Deck 11: Multicultural Issues

Question 1

Understanding that ones way of speaking or interacting is no more right or sensible that the interactions of another ethnic group is demonstrates

A) Cultural sensitivity.
B) Cultural reflection.
C) Cultural framework.
D) Cultural bias.
E) Cultural dialogue.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The social practices, beliefs, values, and behaviors that members of a group use to communicate and interact are known as

A) Cultural sensitivity.
B) Cultural reflection.
C) Cultural framework.
D) Cultural bias.
E) Cultural dialogue.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The five ethnic groups that make up the American population represent racial categories or biological differences between people.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The fact that more than half of SLPs' clientele are non-European American ethnic minorities, while the majority of SLPs are of European-American descent, is an example of

A) Ethnic bias.
B) Ethnic diversity.
C) Ethnic mismatch.
D) Ethnic profiling.
E) Ethnic cleansing.

Question 5

Bidialectal is the ability to read, speak, understand, and write well in two languages.

Question 6

People from an African-based language tradition include those who describe themselves as African American, African, and Afro-Caribbean.

Question 7

Individualist cultures focus on independence within individuals, whereas collectivist cultures focus on interdependence among group members.

Question 8

The American school system operates from a European cultural framework and has an individualist orientation that values independence and individual achievement.

Question 9

Individualist cultures operated from a European cultural framework and focuses on all of the following, except

A) Independence.
B) Self-confidence.
C) Immediate family.
D) Group decisions.
E) Individual achievement.

Question 10

Maintaining one's own cultural identity while accepting the values and beliefs of the European American tradition is known as

A) Bilingualism.
B) Bidialectism.
C) Acculturation.
D) Separation.
E) Marginalization.

Question 11

Recognizing that you are a product of the beliefs, values, and social-political history of your own ethnic group is

A) Cultural sensitivity.
B) Cultural reflection.
C) Cultural framework.
D) Cultural bias.
E) Cultural dialogue.

Question 12

Cultural Sensitivity refers to the extent to which a family feels the need to maintain their own cultural identity while at the same time accepting the values and beliefs of the European American tradition.

Question 13

The assessment protocols for children from ethnic minorities should feature all of the following, except

A) The child's native language.
B) Items on phonology and syntax.
C) Process-oriented measures.
D) Test-teach-retest approach.
E) Assessment of learning behaviors.

Question 14

Latinos represent a variety of nationalities within their larger ethnic group, including Mexicans, Central/South Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans.

Question 15

Americans from the Asian tradition may come from Asia or islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Question 16

An ethnic group is a group of individuals who share

A) A common language.
B) Heritage.
C) Religion.
D) Geography/nationality.
E) One or more of the above.

Question 17

Americans are classified as falling within one of five ethnic groups: European American, Black American, Latino American, Asian American, and Native American.

Question 18

Collectivist cultures that focus on interdependence between members include

A) African.
B) Asian.
C) Latino.
D) Native American.
E) All of the above.

Question 19

The challenges of working with children from other ethnic minority groups include all of the following, except

A) The lack of SLPs from ethnic minority groups.
B) The European cultural framework.
C) SLPs not prepared to treat or intervene with families who live in poverty.
D) SLPs are not trained to properly diagnose and treat ethnic minority children.
E) The lack of appropriate assessment tools.

Question 20

Assessors should use process-oriented measures to assess bilingual and bidialectal children for language impairments.

Question 21

Explain why there is an ethnic mismatch between SLPs and their clients and describe the challenges this mismatch presents.

Question 22

Explain how and why a child's school achievement impacted by his or her culture and language.

Question 23

Explain the differences between individualism and collectivism and describe the challenges of working with children from collectivist cultures.

Question 24

Explain how assessment and intervention practices be modified in response to a child's language and cultural status.