Deck 11: Racial, Ethnic, Cultural Rec Identity Attitudes in People of Color: Counseling Implications

Question 1

Feelings of being brainwashed by the forces of White society would most likely be found in what stage of the REC identity developmental model?

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

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Cross (1991, as cited in Sue 8th edition) introduces the concept of _________ _________, the degree to which race is an important and integral part of a person's approach to life.

Answer 2

race salience

Question 3

During the resistance and immersion stage, the three most active types of affective feelings are guilt, shame, and anger.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Name the stages of the Racial/Cultural Identity Development model (R/CID) .

Question 5

At each level of racial identity, which are the four corresponding beliefs and attitudes?

A) How a person views the self
B) How the person views others of the same minority
C) How the person views society
D) How the person views others of another minority
E) How the person views majority individuals
F) How the person views majority society

Question 6

Which stage has the most profound negative impact on nearly all people of color?

A) Resistance and Immersion Stage
B) Dissonance Stage
C) Introspection Stage
D) Conformity Stage

Question 7

In the Cross model (1971 as cited in Sue 8th edition) , the last stage, ________________ speaks to the commitment that individuals have toward social change, social justice, and civil rights.

Question 8

The R/CID model can be considered a global personality theory, which provides fixed and identifiable phases that serve to identify where clients fit on a spectrum.

Question 9

Describe characteristics of people in the Conformity Stage of the R/CID with regard to attitudes and beliefs toward (a) self, (b) members of the same group, (c) members of other minority groups, and (d) the dominant group.

Question 10

One experiences a when their previous belief systems concerning White Americans and their own ethnic/cultural group are challenged by social reality and the experiences of being a "visible racial/ethnic minority. "

Question 11

In which stage does the person of color realize racism exists?

A) Integrative Awareness Stage
B) Conformity Stage
C) Dissonance Stage
D) Introspection Stage

Question 12

What changes did Cross make to the preencounter stage of his model, and why?

Question 13

In the Racial/Cultural Identity model, the authors believe that the ____________ Stage continues to be most characterized by individuals who have bought into societal definitions about their minority status.

Question 14

Which stage is characterized by a disdain for the dominant culture and development of pride in one's own culture:

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

Question 15

The inferior status of minorities is constantly reinforced and perpetuated by the media (or mass media) .

Question 16

In the Resistance and Immersion Stage, the minority person tends to ____________ minority-held views completely and to _________ the dominant values of society and culture.

Question 17

From the vignette that opens the chapters, explain Jenny's internal struggle for identity.

Question 18

In which stage does an individual experience conflict in terms of responsibility and allegiance to one's own group versus notions of personal independence and autonomy?

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

Question 19

Due to the increased awareness and progress in race relations, racism, prejudice, and discriminatory practices are largely a thing of the past.

Question 20

The stage of Integrative Awareness is exemplified by which of the following?

A) a full understanding of how racism operates in society and a hatred toward Whites
B) group-deprecating attitudes
C) selective trust and distrust according to the dominant group's demonstrated attitudes
D) a strong sense of self-worth

Question 21

Contrast early models of REC identity with more recent REC identity conceptualizations.

Question 22

What purpose do racial identity models serve?

Question 23

The sociopolitical identity transformations experienced by Asian Americans, Latina/os, and American Indians in the last few decades with the awareness of cultural oppression as the common unifying force is known as what?

A) Integrative awareness
B) Ethnocentric monoculturalism
C) Internalized racism
D) Third World consciousness