Deck 3: Ethical Counseling in a Multicultural Society: The Promise of Justice

Question 1

To what extent has the counseling profession become less culturally encapsulated in the last two decades and how do you account for that change?

Answer 1

No Answer

Question 2

Define the following terms: (1) minority, (2) culture, (3) ethnicity, and (4) multiculturalism.

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

Scholars refer to self-awareness as a crucial aspect of competence in multicultural counseling.Identify at least three specific components of self-awareness in a multicultural counselor.

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

Competent multicultural counseling includes a knowledge base about a client's cultural background. Identify at least five components of an appropriate knowledge base for counseling a client of a different cultural background.

Question 5

In what ways should the diagnostic process be adapted with clients of diverse cultural backgrounds? Give at least two examples of appropriate adaptations.

Question 6

Discuss at least two criticisms that scholars in multicultural counseling have directed at the current ethics codes. Do you think these criticisms are justified? In what way should the codes be changed, if any, in light of these criticisms.

Question 7

Using the definition from Welfel, a minority is:

A) A group that is poor or economically disadvantaged
B) A group that has experienced legal discrimination
C) A group that is less than 50% of the population in a given area
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 8

Ethnicity derives from:

A) Physical characteristics such as skin color, facial characteristics and the like
B) A shared homeland and personal allegiance with that homeland
C) Common ancestry and religion
D) None of the above
E) All of the above

Question 9

Cultural encapsulation means:

A) Ignoring the impact of culture and ethnicity on the work of the counselor
B) Not developing fluency in a second language
C) Refusing to join protests for the rights of groups who have been oppressed.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 10

Counselors have appropriate self-awareness for multicultural counseling when:

A) They have eliminated the biases and prejudices they had when they began their professional training
B) They experience guilt for the harm their own cultural group has done to less powerful groups
C) They have explored the influence of their own cultural background on their behavior and beliefs
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 11

An appropriate knowledge base for multicultural counseling includes:

A) Understanding of the limitations of standardized tests with multicultural clients
B) Training in American Sign Language in order to communicate with hearing impaired clients
C) An international experience to understand the problems experienced by clients for whom English is a second language.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above