multicultural vocabulary chapters 7-8

Question 1

A reference to how different cultural groups lie in their action orientation from one of “doing” and influencing the world, to one of “being” or living in harmony with nature

Answer 1

Activity dimension

Question 2

When an individual ascribes to and values two different cultures

Answer 2

Biculturalism

Question 3

Socioeconomic values that permeate counseling and psychotherapy (middle and upper class) and may prove disadvantageous to clients from poverty or less affluent situations

Answer 3

Class-bound values

Question 4

The psychosocial unit of operation resides in the family, group, or collective society rather than the individual

Answer 4

Collectivism

Question 5

Traditional western counseling and therapy are seen to possess the values of the dominant culture

Answer 5

Culture-bound values

Question 6

A culture-bound value in mental health practice in which the individual is the psychosocial unit of operation and independence and autonomy are the primary goals to treatment

Answer 6

Individual-centered

Question 7

A reference to how people from situations of poverty often perceive time, and the resultant effects it has on behavior

Answer 7

Minority standard time

Question 8

A reference to how different culture groups view human nature (“ good, neutral, or bad”)

Answer 8

Nature of people dimension

Question 9

A reference to cultural group relations and whether they are more collateral or individualistic in orientation

Answer 9

Relational dimension

Question 10

Refers to where one falls on the socioeconomic spectrum and are usually classified as upper, middle, and lower class

Answer 10

Social class

Question 11

How different societies, cultures, and people view time can be divided into being past, present or future oriented

Answer 11

Time dimension

Question 12

An acknowledgment that race, culture, and gender influence strongly how people communicate

Answer 12

Communication style

Question 13

Communications that rely more on the context to interpret the meaning of messages

Answer 13

High context cultures

Question 14

Reference to whether a person relies more on the context to interpret the meaning or the content of the message

Answer 14

High-/ low-context communication:

Question 15

The study of how bodily movements that include facial expression, posture, characteristics of movement, gestures, and eye contact orientation affect interpersonal transactions

Answer 15

Kinesics

Question 16

Communications that rely more on the content of what is said to interpret the meaning of the message

Answer 16

Low-context cultures

Question 17

Nonverbal behaviors that are likely to reflect the unconscious biases or attitudes of the person

Answer 17

Nonverbals as reflection of bias:

Question 18

Nonverbal behaviors that may trigger racist stereotypes and fears in the individual

Answer 18

Nonverbals as triggers to bias:

Question 19

The study of how vocal cues such as loudness of voice, pauses, silences, hesitations, rate of speech, and inflection affect communication

Answer 19

Paralanguage

Question 20

The study of how sociodemographic identities affect the use of conversing distances and their meanings

Answer 20

Proxemics