MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING ACTUAL FINAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔During the resistance and immersion stage, the three most active types of affective
feelings are guilt, shame and anger. - ✔✔True
✔✔The authors contend that there is a denial associated with being White, and it is
related to the denial of White privilege. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which ego status would be best represented by the following statement, "My
grandfather is really prejudiced, but I try not to be"? - ✔✔Disintegration
✔✔The effectiveness of White therapists is related to their ability to overcome
sociocultural conditioning and to make their Whiteness invisible. - ✔✔True
✔✔Research suggests that it is possible for people to avoid inheriting the racial biases,
prejudices, misinformation, deficit portrayals and stereotypes of their forebearers if they
are exposed to various and diverse cultures before entering formal schooling. -
✔✔False
✔✔There is a difference between being nonracist and antiracist. - ✔✔True
✔✔It has been reported that LBGT youth are ______ ______ than their heterosexual
counterparts to attempt suicide. - ✔✔more likely
✔✔According to the APA (2013), gender dysphoria is considered a mental disorder. -
✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is included under the term transgender? - ✔✔both
transsexuals and those who identify themselves as being attracted to both male and
female genders
, ✔✔Approximately one in _____ adults age 71 or older have dementia. - ✔✔7
✔✔One way to reduce the prevalence of elder abuse and neglect in families is to -
✔✔increase awareness through public education
✔✔Your client, a 5-year old White male, does not have access to a reputable public
school in his neighborhood. Your client is likely experiencing - ✔✔classism
✔✔Women are more likely to live in poverty than men with even greater disparity in the
65-year-old and older age group - ✔✔True
✔✔According to the Department of Health and Human Services, 2015 (Smith, Chapter
25, Sue & Sue, 2016) guidelines that a family of four earning $24,251 per year would -
✔✔not be counted among the poor
✔✔Since the advent of feminism and strong movement towards equality, women are no
longer socialized based on historical and cultural values, such as getting married, being
a homemaker or having children. For example, women who delay or decline to have
children now have largely been accepted as normal. - ✔✔False
✔✔Twelve year old Jennifer begins to experience intense heart palpitations prior to a
math test. She does not believe she is good at math because through messages from
her family, teachers and media, she is not supposed to excel at math because she is a
girl. Jennifer is likely experiencing - ✔✔sterotype threat
✔✔The one drop rule is also known as - ✔✔hypodescent
✔✔Saying to someone, "I know you are Asian but you look White," can lead to major
psychological and social stressors in terms of identity formation - ✔✔True
✔✔Models of multiracial identity development are distinct from monoracial identity
development models in that - ✔✔Identities are fluid and shift in different environments.
✔✔The 2000 US Census allowed multiracial individuals to check more than one box to
describe their racial identities. This served to create clarity and is considered by most to
be the best way to categorize people. - ✔✔False
✔✔Counselors need to understand the negative stereotypes of multiracial individuals
(i.e. confused, unhealthy) and the research that reveals that multiracial individuals -
✔✔have improved abilities to relate to diverse groups, greater tolerance for people,
increased ability to build alliances
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔During the resistance and immersion stage, the three most active types of affective
feelings are guilt, shame and anger. - ✔✔True
✔✔The authors contend that there is a denial associated with being White, and it is
related to the denial of White privilege. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which ego status would be best represented by the following statement, "My
grandfather is really prejudiced, but I try not to be"? - ✔✔Disintegration
✔✔The effectiveness of White therapists is related to their ability to overcome
sociocultural conditioning and to make their Whiteness invisible. - ✔✔True
✔✔Research suggests that it is possible for people to avoid inheriting the racial biases,
prejudices, misinformation, deficit portrayals and stereotypes of their forebearers if they
are exposed to various and diverse cultures before entering formal schooling. -
✔✔False
✔✔There is a difference between being nonracist and antiracist. - ✔✔True
✔✔It has been reported that LBGT youth are ______ ______ than their heterosexual
counterparts to attempt suicide. - ✔✔more likely
✔✔According to the APA (2013), gender dysphoria is considered a mental disorder. -
✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is included under the term transgender? - ✔✔both
transsexuals and those who identify themselves as being attracted to both male and
female genders
, ✔✔Approximately one in _____ adults age 71 or older have dementia. - ✔✔7
✔✔One way to reduce the prevalence of elder abuse and neglect in families is to -
✔✔increase awareness through public education
✔✔Your client, a 5-year old White male, does not have access to a reputable public
school in his neighborhood. Your client is likely experiencing - ✔✔classism
✔✔Women are more likely to live in poverty than men with even greater disparity in the
65-year-old and older age group - ✔✔True
✔✔According to the Department of Health and Human Services, 2015 (Smith, Chapter
25, Sue & Sue, 2016) guidelines that a family of four earning $24,251 per year would -
✔✔not be counted among the poor
✔✔Since the advent of feminism and strong movement towards equality, women are no
longer socialized based on historical and cultural values, such as getting married, being
a homemaker or having children. For example, women who delay or decline to have
children now have largely been accepted as normal. - ✔✔False
✔✔Twelve year old Jennifer begins to experience intense heart palpitations prior to a
math test. She does not believe she is good at math because through messages from
her family, teachers and media, she is not supposed to excel at math because she is a
girl. Jennifer is likely experiencing - ✔✔sterotype threat
✔✔The one drop rule is also known as - ✔✔hypodescent
✔✔Saying to someone, "I know you are Asian but you look White," can lead to major
psychological and social stressors in terms of identity formation - ✔✔True
✔✔Models of multiracial identity development are distinct from monoracial identity
development models in that - ✔✔Identities are fluid and shift in different environments.
✔✔The 2000 US Census allowed multiracial individuals to check more than one box to
describe their racial identities. This served to create clarity and is considered by most to
be the best way to categorize people. - ✔✔False
✔✔Counselors need to understand the negative stereotypes of multiracial individuals
(i.e. confused, unhealthy) and the research that reveals that multiracial individuals -
✔✔have improved abilities to relate to diverse groups, greater tolerance for people,
increased ability to build alliances
