HSP Cultural and Individual Diversity 2

Question 1

A health service psychologist discovers that an evidence-based treatment was validated primarily on White, middle-class populations. When applying it with a Black client, the clinician should:

Accepted Answer

Adapt the treatment in a culturally responsive manner while monitoring efficacy

Answer

Cultural adaptation of evidence-based treatments while monitoring outcomes is the recommended practice when applying treatments across diverse populations.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Systematically consider multiple cultural identity dimensions when conceptualizing clients

Answer

The ADDRESSING framework prompts clinicians to systematically consider age, disability, religion, ethnicity, social status, sexual orientation, indigenous heritage, national origin, and gender.

Question 3

Which term describes a clinician's assumption that their own cultural norms are the standard against which all others should be measured?

Accepted Answer

Ethnocentrism

Answer

Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own culture is the natural standard, leading to the evaluation of other cultures by comparison to one's own.

Question 4

When working with an LGBTQ+ client, a health service psychologist should be aware that conversion therapy practices:

Accepted Answer

Are considered unethical and harmful by all major U.S. psychological and medical associations

Answer

All major U.S. psychological and medical associations, including APA, have condemned conversion therapy as unethical and harmful based on evidence of psychological harm.

Question 5

A psychologist working with an elderly Asian American client finds the client defers all treatment decisions to adult children. The most culturally responsive approach is to:

Accepted Answer

Explore the cultural meaning of family decision-making and incorporate family as appropriate within an ethical framework

Answer

Exploring family-centered decision-making within the client's cultural context respects collectivist values while maintaining ethical obligations to the client.

(HSP) Certified Health Service Psychologist Practice Test

(HSP) Certified Health Service Psychologist Practice Test

HSP Cultural and Individual Diversity 2