Deck 11: Counseling Women

Question 1

It has been reported that _____ are more often sexually harassed, interrupted when speaking, and addressed with inappropriate forms of familiarity.

A) Men
B) Women

Answer 1

B

Question 2

One of the stereotypes about ____ women is that they work hard and do not complain, a belief that can result in them being exploited at work and denied promotions.

A) African-American
B) White
C) Asian-American

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Women of color in general may adhere to European American standards of beauty, thus believing that they are not attractive enough.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

_____ encourages female clients to look for the heroine within and places less emphasis on material and external satisfactions. Clients may be asked to identify fictitious characters or real-life role models that inspire their lives.

A) Cognitive restructuring
B) Goddess psychology
C) Transcendental counseling

Question 5

The style of communication of ___ may lead them to want to talk more in public or with strangers as a way of establishing status as opposed to talking less at home where no one is questioning their status.

A) Men
B) Women

Question 6

Some counselors see the value of assertiveness training for women because women generally have been socialized to inhibit expressions of anger.

Question 7

Walker identified three phases of a cycle of violence that affect battered women. The first phase is characterized by stress and frustration, along with communication difficulties. When the tension can no longer be controlled, the second phase, violence, occurs. The third phase is known as the ___ period when the batterer apologizes and tries to convince the woman that it will never happen again.

A) Peace-and-love
B) Home-sweet-home
C) Honeymoon
D) Rebuilding

Question 8

When a woman is employed full time outside the home, the majority of household and childrearing tasks are generally shared equally by a husband and wife.

Question 9

Although men and women are equally likely to be diagnosed with a mental health disorder, women are more likely than men to be diagnosed with anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, depression, and obsessive compulsive disorders.

Question 10

Women who are knowledgeable and smart are as valued in society as men, if not more.

Question 11

In general, ______ women appear to be at greater risk of abusing alcohol and encountering domestic violence.

A) Native American
B) White
C) African American
D) Asian American

Question 12

Attempts to combat discrimination against women have included all of the following with the EXCEPTION of:

A) The Equal Pay Act of 1963
B) The Women's Educational Equity Act of 1974
C) Title IX in 1975
D) The Anti-Domestic Violence Act of 1959

Question 13

The fact that there are few women in upper management and leadership positions is often referred to as a _____, an invisible barrier that keeps women from moving ahead in their careers.

A) Glass ceiling
B) Lavender ceiling
C) Pink ceiling
D) Bamboo ceiling

Question 14

Women of color carry a double burden related to dual minority status as both ethnic minorities and women.

Question 15

A key reason that explains why ethnic minority women are reluctant to seek counseling boils down to finding it difficult to trust a health care system where they expect to encounter racism.

Question 16

In general, _____ women are at greater risk for contracting AIDS.

A) Native American
B) White
C) African American
D) Asian American

Question 17

_____ theories have been described as being more relational, activist-oriented, and more egalitarian compared to other theories of counseling, which tend to stress individualism, autonomy, and a linear cause-and-effect worldview.

A) Behavioral
B) Feminist
C) Indigenous
D) Cognitive

Question 18

_____ can include innuendo, suggestive stories or jokes, remarks about personal appearance, sexual advances, assault, or coercion.

A) Molestation
B) Sexual harassment
C) Concrete ceiling
D) Sexual foreplay

Question 19

In general, _____ are more likely to be poor due to higher levels of unemployment, lower wages, and lower spousal income.

A) Non-Hispanic White women
B) Women of color
C) Non-Hispanic White men

Question 20

An issue that may be especially salient for Latinas is that of ____. This is due to the influence of a strong Roman Catholic hierarchy that is highly male oriented.

A) Caring for their elderly parents
B) Contraceptives
C) Weight loss
D) Filial piety