LSP Multicultural & Diversity Competence 4

Question 1

The concept of 'intersectionality,' originating from Kimberlé Crenshaw's work, is MOST useful in psychology for:

Accepted Answer

Understanding how overlapping social identities interact to create unique experiences of privilege and oppression

Answer

Intersectionality examines how multiple social identities (race, gender, class, sexuality) simultaneously interact, producing experiences that cannot be reduced to any single identity.

Question 2

When a client uses a language other than English in therapy, the MOST clinically appropriate interpreter arrangement is:

Accepted Answer

A trained professional interpreter to maintain confidentiality and accuracy

Answer

Professional interpreters are trained to maintain confidentiality, translate accurately, and remain neutral, unlike family members who may distort content.

Question 3

A psychologist reviewing a client's file notices that a previous clinician attributed the client's collectivist family values to enmeshment and pathologized healthy cultural norms. This is BEST described as:

Accepted Answer

Cultural encapsulation, where the clinician applied culturally biased Western standards

Answer

Cultural encapsulation occurs when clinicians apply their own cultural lens uncritically, misinterpreting culturally normative behaviors as pathological.

Question 4

Which of the following BEST characterizes 'aversive racism' as described in contemporary social psychology?

Accepted Answer

Holding egalitarian values consciously while harboring unconscious racial bias

Answer

Aversive racism describes individuals who consciously endorse egalitarian beliefs but unconsciously harbor racial biases that influence behavior in subtle ways.

Question 5

A Latinx client declines to discuss their trauma history because 'no hablamos de eso en mi familia' (we don't talk about that in my family). The psychologist's MOST culturally competent response is to:

Accepted Answer

Explore the cultural meaning of this norm and consider culturally adapted therapeutic approaches

Answer

Culturally competent practice involves understanding familial and cultural norms around disclosure and adapting treatment accordingly rather than imposing Western therapeutic expectations.

(LSP) Licensed Specialist in Psychology Certification Practice Test

(LSP) Licensed Specialist in Psychology Certification Practice Test

LSP Multicultural & Diversity Competence 4