Exam 4: Multicultural Perspectives and Diversity Issues

Marie is working with a lesbian client who is in a dysfunctional relationship with another woman.She is seeking counseling to sort out her options regarding leaving her emotionally abusive partner.Marie can assist her client by:

Children with childhood disabilities such as autism and ADHD; children with the cumulative lifestyle factors that lead to obesity,diabetes,heart disease,and cancers; and people with chronic medical,physical,and mental disabilities are part of the:

___________ is a three-stage developmental sequence,from multicultural awareness to knowledge and comprehension to skills and applications.

Assuming that there is a standard way to work with clients of a certain cultural background is:

Counselors practice unintentional racism when they:

In multicultural counseling,one must balance the importance of ________________ in assessment,diagnosis,and treatment.

In the preamble of the _____________,it states rehabilitation counselors are committed to facilitating the personal,social,and economic independence of individuals with disabilities.

Whether the client and the counselor come from a similar background or a different one,the process of building rapport and trust are closely linked to:

___________ refers to individual differences on a number of variables that can potentially put clients at risk for discrimination based on age,gender,gender identity,race,ethnicity,culture,national origin,religion,sexual orientation,disability,language,or socioeconomic status.

_______________ is a perception of reality based on a very limited set of cultural experiences.

___________ is a sense of identity that stems from common ancestry,history,nationality,religion,and race.

______________ refers to a practitioner's level of awareness,knowledge,and interpersonal skill needed to function effectively in a pluralistic society and to intervene on behalf of clients from diverse backgrounds.

The culturally encapsulated counselor is characterized by:

The standards established by the _______________ require that programs provide curricular and experiential offerings in multicultural and pluralistic trends,including characteristics within and among diverse groups nationally and internationally.

___________ counseling can be operationally defined as the working alliance between counselor and client that takes the personal dynamics of the counselor and client into consideration alongside the dynamics of the cultures of both of these individuals.

Statements such as "Minority groups need to take responsibility for their own predicament" and "In order to succeed,people need to stop complaining and start working" do not take into account environmental factors.These are examples of:

Which one of the following reasons for the underutilization of mental health services by minority groups is NOT true?

Denise is a Euro-American social worker who is a former welfare client.A divorcee and mother of four,she succeeded in completing her degree and getting off the system in four years.She is now working in a welfare-to-work program and sets similar goals for her multicultural clients.Denise's attitude and actions indicate that she:

Brief and commonplace daily verbal,behavioral,or environmental indignities (whether intentional or unintentional)that communicate hostile,derogatory,or negative racial slights and insults toward people of other races is the definition of:

___________ includes factors such as culture,religion,race,ability,age,gender,sexual orientation,education,and socioeconomic level.