Deck 5: Working With Culturally Diverse Families

Question 1

In treating gay and lesbian couples and families, it is important to be aware of

A) internal and external issues
B) extended family involvement
C) local, state, and national laws
D) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

"WASP" values, often equated with "White" ideals, include all the following except:

A) rugged individualism
B) emphasis on honor and shame
C) mastery over nature
D) competitiveness

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which cultural group tends to be physically expressive (e.g., gesturing while they talk)?

A) African American
B) Asian American
C) Hispanic/Latino
D) American Indians/Alaska Natives

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In all forms of family therapy with culturally diverse families, it is essential for family therapists to:

A) memorize variations among cultural groups
B) utilize standard approaches
C) make assumptions in order to generalize treatment among cultural groups
D) explore personal biases and values
Questions

Question 5

For African American families, _____ approaches may offer the greatest benefit.

A) problem focused and multigenerational
B) brief therapy
C) structural family therapy combined with traditional healing modalities
D) strengths based

Question 6

Which cultural group tends to have a visual emphasis in their languages (e.g., the verb 'to learn' is a combination of the verbs 'to see' and 'to remember')?

A) African American
B) Asian American
C) Hispanic/Latino
D) American Indians/Alaska Natives

Question 7

Although utilization rates for individual therapy are _____ among African Americans, they are _____ for family therapy.

A) high, low
B) low, high
C) about the same for each

Question 8

Which of the following cultural groups is high context, rather than low context as found in most North American society?

A) African American
B) Asian American
C) Hispanic/Latino
D) Arab American

Question 9

Which cultural group prefers to get to know someone as a person rather than assessing others based on external factors?

A) African American
B) Asian American
C) Hispanic/Latino
D) American Indians/Alaska Natives

Question 10

Strengths based approaches are most effective with which cultural group?

A) African American
B) Asian American
C) Hispanic/Latino
D) Arab American

Question 11

Some cultural groups, such as Hispanic/Latino and American Indians/Alaska Natives, place a strong emphasis on _____, which refers to viewing accomplishments as being dependent on the outcomes of others.

A) rugged individualism
B) machismo
C) family leadership and authority
D) collectivism

Question 12

In which cultural group is the father the undisputed head of the household?

A) African American
B) Asian American
C) Hispanic/Latino
D) Arab American

Question 13

Ethnicity is

A) a term used to refer to the cultural groups within a region or nation
B) a family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same stock
C) the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
D) the dominant perception or view of a specific group

Question 14

In African American families, _____ has been an essential element for survival.

A) an emphasis on social stability and collectivity
B) a collectivistic culture
C) a strong emphasis on self-discipline, order, social etiquette, and hierarchy
D) the family

Question 15

Culture is

A) a term used to refer to the cultural groups within a region or nation
B) a family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same stock
C) the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
D) the dominant perception or view of a specific group

Question 16

Indirect forms of questioning and open-ended questions work best with which cultural group?

A) African American
B) Asian American
C) Hispanic/Latino
D) American Indians/Alaska Natives

Question 17

Multiculturalism is

A) a term used to refer to the cultural groups within a region or nation
B) a family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same stock
C) the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
D) the dominant perception or view of a specific group

Question 18

The model used in most counselor education multicultural courses is

A) intercultural model
B) universal perspective model
C) culture-specific model
D) ESCAPE

Question 19

_____ is a term used to describe some counselor's tendency to treat everyone the same and make mistakes in so doing.

A) systematic change agent
B) WASP
C) culturally encapsulated
D) culturally diverse

Question 20

_____ families place a high value on education.

A) African American
B) Asian American
C) Hispanic/Latino
D) American Indians/Alaska Natives

Question 21

Although American society has been diverse since its beginnings, little focus was placed on multiculturalism until the 1970s and 1980s.

Question 22

Assessing for levels of acculturation is important in working with culturally diverse families.

Question 23

A strong belief in the institution of marriage has resulted in more African Americans marrying today than at any time in history.

Question 24

Sensitivity, experience, acceptance, ingenuity, specificity, and intervention are appropriate treatment goals for most culturally diverse families.

Question 25

Family therapists may be at an initial disadvantage in working with culturally diverse groups because the field of marriage and family therapy reflects a predominant European American bias.