WEEK 12: Indigenous Psychology

Question 1

Feelings of disorientation and anxiety as people from one culture encounter and adapt to another

1. Culture shock
2. Culture stereotypes
3. Ethnocentrism
4. Prejudice

Answer 1

Culture shock

Question 2

Generalised views we hold about people from other cultures

1. Culture shock
2. Culture stereotypes
3. Ethnocentrism
4. Prejudice

Answer 2

Cultural stereotypes

Question 3

Viewing the rest of the world based on one’s own culture

1. Culture shock
2. Culture stereotypes
3. Ethnocentrism
4. Prejudice

Answer 3

Ethnocentrism

Question 4

Negative stereotypes about another group.

1. Culture shock
2. Culture stereotypes
3. Ethnocentrism
4. Prejudice

Answer 4

Prejudice

Question 5

——– emphasises the autonomy of the individual

1. Individualism
2. Culture shock
3. Collectivism
4. Language

Answer 5

Individualism

Question 6

——- emphasises the interrelatedness of all
members of society and their collective endeavours

1. Individualism
2. Culture shock
3. Collectivism
4. Language

Answer 6

Collectivism

Question 7

——– has strong social norms and a low tolerance of deviant behaviour

1. Loose culture
2. Culture shock
3. Collectivism
4. Tight culture

Answer 7

Tight culture

Question 8

—— has weak
social norms and a high tolerance of deviant behaviour

1. Loose culture
2. Culture shock
3. Collectivism
4. Tight culture

Answer 8

Loose culture

Question 9

——- the process of learning and
understanding the values and norms of the culture you live in

1. Loose culture
2. Culture shock
3. Collectivism
4. Enculturation

Answer 9

Enculturation

Question 10

People understand and make sense of their own culture from within

1. Cultural psychology
2. Culture shock
3. Collectivism
4. Enculturation

Answer 10

Cultural psychology

Question 11

——– comparing and contrasting cultural dimensions

1. Cultural psychology
2. Culture shock
3. Collectivism
4. Cross-cultural psychology

Answer 11

Cross-cultural psychology

Question 12

Ideas that suggest particular groups of people possess inherent characteristics, behaviours, beliefs or attitudes that make them either superior or inferior to other groups;

1. Prejudice
2. Culture shock
3. Collectivism
4. Racism

Answer 12

Racism

Question 13

The 2015 Australian Bureau of Statistics census indicated that around ___________% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples lived in major cities.

1. 45
2. 20
3. 25
4. 35

Answer 13

35

Question 14

Twelve July 1971 is a significant date in the development of rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples because the

1. Torres Strait Islander flag was launched.
2. Mabo High Court decision was handed down.
3. Aboriginal flag was first flown.
4. Tent Embassy was established outside the national parliament in Canberra.

Answer 14

Aboriginal flag was first flown

Question 15

Cultural ___________ refers to an environment created to provide security and empowerment to people from different cultural backgrounds, and their identity, language, knowledge and practices.

1. awareness
2. sensitivity
3. respect
4. safety

Answer 15

Safety

Question 16

In 2013, the death rate for ICD (intentional self-harm – suicide) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was ___________ times the rate reported for non-Indigenous people.

1. 1.5
2. 2.0
3. 2.2
4. 3.4

Answer 16

2.0

Question 17

Based on subtle differences in health outcomes for different indigenous populations, Anderson and colleagues (2016) recommend that the local, social and ___________ factors should always be taken into account.

1. collective
2. historical
3. relational
4. practical

Answer 17

Historical

Question 18

According to your eText, the age onset and rate of deterioration of Alzheimer’s disease are dependent primarily upon all of the following factors except:

1. education
2. gender
3. ethnicity
4. intelligence

Answer 18

Ethnicity