Counseling Multicultural Counseling and Diversity

Question 1

Which model of multicultural counseling competencies identifies three dimensions: awareness, knowledge, and skills?

Accepted Answer

The ACA Multicultural Counseling Competencies

Answer

The ACA Multicultural Counseling Competencies organize counselor development into three domains: self-awareness, cultural knowledge, and culturally appropriate skills.

Question 2

A counselor who imposes their own cultural values on clients and fails to recognize alternative worldviews is exhibiting:

Accepted Answer

Cultural encapsulation

Answer

Cultural encapsulation, coined by Wrenn, describes counselors who are trapped within their own cultural assumptions and fail to account for clients' different worldviews.

Question 3

Microaggressions in counseling are best described as:

Accepted Answer

Brief, everyday exchanges that send denigrating messages to members of marginalized groups

Answer

Microaggressions, as defined by Sue et al., are commonplace verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities that communicate hostile or negative slights to marginalized groups.

Question 4

The ADDRESSING framework (Hays, 2008) is used in multicultural counseling primarily to:

Accepted Answer

Identify multiple cultural influences and potential privilege or marginalization

Answer

The ADDRESSING framework helps counselors systematically consider multiple cultural factors (Age, Disability, Religion, Ethnicity, Social status, Sexual orientation, Indigenous heritage, National origin, Gender) that shape a client's identity.

Question 5

Berry's model of acculturation identifies four strategies. Which strategy involves maintaining one's heritage culture while also engaging with the dominant culture?

Accepted Answer

Integration

Answer

Integration (also called biculturalism) involves maintaining one's original cultural identity while simultaneously adapting to and participating in the dominant culture.

Counseling Practice Test

Counseling Practice Test

Counseling Multicultural Counseling and Diversity