Racial/Cultural Identity Development Flashcards

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What are the benefits of racial/cultural models?

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assess a minority individuals reactions to counseling in general, counseling techniques and to the counselor.

acknowledge sociopolitical influences of racism, prejudice, and oppression upon the identity transformation of their victims.

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What are some racial identity assumptions?

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Racism permeates all aspects of life

P.O.C. are socialized to US society and therefor are exposed to biases, sterotypes, and racism of the society

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What are the 5 phases of the Racial/Cultural identity model?

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  1. Conformity
  2. Dissonance
  3. Resistance and Immersion
  4. Introspection
  5. Integrative awareness
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What are characteristics of someone in the Conformity phase?

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Preference for the dominant culture.

Attempt to assimilate and acculturate to white society.

May reject or become ashamed of their own group.

May incorporate negative stereotypes that set up self-fulfilling prophecies

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Why does conformity happen?

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Ethnocentric monculturalism

Align self with greater power to protect from feelings of inferiority

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What is the internal self-esteem of a person who is in the conformity phase?

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Low

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What phase is someone in if their role models, lifestyles and value systems all follow the dominant group?

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Conformity

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What are there therapeutic implications to consider when working with someone in the conformity phase?

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Prefers White therapist and seeks approval from or to identify with therapist

Exploring cultural identity is threatening and prefers task oriented, problem solving approach

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What is the goal in therapy with someone in conformity phase?

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sort out conflicts related to R/CID

move closer to awareness rather than self-deception

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When there is conflict between disparate pieces of information or experiences that challenge current self-concept, you are in the ______ phase?

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Dissonance

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In moving from the conformity stage to the dissonance stage, what begins to break down and causes questioning of attitudes, beliefs, and values?

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denial

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In the dissonance phase, what feelings develop that leads to a sense of conflict?

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Shame and pride

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What are some things that someone who is in the dissonance stage starts becoming aware of?

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Racism exists

not all aspects of majority or minority culture are bad

one cannot escape cultural heritage

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What are some therapeutic implications to consider with someone in the dissonance stage?

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May prefer counselor with good knowledge of client’s cultural group

questions concerning self, identity and self-esteem are likely brought up

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What is the goal with someone who is in the dissonance stage?

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explore the conflicting beliefs and feelings

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What are some feelings that are associated with individuals in the Resistance and Immersion stage?

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Anger at perceived cultural oppression

Actively reject dominant society and culture

Views members of dominant culture with suspicion

“why should I feel ashamed of who and what I am?”

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What stage are you in if you endorse minority-held views completely and reject and react to views/values of the dominant culture

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Resistance and Immersion

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Where does a lot of the anger come from in someone who is in the resistance and immersion stage?

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The feeling of being brainwashed by the dominant society

Guilt and shame from having been a “sell-out”

19
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In what stage would someone in the minority group restrict their interactions with the majority group as much as possible

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Resistance and Immersion

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What are some therapeutic implications in the Resistance &Immersion stage?

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Racism believed to be the contributor to psychological problems

Prefer own race therapists

Self-disclosure often necessary for credibility

open, non-defensive stance

action-oriented approaches aimed at external change

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Anger directed at dominant society is psychologically draining and discontentment and discomfort of rigid views are felt in what stage?

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Introspection

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What are some therapeutic implications to consider in the introspection stage?

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prefer therapist of own race but open to others who understand world view

Self-exploration approaches aimed at helping the client integrate a new sense of identity are important

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What is the goal in the introspection stage?

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identity what they desire to distance themselves from in their minority group

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What are some characteristics of someone in the integrative awareness stage?

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sense of security

flexible, tolerant, multicultural

acceptance of US culture seen as healthy and oppose those that are toxic

25
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Positive self-image, self-worth, and confidence is associated with what phase of development?

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Integrative Awareness

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What are some therapeutic implications to consider with someone who is in the Integrative awareness stage?

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preference for therapist not based on race but someone who can share wolrdviews

clients are action oriented and respond to strategies aimed at community and society change

27
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Are cultural identity models dynamic to static?

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dynamic

28
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What are the two phases in the white identity model?

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abandonment of racism

defining an non racist

29
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What are the 6 statuses in Helm’s White Identity model?

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Contact

Disintegration

Reintegration

pseudo-independence

Immersion-emersion

Autonomy