Deck 6: Microaggressions in Counseling and Psychotherapy

Question 1

A person is more likely to engage in overt discrimination when their anonymity is ensured.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Microaggressions can

A) have a detrimental impact upon marginalized groups
B) make clients feel uncomfortable and assail their identity
C) make clients feel they are not accepted unless they conform to others' standards
D) invalidate the client's experiential reality
E) All of the choices are correct.

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Modern homonegativity refers to an antigay sentiment that is based on religious or moral condemnation.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Microaggressions are often subtle and can be manifested in the following realms EXCEPT:

A) verbal
B) nonverbal
C) visual
D) proprioceptive
E) behavioral

Question 5

What does the author Capodilupo (as cited in Sue 8th edition) mean by "Assumption of Abnormality"? Provide some examples of how this might present in a counseling scenario.

Question 6

The largest percentage of religious harassment and civil rights violations in America are committed against Jewish and Muslim individuals.

Question 7

What psychological dilemmas have been identified when microaggressions occurs?

A) clash of sociodemographic realities
B) the invisibility of unintentional expression of bias
C) perceived minimal harm of microaggressions
D) the Catch-22 of responding to microaggressions

Question 8

Describe the "Catch 22 of responding to microagressions. "

Question 9

People are more likely to deny racism or sexism than transphobia.

Question 10

Differentiate between microinsult and microassault. Provide a specific example of each.

Question 11

The term racial microaggression was first coined by Derald Wing Sue to refer to daily put-downs that Asian Americans face.

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a question that would help in understanding the effects of microaggressions?

A) How can people who commit microaggressions be so unaware of their actions?
B) What types of psychological impact do they have on marginalized groups?
C) Why do oppressed groups overreact to unintentional insults that denigrate their way of being?
D) What lessons can we learn from a better understanding of the psychological dynamics of microaggressions?

Question 13

Which of the following statements is NOT true about racism?

A) White supremacy and hate crimes are associated with blatant and overt acts of discrimination.
B) Old-fashioned racism has seemingly declined.
C) The nature and expression of racism has evolved into a more subtle and ambiguous form.
D) Racism was eliminated with the social acceptance and legal codification of the goals and values of the civil rights movement.

Question 14

Ableism has received limited attention in the literature on modern forms of oppression.

Question 15

Covert sexism is

A) unequal yet favorable treatment of women that is conducted in a hidden manner
B) acceptable treatment of women that women nonetheless consider to represent "hidden" sexism
C) unequal and harmful treatment of women that is conducted in a hidden manner
D) inequitable and injurious treatment of women by men that is conducted in an openly hostile manner.

Question 16

Inheriting negative feelings and beliefs about members of marginalized groups is

A) avoidable due to the socialization process in the United States
B) unavoidable due to biased attitudes and stereotypes that challenge group hierarchy
C) unavoidable and inevitable due to the socialization process in the United States
D) avoidable due to the lack of critical thinking on the part of the average U. S. citizen

Question 17

Which of the following is an example of an environmental microaggression?

A) A male coworker has pinups of nude women in his cubicle.
B) All the deans of a university are White males.
C) There is no Braille next to the numbers in an elevator.
D) All of the choices are correct.

Question 18

Rushing to help a disabled person onto public transportation could potentially signal to them that

A) You believe they cannot help themselves.
B) You see them as chronically dependent.
C) They are unimportant to society.
D) a and b

Question 19

The statement "There is only one race: the human race" is an example of

A) Ascription of Intelligence
B) Colorblindness
C) Alien in Own Land
D) Assumption of Criminality