multicultural vocabulary Chapters 1-2

Question 1

A person with a nonracist identity who advocates and actively intervenes when injustice makes its presence felt at the individual, institutional, and societal levels

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Antiracist:

Sue, Derald Wing; Sue, David (2015-12-11). Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice (p. 747). Wiley. Kindle Edition.

Question 2

Resistance that entails paralysis or inaction in the presence of discrimination from majority group individuals

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Behavioral resistance (to multicultural training):

Question 3

A form of intellectual denial in which individuals from the majority group provide alternative reasons or excuses to explain incidences of racism, oppression, or discrimination

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Cognitive resistance (to multicultural training):

Question 4

the awareness, knowledge and skills needed to function effectively with culturally diverse populations

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cultural competence:

Question 5

Occurs when individuals from marginalized groups feel their lived experiences of oppression and discrimination has been heard, acknowledged, understood, and validated

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Emotional affirmation:

Question 6

When individuals negate or dismiss the lived experiences of oppression and discrimination of marginalized groups

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Emotional invalidation:

Question 7

A defensive maneuver that entails emotions such as guilt, anger, defensiveness, or helplessness that block self-exploration

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Emotional resistance (to multicultural training):

Question 8

the everyday slights, put-downs, invalidations, and insults directed to socially devalued group members by well-intentioned people who may be unaware that they have engaged in such biased and harmful behaviors

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Microaggressions:

Question 9

the integration, acceptance, and embracing of cultural differences that include race, gender, sexual orientation, and other sociodemographic identities

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Multiculturalism:

Question 10

Unacknowledged emotions such as anger, anxiety, defensiveness, or guilt regarding one’s thoughts about race, culture, gender, and other variables of culture

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Nested/ Embedded emotions:

Question 11

Individuals who own up to their biases, and acknowledge their past oppressive attitudes and actions

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Nonracist:

Question 12

entails truthfully taking stock of one’s emotions, beliefs, values, thoughts, and actions and how those impact the self and others

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Self-reflection:

Question 13

composed of people’s attitudes, values, and beliefs that affect how people think, define events, make decisions, and behave

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Worldview:

Question 14

Being conscious and mindful of one’s own worldview, and the possible differences between culturally diverse clients, and other group identities

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Awareness:

Question 15

A philosophy that the psychosocial unit of identity resides in the family, group, or collective society

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Collectivism:

Question 16

the awareness, knowledge and skills needed to function effectively with culturally diverse populations

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Cultural competence:

Question 17

A complementary component to cultural competence associated with an open attitudinal stance or a multiculturally open orientation to work with diverse clients

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Cultural humility:

Question 18

When counselors unwittingly impose their standards of normality and abnormality upon culturally diverse clients without consideration of cultural differences

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Cultural incompetence:

Question 19

The belief that the manifestation and treatment of mental disorders must take into consideration cultural differences

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Cultural relativism:

Question 20

Mental disorders unique to various cultures

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Culture bound syndromes:

Question 21

The belief that cultural differences must be considered in the diagnosis and treatment of culturally diverse groups

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Emic (culturally specific):

Question 22

The belief that human beings share overwhelming commonalities and that the manifestation and treatment of disorders are similar across all cultures and societies

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Etic (culturally universal):

Question 23

Identity associated with group membership such as race, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and so on

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Group level of identity:

Question 24

Identity which acknowledges that no two individuals are alike, because people are unique and do not share the same experiences in life, not even identical twins

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Individual level of identity:

Question 25

The presence of accurate information about diverse groups

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Knowledge

Question 26

A helping role and a process that uses modalities and defines goals consistent with the life experiences and cultural values of diverse clients

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Multicultural counseling/ therapy:

Question 27

Multiculturalism is the integration, acceptance, and embracing of cultural differences that include race, gender, sexual orientation, and other sociodemographic identities

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Multiculturalism:

Question 28

A Latino/ a cultural orientation whereby people relationships are more valued over institutional obligations and responsibilities

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Personalismo:

Question 29

Specific expertise and ability to effectively utilize therapies and knowledge to help clients from cultures different from the therapist

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Skills:

Question 30

Active engagement and action in working toward equal access and opportunity for all people and in fighting injustice in all its forms

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Social justice

Question 31

Identity that acknowledges people have a universal level of identity, are similar to one another, originate from the same species, and share qualities that make them human

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Universal level of identity:

Question 32

composed of people’s attitudes, values, and beliefs that affect how people think, define events, make decisions, and behave

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worldview