Quiz: Introduction to Multicultural Diversity and Multicultural Counseling (94/100)
Question 1 2pts
According to your notes______-_________ is the first step in personal growth and cultural competence.
Group of answer choices
Self-Evaluation
Self-Denial
Self-Conscientious
Self-Flagellation
None of the above
Question 2 2pts
Most indigenous methods of healing take a ___holistic_________ 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.
Question 3 2pts
What author(s) developed the ‘Handbook of Multicultural Counseling?’
Group of answer choices
Derald Wing Sue
John Kiselica
Stephen Kagan
All of the above
None of the above
Question 4 2pts
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?
Group of answer choices
Italian Americans
African Americans
Native Americans
Asian Americans
Question 5 2pts
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.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 6 2pts
Historically, psychotherapies were devised primarily by men of European ancestry and reflected the norms of their
Group of answer choices
Gender
Ethnicity
Social class
All of the above
Question 7 2pts
Multicultural counseling competence begins with:
Group of answer choices
The practitioner’s formal training
A diversified work history
The practitioner’s attitudinal disposition and presuppositions
A moderate self-esteem
Question 8 2pts
Prejudice: It is an ___________. Discrimination: It is an _________.
Group of answer choices
Attitude, action
Action, attitude
Behavior, disposition
None of the above
Question 9 2pts
All ____________ refer to an image of what the typical member of a particular group is like.
Group of answer choices
Racial groups
Stereotypes
Ethnic groups
Dominant groups
Question 10 2pts
Both counselor and client identities are simple and function in only one area of social dynamics.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 11 2pts
A group with inherited physical characteristics that distinguish it from another group is called:
Group of answer choices
A racial group
An ethnic group
A plethora
All of the above
Question 12 2pts
Counselors’ acceptance of potential benefits of spirituality as a means of coping with helplessness, powerlessness, and
identity issues is increasing.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 13 2pts
A social condition in which privileges and obligations are given to some and not to others is called:
Group of answer choices
Culture shock
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Social inequality
Question 14 2pts
Which of the following statements is inaccurate regarding proxemics?
Group of answer choices
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 15 2pts
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:
Group of answer choices
Cognitive empathy.
Skills.
Knowledge.
Awareness.
Question 16 2pts
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.”
Group of answer choices
Gilbert Wrenn
Derald Wing Sue
William E. Cross
David Sue
None of the above
Question 17 2pts
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.”
Group of answer choices
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 18 2pts
Who suggested that historically and initially, psychotherapy textbooks and training programs reflected a reality in which
“even the rat [in experiments] was White.”
Group of answer choices
Jay Adams
Robert Guthrie
Gordon Allport
Amazing Grace Danso
None of the above
Question 19 2pts
Milton Acosta uses a New Testament biblical illustration to highlight the transcendence of culture by Jesus. The story is:
Group of answer choices
The prodigal son
The good Samaritan
The woman at the well
The Canaanite woman
Question 20 2pts
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….
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 21 2pts
Murray Bowen developed communications family therapy.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 22 2pts
The therapeutic alliance
Group of answer choices
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 23 2pts
He was the founding editor of the ‘Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences.’
Group of answer choices
Eduardo Duran
Janet Helms
Amado M. Padilla
Joseph Ponterotto
Question 24 2pts
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:
Group of answer choices
Military boot camp
A class at LU
Police interrogation
I did not study; therefore, I do not know
Counseling
Question 252pts
Nonlinear, holistic, harmonious, and intuitive thinking have been described as characterizing:
Group of answer choices
Scientific methods.
Left-brain activities.
Right-brain activities.
Western philosophies.
Question 26 2pts
Both counsellor and client identities are formed and function in multiple levels of experiences.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 27 2pts
I Thessalonians 5:14 addresses:
Group of answer choices
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 28 2pts
They have the greatest power, most privileges, and highest social status. This is called:
Group of answer choices
A minority group
A conclave group
A dominant group
A social group
Question 29 2pts
Western style type counselors tend to emphasize and value verbal/emotional/behavioral expressiveness as important to:
Group of answer choices
Clients
Therapeutic gains
Both a and b
None of the above
All of the above
Question 30 2pts
A culturally competent counselor is one who believes:
Group of answer choices
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 31 2pts
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.’
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 32 2pts
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.’
Group of answer choices
Sue, D.W.
Frable, D.E.S.
Smith, D.
Ponterroto, D.
None of the above
Question 33 2pts
All people possess individual, group, and universal levels of identity. According to the text, which level has been
historically neglected in counseling.
Group of answer choices
Group
Individual
Universal
Spiritual
Question 34 2pts
Collectivistic cultures have fewer, yet more stable, in-groups.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 35 2pts
Collectivism and individualism both describe cultural orientations and are thereby used to describe cultures and by
inference individuals, which in turn affects:
Group of answer choices
Worldview
Group behavior
Individual behavior
All of the above
None of the above
Question 36 2pts
The structural approach in family counseling emphasizes:
Group of answer choices
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 37 2pts
If the presenting problem is culturally laden but directly violates or ignores a Biblical imperative, the therapist should:
Group of answer choices
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 38 2pts
‘High-context’ communication is characteristic of individualist type cultures.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 39 2pts
The sociological definition of ‘culture’ is divided into two parts. They are:
Group of answer choices
External culture and non-material culture
Material culture and subjective culture
Material culture and non-material culture
None of the above
Question 40 2pts
A means by which to counter the tendency to use our own culture as a tool for judgment is called:
Group of answer choices
Culture shock
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
None of the above
Question 41 2pts
Social economic status can hinder the therapeutic endeavor by:
Group of answer choices
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
Question 42 2pts
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.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 43 2pts
No single therapeutic counseling approach is equally effective across all populations.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 44 2pts
James 1:5 addresses
Group of answer choices
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 45 2pts
Disorientation experienced when coming in contact with a different culture is called ethnocentrism.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 46 2pts
The paradigm which suggests that the trend in America regarding group dynamics is for people to maintain their cultural
distinctiveness is called:
Group of answer choices
The salad bowl or tossed salad
The melting pot
The racial identity index
Both b and c
Question 47 2pts
Kinesics refers to bodily movements.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 48 2pts
A practitioner’s basic counseling training can serve as ‘first step foundation’ to competent multicultural counseling.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 49 2pts
Proverbs 15:23 addresses good behavior
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 50 2pts
Which of the following has been described as a challenge faced by counselors in treating culturally diverse populations?
Group of answer choices
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.
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