Massachusetts Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded

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Massachusetts Certified Peer Specialist
(CPS) Questions and Correct Answers/
Latest Update / Already Graded
The _____________ Principle speaks to the value of "do no harm."
While SOME people will not be harmed by using non-human
experience language, others WILL be harmed; therefore, by using
human experience language, it is unlikely that anyone will be harmed.

Ans: benevolence


What are the three CPS Core Competencies?

1.)

2.)

3.)

Ans: Peer support, in but not of the system, Change agent


Human experience language is not about rules, it is about _________

Ans: values


Some risks of not using human experience language include:

- Creating or enhancing __________ differences


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- Perpetuating p_________ & d___________

- limiting self-______________

Ans: power, prejudice, discrimination, determination


* What are the two parts of Human Experience language?

1.) ___________ language

2.) ____________ language

Ans: person first, everyday non-clinical


When a CPS utilizes ________________ language, they act as a change
agent by setting an uncompromising example that all people are
greater than and come before any label or judgement.

Ans: human experience


When a CPS utilizes human experience language, they act as a
_________ agent by setting an uncompromising example that all
people are greater than and come before any l_________or
j___________

Ans: change, label, judgement




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____________ is the shared values, behaviors, traditions, customs,
symbols, history, and ways of thinking/living of a group of people

Ans: culture


We don't see things as ______ are. We see them as _____ are.

Ans: they, we


* The three critical elements to exploring cross-cultural partnerships
are:

1.) learning about _________

2.) learning about _________

3.) learning about ________

Ans: yourself, cultures, individuals


When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, learning about ourselves
indicates learning about our b________ and p_________

Ans: biases, privilege


When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when
learning about ourselves may include:

- What b______ do I carry?

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- What p______ have I benefited from?

- How can these things impact the way that I r________ to certain
issues?

- How might the parts of my identity that I view to be important
i________with the beliefs/cultures of others?

Ans: biases, privilege, respond, intersect


When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when
learning about cultures may include:

- What c_______ or l_______ barriers might arise when interacting with
different groups?

- What d__________ have people from this culture commonly
experienced and what impact might this have had on them?

- What else can I do to l_______ about this culture?

Ans: communication, language, discrimination, learn


When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when
learning about an individual may include:

-How am I avoiding making a___________ about what I think I know?

-What am I doing to learn about this person's b_______?

- What am I doing to learn how this person r_________ to their culture?


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