Social & 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?

Answer 1

Multicultural counseling
Cross-cultural counseling
Intercultural counseling

Question 2

Implies that we champion the idea of celebrating diversity and this can be age, sexual orientation , religion, social class, country of origin, race, and even health status.

Answer 2

Multicultural

Question 3

Suggest that a minority cultural group will keep their own unique cultural values, yet they still participate in the wider or dominant culture.

Answer 3

Cultural pluralism

Question 4

Culture refers to

Answer 4

Customs shared by a group which distinguish it from other groups.
Values shared by a group that are learned from others in the group.
Attitudes, beliefs, art, and language which characterize members of a group often passed from generation to generation.

Question 5

Manifest itself whenever a person experiences conflicting thoughts, feelings, or behaviors due to divided cultural loyalties.

Answer 5

Culture conflict

Question 6

Refer to the dominant culture or the culture that is accepted by the majority of citizens in a given society.

Answer 6

Macroculture or majority culture

Question 7

Referring to the fact that some individuals have a unearned advantage, giving that person dominance, access access to resources, and therefore power.

Answer 7

Privilege

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Belongs to a different culture from the helper.