Question 1

A(n) ______ perspective is culturally specific.&#10;A) emic&#10;B) etic&#10;C) monocultural&#10;D) ethnocentric

Accepted Answer

The emic perspective focuses on understanding a culture from within, through the lens of its own values and beliefs. This perspective is culturally specific, as it is based on the beliefs and values of a particular culture, rather than being generalized across cultures.

Question 2

A(n) ______ perspective is culturally universal.&#10;A) emic&#10;B) etic&#10;C) monocultural&#10;D) ethnocentric

Accepted Answer

The etic perspective is considered culturally universal because it looks at cultural phenomena from an outsider's perspective, aiming to provide a more objective analysis that can be generalized across different cultures.

Question 3

Why did CACREP institute a requirement of teaching neuroscience in counselor education?&#10;A) to maintain consistency with other mental health profession's training programs&#10;B) to demonstrate the minimal overlap between neuroscience and culture&#10;C) to allow counselors to integrate neuroscience into clinical work&#10;D) to allow counselors to pursue research in this area

Accepted Answer

CACREP instituted the requirement of teaching neuroscience in counselor education in order to allow counselors to integrate neuroscience into clinical work.

Question 4

Eastern cultures tend to place a higher value on ______ brain information processing, whereas Western cultures tend to place higher value on ______ brain information processing.&#10;A) collectivistic; individualistic&#10;B) individualistic; collectivistic&#10;C) left; right&#10;D) right; left

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Question 5

All of the following are levels of the Tripartite Model EXCEPT ______.&#10;A) individual&#10;B) group&#10;C) system&#10;D) universal

Accepted Answer

The Tripartite Model includes the individual, group, and universal levels, but not the system level.

Question 6

How does a child first learn about culture?&#10;A) from their own neural pathways&#10;B) from their parents&#10;C) from their school&#10;D) from their community

Accepted Answer

Children first learn about culture primarily from their parents, who introduce them to cultural norms, values, and practices from a very young age.

Question 7

What is cultural countertransference?&#10;A) the relationship between a therapist and client who are from two different cultures&#10;B) a therapist's transaction with their communal culture&#10;C) mix of intersecting beliefs and experiences that take place consciously and unconsciously within the therapist&#10;D) the interactions between individual and community cultural characteristics

Accepted Answer

Cultural countertransference refers to the ways in which a therapist's own cultural beliefs and experiences influence their reactions and feelings towards their clients who come from different cultural backgrounds. It can take place both consciously and unconsciously and can impact the therapeutic relationship and the therapist's ability to recognize and address their own biases.

Question 8

Acculturative stress occurs when ______.&#10;A) individuals consciously or unconsciously try to adapt to the values of a different culture&#10;B) individuals in power try to maintain boundaries between themselves and others&#10;C) individuals who are marginalized try to overcome boundaries set forth by those in power&#10;D) individuals consciously decide to identify with the mainstream culture

Accepted Answer

Acculturative stress is the stress that results from the pressure to adapt to the values, norms, and behaviors of a different culture. This pressure may be conscious or unconscious and can lead to feelings of anxiety, disorientation, and isolation.

Question 9

Which of the following is a strategy that therapists can engage in to reach across the cultural divide with clients?&#10;A) using a multiculturally sensitive structured interview&#10;B) soliciting cultural stories&#10;C) psychoeducation&#10;D) diagnosis

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Question 10

Which of the following terms is defined as ". . . a clinician's ability to understand and respond sensitively and appropriately to a client's cultural story and the cultural context of his or her presenting problem?"

A) cultural trust
B) cultural sympathy
C) cultural competence
D) cultural empathy

Accepted Answer

Cultural empathy refers to a clinician's ability to understand and respond sensitively and appropriately to a client's cultural background and the context of their issues.

Question 11

Cultural competence is influenced by neural pathways that have been created by cultural interactions or lack of cultural interactions.

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Question 12

Each person develops an attachment to their own culture.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

Although ethnic identity is powerful, it is less powerful than one's individual personality.

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

Cultural compatibility between the therapist and client improves the therapeutic relationship.

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

Describe the iceberg concept of culture and why it is important for counselors to understand.

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

What is the Tripartite Model? List and briefly describe each of the three levels.

Accepted Answer

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Deck 2: Cultural Meaning Systems, Cultural Trust, and Cultural Humility