Deck 4: Counseling in a Multicultural World

Question 1

Because of the great ethnic diversity in the United States, people are more familiar with other cultures and display less racism than most European nations.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The recommendations by early ethnic psychologists that special counseling techniques are needed with ethnic clients met with unqualified success.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

If a counselor is culturally sensitive, counselor characteristics are more important to counselor success than the counselor's ethnic background.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Asian Americans are not a homogenous group but are often seen that way.

Question 5

More women seek counseling than men because they tend to be more vulnerable to emotional distress.

Question 6

Men's sex roles are so well defined that they have considerably fewer problems than women.

Question 7

Men with relationship problems generally are emotionally numb and tend to mask covert depression.

Question 8

Family and couple counseling with gays and lesbians involve fewer legal complications than counseling with heterosexuals.

Question 9

Before 1962 homosexuality was considered pathological by the American Psychiatric Association.

Question 10

Transgender individuals can be described by a variety of different gender nonconforming identities accept for the term crossdresser.

Question 11

Jones believes two key factors in successful counseling with Blacks are:

A) Sympathy and warmth
B) Empathy and countertransference
C) Empathy and warmth
D) Sympathy and countertransference

Question 12

According to Copeland, the counselor in training is helped to become familiar with a cultural group by

A) Affective experiencing
B) Cognitive understanding
C) Skill building
D) Consciousness raising

Question 13

Terrence Real's major points about covert depression in males include all but one of the following:

A) Once men become aware of their depression, treatment to alleviate it comes quickly.
B) Addictive behaviors are defenses against depression.
C) Covert depression evolves from early male socialization processes.
D) Symptoms include feelings of numbness and disconnectedness from others.

Question 14

Counselors working with battered women in shelters emphasize all but one of the following:

A) Improving self esteem
B) Helping them handle shame
C) Learning assertiveness
D) Improving relationship skills with spouse or mate

Question 15

Surveys indicate that a conservative estimate of the numbers of gays and lesbians in the U.S. is

A) 20%
B) 10%
C) 15%
D) 5%

Question 16

Which of the following concerns is not a major concern of gays and lesbians seeking counseling?

A) Career
B) Sexual and family relationships
C) Substance abuse
D) All are major concerns

Question 17

The U.S. Census allowed mixed race individuals to check more than one box for racial identity for the first time in:

A) 1963
B) 2000
C) 1986
D) 1974

Question 18

Which of the following is not true of first generation Asian Americans:

A) They believe family unity comes before individual's welfare
B) Religious beliefs are closely tied to their mental health attitudes
C) Many of them respond to mediation or negotiation processes in resolving psychological conflicts
D) Most of them do well academically

Question 19

Identify and discuss the counselor competency standards for work with multicultural clients approved by the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD). What do each of the standards mean, and why is each standard important?

Question 20

What do counselors of color believe constitute culturally competent counselors?

Question 21

What are the most recent recommendations for improving cross-cultural counselor training?

Question 22

Compare the effects of gender role stereotyping on women and men.

Question 23

Compare etiology and symptoms of depressed women and of depressed men. What are the implications for counselors?

Question 24

Discuss the major problems that gay men and lesbian women bring to counselors and how effective counselors work with these problems.