Deck 8: Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Counseling

Question 1

The most populous subgroups among Asian Americans are the _____, who together make up more than half of all Asian Americans.

A) Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans
B) Chinese, Filipinos, and Asian Indians
C) Chinese, Filipinos, and Hawaiians

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Emotional restraint and indirect communication as opposed to confrontation are often preferred among Asian Americans.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

_____ have the least education and the lowest median Socioeconomic Index Score among Asian American groups.

A) Japanese, Chinese, Filipinos
B) Cambodians, Hmong, and Laotians
C) Cambodians, South Asians, Koreans

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Reasons why an Asian American would want to place first in a contest would be to make others jealous and to make sure that others know how superior their performance was.

Question 5

_____ Asian and Pacific Islander families than non-Hispanic White families have annual incomes above $75,000 and _____ Asian and Pacific Islander families than non-Hispanic White families live in poverty with annual incomes below $25,000.

A) Less, more
B) Less, less
C) More, more
D) More, less

Question 6

A value that one would be less likely to find in an Asian culture would be that of _____.

A) Outspoken competition and getting ahead
B) Harmony and humility
C) Respect for family, authority, and tradition

Question 7

The academic and economic success of Asian Americans as a group is the main reason why Asian Americans are often labeled _____. In reality, high levels of academic and economic success do not occur uniformly across all Asian American subgroups.

A) The model minority
B) Academically unsocialized
C) The ajase complex

Question 8

Malays, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Laotians, Hmong, and Mien in addition to Hawaiians, Samoans, and Guamanians are among the many populations labeled as Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in the United States.

Question 9

Under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in _____, hundreds of Japanese community leaders along Pacific Coast states and Hawaii were interned in Department of Justice camps.

A) 1921
B) 1941
C) 1891
D) 1961

Question 10

The immigration history of Chinese in California tells us that this ethnic group began to arrive in ______.

A) 1929
B) 1849
C) 1936

Question 11

Many first-generation and more traditional Asian Americans may turn to indigenous cultural healers and remedies when distressed and would be least likely to consult which ONE of the following:

A) Herbalists or shamans
B) Buddhist monks
C) Acupuncturist
D) Morita therapist
E) Physician at hospital

Question 12

The history and cultural traditions of Pacific Islanders in the United States are in many ways more similar to those of ____ than to those of Asian Americans.

A) African Americans
B) European Americans
C) Native Americans

Question 13

Asian Americans are the second fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States; only the ____ population is growing more quickly.

A) Latino
B) African American
C) European American

Question 14

The devastating level of war atrocities and refugee camp experiences of many Southeast Asian Americans, especially among the _____, has resulted in post-traumatic stress symptoms that often go unnoticed by individuals within these same communities because they are so common.

A) Japanese and Koreans
B) Vietnamese and Chinese
C) Hmong and Cambodians

Question 15

The stereotype of Asian American women as hardworking and uncomplaining may result in being exploited at work or denied promotions.