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AMCD

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association for multicultural counseling development; previously known as Assoc for non-white concerns in personnel and guidance (1972)

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multicultural

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championing the idea of celebrating diversity

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cultural pluralism

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minority cultural group keeping their own unique cultural values

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macroculture

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majority culture/dominant culture

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cultural relativity

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behavior must be evaluated relative to the culture

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culture epoch theory

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all cultures pass through the sames tages of development in terms of evolving and maturing-multicultural experts do not believe do not believe this is a valid perspective

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freuds theory of group psychology

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group was held together by a bond between the leader and the group members

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emile durkheim

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one of the founders of modern sociology-well known for research into suicide-took group phenomena into formal research

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william mcdougall

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father of ‘hormic psychology’ a darwinian viewpoint-individuals in or out of groups are driven by innate tendencies. a 1908 landmark ‘intro to social psychology’

books helped to introduce social psychology=introduction to social psychology (ind as well as group behavior is the result of inherited tendencies to seek goals)

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instrumental to early years of social psych movement

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freud, durkheim, mcdougall

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instinct aggression theory

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freud: man is driven by instincts of sex and aggression
lorenz: also believes in aggression as instinct
mcdougall: also instinct theorist

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social learning theory

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emphasizing environment rather than genetics; Non-behavioristic therapy: person produces and is a product of conditioning. Observation and modeling are extremely important

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albert bandura

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popularized social learning theory; noted children who viewed aggression then learned and mimicked aggression

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leon festinger

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discovered that friendship and attraction are highest for apartment dwellers living next door to each other. suggested individuals are motivated to reduce tension and discomfort. i.e. “i’d rather enjoy smoking now than live longer” (cog dissonance in play)

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cog dissonance reduction strategies

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consistent cognitions (changing one’s minds to fit the facts of the situation)
denial (minimizes tension by denying one’s true thoughts/feelings)

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cog dissonance theory

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a person will look for things which are consistent with his or her behavior

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social psychologist term propinquity means

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tendency for people who are in close proximity to be attracted to each other

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reciprocity of attraction

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we like ppl who like us

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matching hypothesis

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we pick partners who match our level of attractiveness

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contextualism

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behavior must be assessed in the context of the culture in which it occurs

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carol gilligan

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believed kohlbers theory of moral dev was more applicable to males than females

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prognosis

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probability that one can recover from a condition

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philip zimbardo stanford prison experiment

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artificial prison envr in which participants fell into roles “too easily”>people conform to social roles

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dollard/miller hypothesis

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asserts that frustration (being blocked from a goal) leads to aggression

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deindividuation

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losing one’s identity

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balance theory

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people strive for consistency/balances in their beliefs systems. individuals attempt to reduce or eliminate inconsistent or incompatible actions and beliefs

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mores

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plural of mos; develop as a given group decides what is good and bad for the welfare of the ppl; behaviors based on morals. breaking mores causes harm and punishment

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folkways

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describe correct, normal or habitual behavior. breaking folkways causes ebarrasment

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Anne Fernald

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discovered that there can be a 6 month language gap between children in poverty v. those who are not. Lack of environmental stimulation at any SES can hinder vocalization development

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Emory Bogardus

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1920s, developed social distance scale which evaluated how individuals feel towards other ethnic groups

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Foot-in-the-door technique

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Step 1: get person to agree to less repugnant request
Step 2: person will be more likely to comply with a more distasteful request

Jonathan Freedman & Scott Fraser

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Third culture kid

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children raised primarily in a culture that is different than their parents’ culture during their formative years

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Society

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a self-perpetuating independent group which occupies a definitive territory

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Ethnocentrism

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uses one’s own culture as a yardstick to measure all others

Promotes patriotism, national sovereignty, stability & pride (yet danger in nuclear age).

A universal phenomenon researched by Reobert LeVine & Donald Campbell

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Acculturation

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minority cultures integrate cultural beliefs/customs of dominant culture

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Assimilation

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when acculturation occurs to a degree that the person becomes part of dominant culture

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Modal personality

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the personality which is characteristic or typical of the group in question

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Social exchange theory

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a relationship will endure if the rewards (thing we like in the relationship) are greater than the costs (things we don’t like). “Positive relationship is when the rewards outweigh the costs”

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Terminal drop/decline

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the belief that there is a dramatic decrease in intellectual functioning occurs as people age. This actually only occurs during last 5 years of life and centers around language

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Bystander effect

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Everyone assumes someone else will step in and take charge - diffusion of responsibility. The opposite is altruism.

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Carl rogers

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person centered, has been used more than other models to help promote understanding between cultures and races

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Therapeutic surrender

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occurs when client psychologically surrenders himself to a counselor from a diff culture and becomes open with feelings and thoughts; easier to trust another from similar culture, race, social class

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Flight to health defense

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client has improved too rapidaly and the real difficulty has not been resolved

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Flight from reality

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used when the client resorts to psychosis to avoid dealing with current life difficulties

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Assimilation error

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perceiving somewhat likeness as even more similar

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Contrast error

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perceiving dissimilar likeness as even more dissimilar

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Negative and positive transference

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negative feelings about others become transferred to the therapist; positive is positive feelings

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Structuring cross cultural counseling

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best if nature and structure of counseling situation is described during initial session

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Victor Frankl

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father of logotherapy-an existential form of treatment that stresses ‘healing through meaning’; Father of paradoxical intention, implemented by advising client to exaggerate dysfunctional behavior in the imagination (evolved now so that people are doing IRL)
In concentration camp 1942, and felt suffering woudl be transformed into acheivment and creativity.
Existential view is that humans are good, rational and retain freedom of choice

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Logotherapy

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an existential form of treatment that stresses ‘healing through meaning’

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Frank Perls

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father of gestalt therapy-attempts to ameliorate a mind/body split supposedly responsible for emotional distress

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emic/emic viewpoint

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insiders perception of the culture, someone with an emic perspective wants to know what the person participating in the culture thinks

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etic

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“humans are humans regardless of culture”; same strategies an techniques work on different clients no matter race, culture etc

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Autoplastic

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change comes from the self such as thoughts and behaviors (auto=self)

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Alloplastic

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client can cope best by changing or altering external factors in the environment

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Conversion disorder

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evident when a person displays symptoms that cannot be accounted for (generally neurological) on medical exams

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La belle/belle

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person is not bothered or concerned by their condition

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Malingering

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when someone fakes a problem (physical/emotional illness) to avoid something

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Ambivalent transference

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popular in multicultural setting; rapidly shifting his/her emotional attitude towards counselor

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Personalism

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in context of multicultural counseling means all people must adjust to environmental and geological demands; implies that the counselor will make best progress if they see a person who has learned a set of survival skills rather than as a diseased patient

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Gestalt therapy

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helpful for people who need help with nonverbal communication, superb for cultures that need to liberate their feelings

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Cultural pluralism/ Pluralism

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occurs when persons of a cultural heritage retain their traditions and differences, yet cooperate in regard to social, political, economic matters//a person exists in more than one category

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Floyd Henry Allport

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social facilitation-presence of other persons improves an individuals performance even when there is no verbal interaction

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Sleeper effect

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when you are attempting to change someone’s opinion, the change may not occur immediately after the verbal exchange (communication may have more impact after time has passed)

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Edward ross

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authored social psychology (helped introduce social psychology in america)

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Jacob moreno

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pioneered psychodrama and coined the term group therapy

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Yalom

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existentialist, known for group work , existential therapy, death and dying

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John holland

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stressed person’s occupational environment should be congruent with their personality type

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Anne roe

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jobs can compensate for unmet childhood needs

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T.x. barber

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espoused a cognitive theory of hypnotism

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Andrew salter

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pioneer in behavior therapy; created paradigm dubbed conditioned reflex therapy and a behavioristic theory of hypnosis and auto hypnosis

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Stanly milgram

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psychologist discovered that people who were told to give powerful electric shocks did so on command; is associated with obedience and authority (helps to explain nazism and salem witch hunts)

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Stanly schachter

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concluded that the need to affiliate decreases for later born children

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approach-approach conflict

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the individual is presented with two equally attractive options simultaneously

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Avoidance-avoidance conflict

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individual is presented with 2 undesirable choices; clients in this positions tend to daydream, flee or regress instead of confronting choice

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Approach-avoidance conflict

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presents positive factor with neg factor at same time; toughest, generates highest level of frustration

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Muzafer sharif

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social psychologist researcher; robbers cave experiment-found that cooperative goal can bring two hostile groups together

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