Counseling Multicultural Counseling and Diversity 3

Question 1

Cultural humility differs from cultural competence primarily in that it:

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Emphasizes ongoing self-reflection and openness to learning rather than achieving a fixed endpoint

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Requires mastery of specific cultural facts about each ethnic group

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Focuses on developing discrete skills for working with specific populations

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Is specific to racial and ethnic diversity rather than all forms of diversity

Question 2

The racial/cultural identity development model (R/CID) proposed by Sue and Sue describes which early stage where a minority individual may devalue their own cultural group?

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Conformity

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Resistance and Immersion

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Introspection

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Integrative Awareness

Question 3

Social justice advocacy in counseling primarily involves counselors:

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Addressing systemic barriers and inequities that affect client well-being beyond the counseling room

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Teaching clients to advocate for themselves only within therapeutic sessions

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Referring clients experiencing discrimination to legal professionals

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Maintaining strict neutrality on social and political issues to preserve therapeutic alliance

Question 4

When adapting cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for use with culturally diverse clients, which modification is most commonly recommended?

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Incorporating culturally relevant metaphors, examples, and incorporating collectivistic values

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Eliminating homework assignments as culturally inappropriate

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Using only non-directive techniques to avoid cultural imposition

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Focusing exclusively on behavioral rather than cognitive interventions

Question 5

A counselor who holds implicit biases toward clients from a certain cultural group should primarily:

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Engage in ongoing self-examination, supervision, and continuing education to address the bias

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Refer all clients from that group to a counselor from the same cultural background

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Disclose the bias to the client at the start of the therapeutic relationship

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Avoid working with clients from that cultural group entirely

Question 6

Which term describes the psychological distress experienced by members of stigmatized minority groups as a result of prejudice, discrimination, and social exclusion?

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Minority stress

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Acculturation stress

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Cultural dissonance

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Vicarious trauma

Question 7

The ACA Code of Ethics (2014) addresses multicultural counseling primarily by requiring counselors to:

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Actively work to understand and respect diverse cultural backgrounds when providing services

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Specialize in at least one cultural group outside their own

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Refuse to serve clients from cultural backgrounds they are unfamiliar with

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Complete a minimum number of multicultural training hours each licensure cycle