Deck 5: The Impact of Systemic Oppression Within the Counseling Process: Client Worldviews and Counselor Credibility

Question 1

Being White may serve as a barrier to an effective therapeutic process.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What is the key element that can destroy trustworthiness within a helping relationship?

A) agreeableness
B) defensiveness
C) insight
D) expertness

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Define ethnocentric monoculturalism.

Answer 3

The authors describe that ethnocentric monoculturalism refers to a belief in the superiority of one group's cultural heritage over another and the imposition of those standards upon the less powerful group.

Question 4

Theories of counseling and psychotherapy and standards to judge normality and abnormality have been largely adapted to reflect the changing microcosm of society.

Question 5

Which is an example of the historical manifestation of ethnocentric monoculturalism?

A) The signers of the Declaration of Independence were all White men.
B) European immigrants escaping persecution did not recognize their role in the oppression of American Indians.
C) Textbooks on history often put too much emphasis on the importance of other countries.
D) European immigrants considered American Indians to be different culturally but equal in rights.

Question 6

To survive slavery, African Americans often adopted a pattern of

A) ignoring the thoughts of others
B) expressing aggression directly
C) revealing their true self only to fellow Blacks
D) All of the choices are correct.

Question 7

Describe how worldview may or may not affect the client's view of the counselor's attractiveness and credibility. Why is this important for building rapport?

Question 8

A culturally effective counselor is open to viewing problems as stemming from survival mechanisms.

Question 9

The statement that clients are responsible for their own actions and predicaments represents

A) White male middle-class values
B) collectivistic cultural values
C) an Afro-centric perspective
D) a multicultural perspective

Question 10

Worldview can be defined broadly as how an individual understands his or her race.

Question 11

Describe the terms locus of control and locus of responsibility.

Question 12

What type of orientation has characterized counseling practice?

A) situation-centered
B) person-centered
C) counselor-centered
D) system-blame

Question 13

Early research indicates that African Americans who scored high external on the locus of control

A) more often aspired to nontraditional occupations
B) were more in favor of group rather than individual action for dealing with discrimination
C) engaged in more civil rights activities
D) exhibited less innovative social action behavior.

Question 14

U. S. society is characterized by which philosophy?

A) internal control (IC) -internal responsibility (IR)
B) internal control (IC) -external responsibility (ER)
C) external control (EC) -internal responsibility (IR)
D) external control (EC) -external responsibility (ER)

Question 15

The expectation of hopelessness is characterized in which constellation?

A) IC-IR
B) IC-ER
C) EC-IR
D) EC-ER

Question 16

Pride in one's racial and cultural identity is most likely to be accepted by an

A) IC-IR person
B) IC-ER person
C) EC-IR person
D) EC-ER person

Question 17

A person of color who shows deference to the White counselor most likely has which worldview?

A) IC-IR
B) IC-ER
C) EC-IR
D) EC-ER

Question 18

The authors assert that more and more people of color are coming to hold which worldview?

A) IC-IR
B) IC-ER
C) EC-IR
D) EC-ER

Question 19

Which quadrant is associated with "I'm okay and have control over myself" and "Society is okay, and I can make it in this system"?

A) IC-IR
B) IC-ER
C) EC-IR
D) EC-ER