Final Exam - Feminist

Question 1

Assertiveness training

Answer 1

• technique to promote and teach assertive behaviour. this increases client power.
• learn difference between aggression and assertion
• anticipate possible negative consequences of female assertiveness

Question 2

Bibliotherapy

Answer 2

-reading assignments to supplement what is learned in therapy

Question 3

Gender Role Intervention

Answer 3

Provides clients with insights into the ways social issues affect their problems

Question 4

Empowerment

Answer 4

relationship structure models responsible power use.

client is an active partner in therapy

empower client through informed consent and power equalization

Question 5

Self-disclosure

Answer 5

used to equalize relationship, normalize collective experiences

grounded in authenticity and mutuality

Question 6

Gender-role analysis

Answer 6

Explores impact of gender role expectations on client well-being

uses these expectations to make decisions about future gender-role behaviours

Decide what messages need to change and make a plan to do so

Question 7

Gender-role intervention

Answer 7

provides clients with insight into how social issues impact problems

Question 8

Power analysis

Answer 8

emphasizes power difference between men and women in society

help to recognize different types of power

Question 9

Power intervention

Answer 9

aimed to regain self-confidence and set fulfilling goals

Question 10

Reframing

Answer 10

a shift from victim blaming to a consideration of social factors in the environment that contribute to problems; includes societal and political dimensions

Question 11

Relabelling

Answer 11

changes the label or evaluation applied to a behavioural characteristic

Question 12

Group Work

Answer 12

preferred modality for therapy, promotes connectedness and unity

Question 13

Social action

Answer 13

activities to support empowerment and see the link between personal experiences and socio-political contexts

Question 14

Engendered lives

Answer 14

gender is the organizing principle in peoples lives.

men as the dominant group determine the roles women play

women as subordinate must interprete the needs and wants of the dominant group

Question 15

“personal is political”

Answer 15

personal problems have social and political causes.

changing own behaviour can include becoming an active participant in transforming society

Question 16

self-in-relation

Answer 16

a women’s sense of self depends on how well she connects with others

Question 17

Connectedness / interdependence

Answer 17

women’s sense of self and morality is based in issues of responsibility and care for others

connectedness and interdepedance are absent in male-dominant theories

Question 18

gender bias in assessment & diagnosis

Answer 18

gender & race influences assessment of symptoms

minimize environmental factors in behaviour

operates from a gender-biased theoretical orietnation

same symptoms are treated differently in different groups

Question 19

diagnostic labels are limiting because;

Answer 19

• focus on individual and not societal factors
• instrument of oppression by white males
• may reinforce gender role stereotypes
• symptoms can often be understood as coping strategies and not pathology

Question 20

Feminist view of human nature

Answer 20

• gender-fair, avoids stereotypes
• flexible and multicultural, using concepts and strategies that apply to all
• account for contextual environmental factors in human experience
• life-span perspective that human development is lifelong and change can occur at any time

Question 21

Feminist View Rejects:

Answer 21

HAGE

• heterosexist theory
• androcentric theory
• gendercentric theory
• ethnocentric theory

Question 22

androcentric theory

Answer 22

male oriented constructs to draw conclusions about human nature

Question 23

ethnocentric theory

Answer 23

facts pertaining to human nature are the same across all races / cultures

Question 24

heterosexist theory

Answer 24

heterosexual orientation is normative and desirable

Question 25

How does empowerment influence the therapeutic relationship

Answer 25

client-therapist relationship models how to identify and use power

therapists equalize power base

Question 26

How do therapists equalize the client-therapist power base

Answer 26

• sensitive to ways to abuse power
• use self-disclosure
• focus on client power
• demystify counseling relationship
• include clients in assessment and treatment process

Question 27

How does gender enter understandings of human behaviour and personality development

Answer 27

• societal gender roles influence from birth
• gender politics are embedded throughout society
• feminists recognize women are searching for connectedness with others and not for autonomy/independence.

Question 28

Techniques used by femininist therapists

Answer 28

GAGGERS BS Power

gender role analysis
assertiveness training
gender-role intervention
group work
empowerment
reframing
self-disclosure

Bibliotherapy
Social Action

Power analysis & intervention