Multicultural Counseling Competencies Flashcards
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Sue and Sue's tripartite model of personal identity proposes that individual identity is shaped by which three levels?
Answer: Universal human level, group level, and individual level
Sue and Sue's tripartite model identifies three levels of identity: universal (shared human characteristics), group (membership in demographic and cultural groups), and individual (unique personal experiences).
Which of the following best describes a cultural microaggression?
Answer: A brief, everyday exchange that communicates denigrating messages to members of marginalized groups, often unintentionally
Microaggressions are subtle, often unintentional communications that convey negative or demeaning messages to individuals from marginalized groups based on their identity.
Counselor awareness of their own assumptions, values, and biases is part of which dimension of multicultural counseling competence?
Answer: Awareness
Awareness — specifically self-awareness regarding one's own cultural assumptions, values, and biases — is the first of the three dimensions of multicultural counseling competencies.
The concept of 'racial identity development' in counseling theory is most closely associated with which theorist?
Answer: William Cross
William Cross developed the Nigrescence model of Black racial identity development, one of the foundational racial identity development theories in counseling.
Indigenous and non-Western conceptualizations of mental health often differ from the Western biomedical model in that they tend to emphasize:
Answer: The interdependence of physical, mental, spiritual, and community dimensions of health
Many Indigenous and non-Western frameworks view health holistically — as the balance and interdependence of physical, mental, spiritual, and relational/community dimensions, not just individual symptom absence.
Acculturation refers to the process by which:
Answer: Individuals navigate the acquisition of the values, behaviors, and identity of a new culture while managing their heritage culture
Acculturation is the process of cultural and psychological change that occurs when individuals from one culture come into contact with a new culture and navigate both cultural identities.