Deck 6: Working With Culturally Diverse Parents and Families

Question 1

Parents who try to "toughen up" their children by being overly authoritarian will often end up

A) alienating children from the family.
B) teaching children to act out abusively outside the home.
C) creating negative views of the culture within the home.
D) not preparing children for microaggression and subtle forms of racism.

Answer 1

teaching children to act out abusively outside the home.

Question 2

Which of the following is not described by Wright as a key factor in parenting that impacts a child's development of self-worth?

A) Disciplinary style
B) Attitudes toward race
C) Parental closeness
D) Freedom to interact with other ethnic groups

Answer 2

Freedom to interact with other ethnic groups

Question 3

In order to free biracial children from racialized loyalty binds, parents should

A) give children permission to have a relationship with all parts of the their culture.
B) encourage children to create their own culture with the parts of their culture with which they most relate.
C) openly discuss the important parts of their own culture in the home.
D) allow children to interact with intergenerational family and community members.

Answer 3

give children permission to have a relationship with all parts of the their culture.

Question 4

Differences in how bicultural marriages are conceived and structured are described by Falicov as

A) cultural differences in marriage.
B) cultural stereotyping and stress.
C) conflicts in marital code.
D) conflicts in cultural code.

Question 5

Bicultural couples tend to demonstrate extremes in

A) acceptance of bicultural relationships and marriage.
B) Interdependence.
C) healthy functioning.
D) conflicts of cultural codes.

Question 6

Discuss common issues related to permission to marry and acceptance into communities of color for biracial couples. What are the possible impacts of these pressures on the relationship?

Question 7

Wright suggests three parenting factors that most support or negate a child's sense of self-worth. What are these factors and what forms do they support or negate self-esteem?

Question 8

Community Psychology is best described as

A) counseling sessions which occur within the community system (schools, churches, etc).
B) interventions that address issues at all levels of the community system.
C) interventions that are focused on adapting to the needs of the family and community.
D) interventions that are initiated by members of the community.