Social and Multicultural Bases of Behavior Flashcards

In Cross's Nigrescence model of African American racial identity development, the 'encounter' stage is characterized by:

Answer: An experience that challenges the individual's previous worldview about race

The encounter stage involves an experience (e.g., a racial incident) that disrupts the individual's pre-encounter worldview and motivates active exploration of racial identity.

According to Berry's acculturation framework, an immigrant who maintains heritage culture while also fully participating in the host culture is using which strategy?

Answer: Integration

Integration in Berry's model involves maintaining one's cultural heritage while simultaneously engaging with the dominant host culture, and is associated with the most positive mental health outcomes.

Which component of Sue's tripartite model of multicultural counseling competencies involves therapists recognizing their own cultural assumptions and biases?

Answer: Awareness

In Sue's tripartite model, awareness refers to counselors' recognition of their own cultural worldview, biases, and assumptions that may influence therapeutic work.

Meyer's minority stress model proposes that LGBTQ+ individuals experience elevated psychological distress primarily due to:

Answer: Unique chronic stressors related to stigma, discrimination, and prejudice

Meyer's minority stress model posits that LGBTQ+ individuals experience excess stress from distal (discrimination) and proximal (internalized stigma, concealment) minority stressors beyond general life stressors.

A therapist working with a client from a collectivist cultural background who is reluctant to disclose personal problems due to concern for family reputation should FIRST:

Answer: Recognize this as a cultural value and explore culturally appropriate ways to address the concern

Cultural humility requires therapists to recognize collectivist values around family reputation as valid and to adapt interventions accordingly rather than imposing individualistic frameworks.

A White therapist tells a Black client, 'You are so articulate,' intending it as a compliment. This statement is BEST described as:

Answer: A microaggression

This is a microaggression (specifically a microinsult) because it communicates an implicit assumption that being articulate is unexpected for Black individuals, despite the speaker's conscious positive intent.

In Helms's White Racial Identity Development model, a person in the 'pseudo-independence' status is BEST characterized by:

Answer: Intellectualized acceptance of racial differences without deep personal commitment to change

Pseudo-independence represents a superficial, intellectualized acceptance of racial diversity without genuine personal commitment to challenging racism or examining one's own White privilege.