MC Master of Counseling: Cultural Awareness and Diversity 4

Question 1

In multicultural counseling, the term 'worldview' most closely refers to:

Accepted Answer

The set of assumptions, values, and beliefs through which a person interprets reality

Answer

Worldview encompasses the lens through which an individual perceives and makes meaning of the world, shaped by culture, experience, and values.

Question 2

A counselor consistently uses Western-based therapeutic techniques with non-Western clients without adaptation. This is called:

Accepted Answer

Cultural encapsulation

Answer

Cultural encapsulation, coined by Wrenn, describes counselors who are trapped within their own cultural assumptions and apply them rigidly across all clients.

Question 3

A counselor working with a refugee client experiencing trauma should prioritize understanding:

Accepted Answer

The cultural context of trauma expression and help-seeking in the client's culture of origin

Answer

Cultural context profoundly shapes how trauma is experienced, expressed, and what types of support are considered acceptable or healing.

Question 4

Which racial identity model describes stages from pre-encounter through internalization-commitment?

Accepted Answer

Cross's Nigrescence Model

Answer

Cross's Nigrescence Model outlines stages of Black racial identity development, moving from pre-encounter (Eurocentric) through encounter, immersion, internalization, and internalization-commitment.

Question 5

When a counselor asks an Asian client 'You must be good at math, right?', this is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A positive stereotype microaggression

Answer

Positive stereotypes are still microaggressions because they reduce individuals to group assumptions, causing harm regardless of the speaker's intent.

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MC Master of Counseling: Cultural Awareness and Diversity 4