PSYC351: Introduction to Multicultural Diversity and Multicultural Counseling
Question 1
2 / 2 pts
It is a conversational and collaborative process that can assist in the development of skills or
perspectives that can facilitate effective personal growth, change, or coping mechanisms with
uncertainties, conflicts, or traumatic events. This is a description of:
Military boot camp
A class at LU
Police interrogation
I did not study; therefore, I do not know
Counseling
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
As a counselor, what stereotypes, perceptions, and beliefs do you personally and professionally
hold about culturally diverse groups that may hinder your ability to form a helpful and effective
relationship? This is a question you may ask if you are attempting to develop which component
of cultural competence:
Cognitive empathy.
Skills.
Knowledge.
Awareness.
Question 3
2 / 2 pts
The degree to which a culture encourages, fosters, and facilitates the needs, wishes, desires,
and values of an autonomous and unique self over those of a group is called ‘collectivism.’
True
False
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
A means by which to counter the tendency to use our own culture as a tool for judgment is
called:
Culture shock
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
None of the above
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
Most indigenous methods of healing take a ____________ outlook on well being in that they
make minimal distinction between physical and mental functioning and believe strongly in the
unity of spirit, mind, and matter.
holistic
Question 6
2 / 2 pts
Who suggested that historically and initially, psychotherapy textbooks and training programs
reflected a reality in which “even the rat [in experiments] was White.”
Jay Adams
Robert Guthrie
Gordon Allport
Amazing Grace Danso
None of the above
Question 7
2 / 2 pts
What author(s) developed the ‘Handbook of Multicultural Counseling?’
Derald Wing Sue
John Kiselica
Stephen Kagan
All of the above
None of the above
Question 8
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following statements is inaccurate regarding proxemics?
In general, lesser space is accorded to those of greater prestige and status.
In U.S. society, people seem more uncomfortable when others stand too close rather than too
far away.
Latin Americans may feel more uncomfortable having a desk between them and the person
they are speaking to.
Arabs and South Americans may prefer a much closer stance than is normally comfortable for
White Americans.
Question 9
2 / 2 pts
Collectivism and individualism both describe cultural orientations and are thereby used to
describe cultures and by inference individuals, which in turn affects:
Worldview
Group behavior
Individual behavior
All of the above
None of the above
Question 10
2 / 2 pts
Collectivistic cultures have fewer, yet more stable, in-groups.
True
False
Question 11
2 / 2 pts
Who stated the following? ‘Research suggests that gender, racial, ethnic, sexual, and class
identities are fluid, multidimensional, personalized social constructions that reflect the
individual’s current context and socio-historical cohort.’
Sue, D.W.
Frable, D.E.S.
Smith, D.
Ponterroto, D.
None of the above
Question 12
2 / 2 pts
Both counselor and client identities are simple and function in only one area of social dynamics.
True
False
Question 13
2 / 2 pts
Western style type counselors tend to emphasize and value verbal/emotional/behavioral
expressiveness as important to:
Clients
Therapeutic gains
Both a and b
None of the above
All of the above
Question 14
2 / 2 pts
Ethical clinical practice requires practitioners to always follow through in counseling the client
regardless whether or not a serious impasse exists in the therapeutic alliance.
True
False
Question 15
2 / 2 pts
A practitioner’s basic counseling training can serve as ‘first step foundation’ to competent
multicultural counseling.
True
False
Question 16
2 / 2 pts
A social condition in which privileges and obligations are given to some and not to others is
called:
Culture shock
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Social inequality
Question 17
2 / 2 pts
Kinesics refers to bodily movements.
True
False
Question 18
2 / 2 pts
No single therapeutic counseling approach is equally effective across all populations.
True
False
Question 19
2 / 2 pts
Multicultural counseling competence begins with:
The practitioner’s formal training
A diversified work history
The practitioner’s attitudinal disposition and presuppositions
A moderate self-esteem
Question 20
2 / 2 pts
All people possess individual, group, and universal levels of identity. According to the text,
which level has been historically neglected in counseling.
Group
Individual
Universal
Spiritual
Question 21
2 / 2 pts
The therapeutic alliance
Is a positive relationship between client and counselor
Can predict client response to an intervention
Often facilitates positive counseling outcomes
All of the above
Question 22
2 / 2 pts
All ____________ refer to an image of what the typical member of a particular group is like.
Racial groups
Stereotypes
Ethnic groups
Dominant groups
Question 23
2 / 2 pts
What assumptions are embedded in the African American notion, “If you really want to know
what White folks are thinking and feeling, don’t listen to the way they say it, but how they say
it.”
All Whites in society are not racist.
Whites have been socialized to think that they are inferior because they come from a low
culture.
Whites go to great lengths not to appear racist or biased.
Verbal expressions are more accurate reflections of what a White person is thinking than what
they don’t say.
Question 24
2 / 2 pts
He was the founding editor of the ‘Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences.’
Eduardo Duran
Janet Helms
Amado M. Padilla
Joseph Ponterotto
Question 25
2 / 2 pts
The structural approach in family counseling emphasizes:
Static features of the nuclear family
Division of labor in the household
Interlocking roles of family members and the boundaries of various systems
None of the above
All of the above
Question 26
2 / 2 pts
If the client does not speak English and the therapist does not speak the native language of the
client, and arrangements cannot be made for an interpreter, all is a moot point….
True
False
Question 27
2 / 2 pts
A culturally competent counselor is one who believes:
Good counseling practice is good counseling practice regardless of clients’ race or ethnicity
Equal treatment or same treatment for all may be discriminatory treatment.
There is only one race—the human race.
All of the above.
Question 28
2 / 2 pts
Counselors’ acceptance of potential benefits of spirituality as a means of coping with
helplessness, powerlessness, and identity issues is increasing.
True
False
Question 29
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following has been described as a challenge faced by counselors in treating
culturally diverse populations?
Linguistic barriers because the U.S. is largely a monolingual society.
To understand the worldviews, cultural values, and life circumstances of clients
To play roles other than that of “psychotherapist” based on the needs of the client.
All of the above.
Question 30
2 / 2 pts
Prejudice: It is an ___________. Discrimination: It is an _________.
Attitude, action
Action, attitude
Behavior, disposition
None of the above
Question 31
2 / 2 pts
If the presenting problem is culturally laden but directly violates or ignores a Biblical imperative,
the therapist should:
Address it in a loving and comprehensive way
Defer to the client’s cultural practice and traditions, and let them work it out
Find a solution that sets aside the Biblical teaching and is not at variance with the client's
cultural values
Collaborate and strategize a Biblically sound solution that is mindful of cultural variables
Both a and d
Question 32
2 / 2 pts
According to your notes______-_________ is the first step in personal growth and cultural
competence.
Self-Evaluation
Self-Denial
Self-Conscientious
Self-Flagellation
None of the above
Question 33
2 / 2 pts
‘High-context’ communication is characteristic of individualist type cultures.
True
False
Question 34
2 / 2 pts
James 1:5 addresses
The confidence that God can provide us with wisdom
The admonition to practice in Christian love
The prohibition of lacking in sound theology
None of the above
All of the above
Question 35
2 / 2 pts
Both counsellor and client identities are formed and function in multiple levels of experiences.
True
False
Question 36
2 / 2 pts
I Thessalonians 5:14 addresses:
The sanctification process in the life of the believer
The Christian’s moral and functional responsibility towards others
The Kenosis of Christ in the New Testament
The anthropological assumption of mankind
Question 37
2 / 2 pts
Murray Bowen developed communications family therapy.
True
False
Question 38
2 / 2 pts
A group with inherited physical characteristics that distinguish it from another group is called:
A racial group
An ethnic group
A plethora
All of the above
Question 39
2 / 2 pts
The paradigm which suggests that the trend in America regarding group dynamics is for people
to maintain their cultural distinctiveness is called:
The salad bowl or tossed salad
The melting pot
The racial identity index
Both b and c
Question 40
2 / 2 pts
Proverbs 15:23 addresses good behavior
True
False
Question 41
2 / 2 pts
Multicultural counseling does not view problems as always or solely residing within individuals
—the environmental context, and the cultural variables are also explored to ascertain what is
going on.
True
False
Question 42
2 / 2 pts
Disorientation experienced when coming in contact with a different culture is called
ethnocentrism.
True
False
Question 43
2 / 2 pts
They have the greatest power, most privileges, and highest social status. This is called:
A minority group
A conclave group
A dominant group
A social group
Question 44
2 / 2 pts
Who stated “Encapsulated counselors are those who wall themselves off from the world around
them…they pretend that life inside the cocoon is the same as life outside the cocoon.”
Gilbert Wrenn
Derald Wing Sue
William E. Cross
David Sue
None of the above
Question 45
2 / 2 pts
Milton Acosta uses a New Testament biblical illustration to highlight the transcendence of
culture by Jesus. The story is:
The prodigal son
The good Samaritan
The woman at the well
The Canaanite woman
Question 46
2 / 2 pts
Nonlinear, holistic, harmonious, and intuitive thinking have been described as characterizing:
Scientific methods.
Left-brain activities.
Right-brain activities.
Western philosophies.
Question 47
2 / 2 pts
Which minority group is most likely to have a kinship system in which individuals with a variety
of blood and emotional ties (aunts, uncles, preachers, boyfriends, etc.) may act as the extended
family?
Italian Americans
African Americans
Native Americans
Asian Americans
Question 48
2 / 2 pts
The sociological definition of ‘culture’ is divided into two parts. They are:
External culture and non-material culture
Material culture and subjective culture
Material culture and non-material culture
None of the above
Question 49
2 / 2 pts
Historically, psychotherapies were devised primarily by men of European ancestry and reflected
the norms of their
Gender
Ethnicity
Social class
All of the above
Question 50
2 / 2 pts
Social economic status can hinder the therapeutic endeavor by:
Creating a ‘credibility’ gap when the client becomes uncomfortable with the perceived wealth of
the therapist
Creating an inability for the therapist to relate and sympathize with the client’s social economic
plight
Both a and b
None of the above
Quiz Score: 100 out of 100
Submission Details:
Time: 22 minutes
Current Score: 100 out of 100
Kept Score: 100 out of 100
