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Chapter 1: Obstacles to Cultural Competence & Cultural Humility: Understanding
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Resistance to Multicultural Training
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Test Questions
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Below are questions that can be used to test the students’ knowledge of the material covered in
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Chapter 1 of the 8th edition of Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice (CCD,
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Sue 8th edition). Questions are presented in various formats (True/False, Multiple Selection,
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Multiple Choice, Text Entry, and Essay Type). After each series of questions, you will find the
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correct answers along with accompanying explanations. Bloom’s taxonomy is provided to
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indicate the style of learning needed to answer the respective question. Additionally, you will
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also find a descriptor, EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, indicating the difficulty level of each question.
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Question 1 d
Question Type: True/False d d
Question: The journey to becoming a competent culturally sensitive counselor in working with
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diverse populations is not complex as humans have innate characteristics that are relatively
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consistent across cultures with similar hopes and dreams that mark their humanness.
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Answer: False d
Solution: According to the authors, becoming culturally competent in working with diverse
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populations is a complex interaction of many dimensions that involves broad theoretical,
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conceptual, research, and practice issues. Moreover, the journey will be filled with obstacles to
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self-exploration, to understanding yourself as a racial/cultural being, and to understanding the
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worldview of those who differ from you in race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and other
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sociodemographic characteristics. The subject matter in this book and course requires the reader
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to explore biases and prejudices, a task that often evokes defensiveness and resistance.
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Bloom’s Level: Comprehensiond d
Difficulty Level: EASY
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Question 2 d
Question Type: Multiple Selection
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Question: Becoming culturally competent in mental health practice demands that nested or
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embedded emotions be openly experienced in which of the following sociodemographic
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dimensions of difference?
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a. race
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c. gender
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Answer: a, b, c, d d d d d
Solution: The authors point out that the journey to becoming culturally competent therapists is
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filled with obstacles to self-exploration, to understanding oneself as a racial/cultural being, and
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to understanding the worldview of those who differ from others in terms of race, gender,
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ethnicity, sexual orientation, and other sociodemographic dimensions.
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Bloom’s Level: Knowledge d d
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Question: The three types of resistance that are often encountered by students studying diversity
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training are:
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a. cognitive; emotional; behavioral d d
b. psychological; physiological; emotional d d
c. dissonance; isolation; invalidation d d
d. physical; emotional; spiritual d d
Answer: a d
Solution: The authors report that in work with resistance to diversity training, research reveals
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how it is likely to be manifested in three forms: cognitive resistance, emotional resistance, and
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behavioral resistance (Sue, 2015, as cited in Sue 8th edition).
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Question 4 d
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Question: Identify at least three emotions you experienced as you read the reactions of the four
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students. Reflect on why you feel those emotions surfaced.
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Solution: Responses will vary but, according to the authors, one of the greatest concerns of
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instructors is the strong emotive reactions of students to the material: grief, anger, depression,
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and guilt in working through the content.
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Bloom’s Level: Synthesis d d
Difficulty Level: HARD
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Question. The burden to become multiculturally competent rests on the trainees from dominant
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culture as in most cases they have been the ones to marginalize, stereotype, and oppress minority
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cultures. Thus, it is the responsibility of the dominant culture to help rectify this in raising
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awareness and also in becoming competent in working with diverse populations.
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Answer: False d
Solution: Understanding multicultural counseling competence applies equally to trainees from
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dominant and marginalized groups and to helping professionals.
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Bloom’s Level: Application
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Question 6 d
Question Type: Multiple Selection
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Question: According to Kiselica (1999, as cited in Sue 8th edition), White psychologists avoid
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topics of race because
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a. It may reveal their own prejudices and biases
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b. They are racked with guilt over the way people of color have been treated
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c. They are fearful of being labeled a racist or blamed for the oppression
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Answer: a, b, c
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Solution: Kiselica, a White psychologist who addresses his own ethnocentrism and racism,
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contends that these topics (ethnocentrism and racism) are subjects that most Whites tend to
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davoid. He adds that most shy away from discussing these issues for many reasons. He posits that
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Whites are racked with guilt over the way people of color have been treated in our nation. Whites
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fear that they will be accused of mistreating others, and particularly fear being called the ―R‖
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word—racist. Many grow uneasy whenever issues of race emerge. Whites tend to back away,
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change the subject, respond defensively, assert their innocence and ―color blindness,‖ and deny
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that they could possibly be ethnocentric or racist. (Kiselica, 1999, as cited in Sue 8th edition).
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Bloom’s Level: Application
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Question 7 d
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Question: Describe recent conversations you have had about diversity. What were the settings for
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those conversations to occur? What was the makeup of those participating in the discussion?
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Solution: Responses will vary but, according to the authors, the powerful feelings aroused in some
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