Deck 4: Acculturation and Identity Development

Question 1

When dominant societal groups take an ideological position of excluding or isolating a new cultural group, we most likely would consider that to be a ______ position.

A) Segregationist
B) Marginalization
C) Assimilationist
D) Integrationist

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Biracial children may benefit most from ______.

A) The fact that standards of beauty are White
B) Having other children ask them why do not look like their parents
C) Recognizing the strengths and positive aspects from each of their ethnic backgrounds

Answer 2

C

Question 3

To take a social justice perspective means that a counselor has the responsibility of understanding the sociocultural forces that exist in society over which the minority individual has little or no control and helping the individual overcome personal, societal, and institutional barriers that impede their overall development.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In comparing models of ethnic identity, we find that most have _____ stages with the final stage characterized by _____.

A) Four, unawareness of culture
B) Five, psychological discomfort
C) Five, a desirable state of self-acceptance and appreciation of culture
D) Six, over identification with culture

Question 5

The Nigrescence Model of Black Identity was developed by ____ in the 1970s.

A) Atkinson
B) Cross
C) Sue and Sue
D) Ruiz
E) Christensen

Question 6

Asian American children who feel less positive about their physical characteristics than White children, look down at themselves and prefer the characteristics of the White cultural group may be in the ____ stage.

A) Conformity
B) Dissonance
C) Resistance and Immersion
D) Introspection
E) Integrative Awareness

Question 7

_____ are particularly at risk for psychological problems because they come to their new culture not voluntarily but because they are forced to leave their homes, fleeing persecution for their beliefs, politics, or ethnicity.

A) Immigrants
B) Refugees
C) Migrants

Question 8

According to Fong, cultural values reflect acceptable and expected behaviors of individuals and their families and thus can be sources of _____ when incorporated into assessment processes and counseling interventions.

A) Strength
B) Tension
C) Weakness

Question 9

One definition of _______ consists of looking at self-identification as a group member, belongingness, and one's attitudes toward one's group.

A) Acculturation
B) Stage models of development
C) Ethnic identity

Question 10

A counselor who favors ______ would most likely serve as a cultural broker and guide, and operate from a social justice perspective helping clients address personal, societal and institutional barriers.

A) Cultural empowerment
B) Western therapies
C) Vocational training

Question 11

Prior to 1970 most immigrants were _____.

A) Chinese
B) Cambodian
C) European

Question 12

As individuals go through the acculturative process, a strategy that they may adopt is that of ______ whereby the individual chooses to maintain her or his identity and culture while at the same time identifying with and adopting the attitudes and behaviors of the new culture.

A) Separatist
B) Assimilation
C) Marginalization
D) Integration or bicultural

Question 13

International students are eager to do well in the United States; therefore when they need help, counseling is viewed as an excellent resource.

Question 14

Critics of the _____ have pointed out how total assimilation has only been accessible to European immigrants, whereas immigrants of color have been expected to adopt the ways of the dominant culture without being allowed to bring in elements from their indigenous cultures.

A) Acculturative stress model
B) Melting pot theory
C) Bicultural models of adaptation

Question 15

_____ is clearly the leading country of origin for U.S. immigrants.

A) China
B) South Korea
C) Mexico

Question 16

For an individual, the element LEAST likely to be encountered in the process of acculturation would be _____

A) Becoming familiar with a new culture
B) Acquiring the cultural values, norms, language, and behavior of the dominant society
C) A stress-free process

Question 17

The top three countries that send students to study in the United States in recent years are _____, making up 46 percent of all international enrollments in institutes of higher education in the U.S.

A) China, India, and South Korea
B) China, Japan, and England
C) India, China, and England

Question 18

Dimensions of minority identity development could possibly include ethnicity, gender, disability status, but not sexual orientation.