Deck 14: Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Women

Question 1

Which of the following is true regarding mental health rates among men and women?

A) Women are more likely to experience a diagnosable mental health disorder compared to men.
B) Women are less likely to experience a diagnosable mental health disorder compared to men.
C) Women are more likely to experience personality and mood disorders compared to men.
D) Women are less likely to experience personality and mood disorders compared to men.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Sherry overhears a male colleague say to another male colleague that "Sherry is a decent boss for a woman, but she needs to stop being so emotional in meetings." This is an example of ______.

A) workplace violence
B) microaggressions
C) sexism
D) unprofessionalism

Answer 2

B

Question 3

According to the national data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who of the following is most likely to experience intimate partner violence?

A) Marsha, a 40-year-old female homemaker
B) Charles, a 32-year-old male factory worker
C) Selena, a 21-year-old female college student
D) Jonathan, a 55-year-old male executive

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What is the purpose of feminist therapy?

A) help women understand the influence of gender roles and power differentials on families and on society
B) help women leave a violent or abusive partner
C) help men navigate their marital relationship with their female partner more effectively
D) help same-sex female couples learn the gender roles of their romantic relationship

Question 5

Who is credited for the major feminist therapeutic approach used currently?

A) Mary Ballou
B) Lillian Comas-Diaz
C) Sandra Bem
D) There is no one major feminist approach.

Question 6

______ emphasizes helping individual women to transcend the limits of their gender socialization patterns.

A) Socialist
B) Radical
C) Cultural
D) Liberal

Question 7

______ asserts that oppression originates from society's devaluation of women's strengths.

A) Socialist
B) Radical
C) Cultural
D) Liberal

Question 8

______ emphasizes that women are oppressed in patriarchal societies. The goal is to change society by activism.

A) Socialist
B) Radical
C) Cultural
D) Liberal

Question 9

______ focuses on multiple oppressions in a woman's life and has the goal of changing institutional and social relationships in society.

A) Socialist
B) Radical
C) Cultural
D) Liberal

Question 10

Gender role analysis helps female clients ______.

A) understand the influence of gender role expectations
B) deal with the impact of gender role and social expectations
C) learn assertiveness skills
D) increase female power

Question 11

American men are more likely to be poor than women.

Question 12

Biological differences between women and men is a contributing factor in the development of mental health issues for women.

Question 13

Relational-cultural theory (RCT) is the most current form of feminist therapy to date.

Question 14

Why are women more likely to live in poverty compared to men?

Question 15

Describe strengths of women.

Question 16

What are the four main philosophies of feminists?