Social and Cultural Diversity

Question 1

America has been called the most diverse country on the face of our planet. Counseling a client from a different social and/or cultural background is known as

a. cross-cultural counseling
b. multicultural counseling
c. intercultural counseling
d. all of the above

Answer 1

d. all of the above

Question 2

Culture refers to

a. customs shared by a group which distinguishes it from other groups.
b. values shared by a group that are learned from others in the group.
c. attitudes, beliefs, art, and language which characterize members of a group often passed from generation to generation.
d. all of the above

Answer 2

d. all of the above

Question 3

Our culture is more diverse than in the past. Multicultural counselors often work with persons who are culturally different. This means the client

a. is culturally biased
b. suffers from the diagnosis of cultural relativity
c. belongs to a different culture from the helper
d. present problems which deal only with culturally charged issues.

Answer 3

c. belongs to a different culture from the helper

Question 4

In order to diagnose clients from a different culture

a. the counselor ideally will need some information regarding specifics of the culture.
b. the counselor will find the DSM useless.
c. the counselor should rely heavily on cultural epoch theory.
d. NBCC ethics prohibit the use of DSM diagnosis

Answer 4

a. the counselor ideally will need some information regarding specifics of the culture.

Question 5

In the United States, each socioeconomic group represents

a. a separate race
b. a separate culture
c. the concept of color blindness
d. a separate national culture

Answer 5

b. a separate culture

Question 6

Which therapist was not instrumental in the early years of the social psychology movement

a. Freud
b. Durkheim
c. McDougall
d. Berne

Answer 6

d. Berne

Eric Berne the father of transactional analysis

Question 7

__________ and _________ would say that regardless of culture, humans have an instinct to fight.

a. Maslow; Rogers
b. Ellis; Harper
c. Freud; Lorenz
d. Glasser; Rogers

Answer 7

c. Freud; Lorenz

Freud believed that man was basically driven by the instincts of sex and aggression. Lorenz- partially basing his theory on the fact that certain tropical fish will attach an alternative target even when the actual target of aggression is removed.

Question 8

_________ believed that aggression is learned. Thus, a child who witnesses aggressive behavior in adults may imitate the aggressive behavior.

a. Instinct theorists
b. Innate aggression theorists
c. Social Learning Theorists
d. Followers of Erik Erikson

Answer 8

c. Social Learning Theorists