural Identity Development Model
Atkinson et al.,
- Conformity
(neutral or negative view of minorities) - Dissonance
(questions attitudes towards minorities) - Resistance & Immersion
(negative attitudes towards majority and positive towards own) - Introspection
(questions alliance to own group) - Integrated awareness
(aware of positive and negative of all groups)
Black Racial Identity Development Model
Cross,
- Pre-encounter
(idealize White culture) - Encounter
(Question White & Black culture/ aware of racisms effects on their lives) - Emersion/Immersion
(Reject White Culture, and engage in Black culture ) - Internalization
(defensiveness to race decreases/ internalized Black identity/ activism/ )