Chapter 4 Flashcards
True/False
Question: Minority clients most likely terminate prematurely from therapy sessions because they realize they actually do not need the help.
false
Researchers hypothesize that minority-group individuals underutilize and prematurely terminate counseling/therapy because of the biased nature of services.
Which of the following is NOT a relevant question for counselors to ask?
a. When counseling culturally diverse clients, how does one reconcile such major differences in worldviews?
b. As a helping professional, what emotional reactions around “race” do you possess that may act as a barrier to effective multicultural counseling?
c. What explains the perseverance of the belief among members of certain sociodemographic categories that they are undergoing oppression in the United States?
d. How might the unconscious biases of helping professionals affect their ability to deliver culturally appropriate mental health services to marginalize groups?
e. All of the choices are correct.
f. None of the choices is correct.
c
To be culturally competent means to understand the _______ of ___________ experienced by marginalized groups in our society.
history of oppression
Name four of the seven basic principles related to social change and social justice counseling.
Principle 1: A failure to develop a balanced perspective between person and system focus can result in false attribution of the problem.
Principle 2: A failure to develop a balanced perspective between person and system focus can result in an ineffective and inaccurate treatment plan potentially harmful toward the client.
Principle 3: When the client is the “organization” or a larger system and not an “individual,” it requires a major paradigm shift to attain a true understanding of problem and solution identification.
Principle 4: Organizations are microcosms of the wider society from which they originate. As a result, they are likely to be reflections of the monocultural values and practices of the larger culture.
Principle 5: Organizations are powerful entities that inevitably resist change and possess many ways to force compliance among workers. Going against the policies, practices, and procedures of the institution, for example, can bring about major punitive actions.
Principle 6: When multicultural organizational development is required, alternative helping roles that emphasize systems intervention and advocacy skills must be part of the role repertoire of the mental health professional.
Principle 7: Although remediation will always be needed, prevention is better. Conventional practice at the micro level continues to be oriented toward remediation rather than prevention
True/False
Question: Graduate programs tend to shy away from teaching about antiracism because there is a limited amount of literature on the topic.
false
Preparing counselors with multicultural expertise means
a. revamping our training programs to include accurate and realistic multicultural content and experiences
b. developing multicultural competencies as core standards for our profession
c. providing continuing education for our current service providers
d. All of the choices are correct.
e. None of the choices is correct.
d
What does the term cultural deprivation mean?
The term is used to indicate that many groups perform badly on tests or exhibit deviant characteristics because they lack many of the advantages of middle-class culture
True/False
Question: An effective curriculum should allow students to understand feelings of helplessness and powerlessness
true
What components of content should multicultural curriculum include?
a. a consciousness-raising component
b. an experiential component
c. a knowledgeable component
d. a skills component
a, b, c, d
Multicultural counseling and psychotherapy assumes
a. Western therapy does not oppress people of color.
b. What happens in the therapist’s office may represent a microcosm of race relations in the larger society.
c. So-called psychological problems of minority groups may reside not within but outside of our clients.
d. b and c
e. None of the above
d
The foci of counseling interventions include the ____________, _____________, _____________, and ____________________.
individual; professional; organizational; societal
Define the Genetically Deficient model and provide one example of its use in the social science literature.
The Genetically Deficient model refers to the belief that race and gender dictate intelligence. The belief that Whites have bigger brains than Blacks is one such example
Some researchers have argued that minority-group individuals underutilize and prematurely terminate counseling/therapy because
a. of the biased nature of the services themselves
b. they do not know where to locate services
c. services are too accommodating
d. mental health professionals are too culturally competent
a
Discuss the mental health impact of sociopolitical oppression and how the minimization of discrimination and pain of marginalized groups has manifested through political policies.
how many people think that racism, sexism, and homophobia don’t exist in real life or that those in power don’t care because these topics make people of all political stripes feel uncomfortable. Jordan’s comparison of the September 11 attacks to racism against African Americans, the Tuskegee experiment, and the Black Lives Matter movement are all good examples.
The authors posit that higher scores among African Americans on paranoia inventories do not necessarily indicate abnormality. Instead, what do they suggest?
The personality test that says Black people are suspicious, mistrustful, and paranoid needs to be looked at in a broader social and political context. Minority groups that have been discriminated against and oppressed for a long time in a racist culture have good reason to be wary and suspicious of White society.
