Deck 12: White Racial Identity Development: Counseling Implications

Question 1

The authors contend that there is a denial associated with being White, and it is related to the denial of White privilege.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which ego status would be best represented by the following statement, "My grandfather is really prejudiced, but I try not to be"?

A) Reintegration
B) Contact
C) Disintegration
D) Autonomy

Answer 2

C

Question 3

One of the earliest integrative attempts at formulating a White racial identity development model is that of ______________ (1982) .

Answer 3

Hardiman

Question 4

Name and provide a brief description of the five developmental stages of the Hardiman White Racial Identity Development model.

Question 5

The effectiveness of White therapists is related to their ability to overcome sociocultural conditioning and to make their Whiteness invisible.

Question 6

According to the Hardiman (1982, as cited in Sue 8th edition) White Racial Identity Development model, which stage is characterized by a conscious belief in the democratic ideal that everyone has an opportunity to succeed?

A) naiveté
B) acceptance
C) resistance
D) redefinition

Question 7

The ____________ model is by the far the most widely cited, researched, and applied of all the White racial identity formulations.

Question 8

Name two critiques of the Helms White Racial Identity model.

Question 9

Research suggests that it is possible for people to avoid inheriting the racial biases, prejudices, misinformation, deficit portrayals, and stereotypes of their forebears if they are exposed to various and diverse cultures before entering formal schooling.

Question 10

Which are stages of the Sue 8th edition) descriptive model of White racial identity development?

A) naiveté phase
B) conformity phase
C) dissonance phase
D) resistance and immersion phase
E) denial phase
F) introspective phase
G) integrative awareness phase
H) acceptance phase
I) commitment to antiracist action phase

Question 11

According to the authors, what are the two underlying factors that account for the denial and mystification of Whiteness for White EuroAmericans?

Question 12

There is a difference between being nonracist and antiracist.

Question 13

According to Helms, the Contact ego status is supported by what characterization?

A) suppression
B) obliviousness
C) selective perception
D) reaction formation

Question 14

During which ego status is an individual likely to state, "I don't even know if my ancestors owned slaves, but I know that because I am White, I continue to benefit from a racist system that stems from the slavery era"?

A) Immersion/emersion
B) Contact
C) Disintegration
D) Pseudo-independence

Question 15

The Helms White Racial Identity model asserts that developing a healthy White identity requires movement through two phases. Name the two phases and their accompanying racial identity statuses.

Question 16

According to Sue and Sue (1990, as cited in Sue 8th edition) , in which of the following stages is a White person forced to deal with the inconsistencies that are at odds with his or her denial?

A) Resistance and Immersion
B) Conformity
C) Dissonance
D) Introspective

Question 17

There are typically higher levels of racism among those least aware of their White identity.

Question 18

The Autonomy ego status is represented by which of the following?

A) A person is knowledgeable about racial differences, values diversity, and no longer fearful of the experiential reality of race.
B) A person sees people as people and autonomously decides if he/she sees race or not.
C) A person has the belief that the White way is the right way.
D) A person intellectually understands race but sees Whites as being superior to people of color.

Question 19

A person who believes that racial blending is inevitable is most likely to operate from which ego status?

A) Contact
B) Disintegration
C) Immersion/Emersion
D) Pseudo-independence

Question 20

The belief that racial and cultural differences are unimportant is best exemplified by which ego status?

A) Autonomy
B) Disintegration
C) Reintegration
D) Contact

Question 21

What happens to a White person who is in Sue and Sue's (1990, as cited in Sue 8th edition) Dissonance Stage?

A) Realizations occur that one is biased and that EuroAmerican society does play a part in oppressing people of color.
B) One is comfortable with the concept of race and works towards a nonracist identity.
C) A person does not recognize race and believes that people are people.
D) None of the choices is correct.