COUNSELING THE CULTURALLY DIVERSE
THEORY EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION
●● Multicultural Counseling and Therapy
Answer: A helping role and process that uses modalities and defines
goals consistent with the life experiences and cultural values of clients,
recognizes client identities to include individual, group, and universal
dimensions, advocates the use of universal and culture-specific strategies
and roles in the healing process, and balances the importance of
individualism and collectivism in the assessment, diagnosis, and
treatment of client and client systems.
●● Culture
Answer: Shared values, symbols, language, and ways of being in the
world.
●● Race
Answer: A social construct, not a biological attribute. Categorization of
perceived phenotypic characteristics.
●● Oppression
, Answer: Systematic restriction from opportunities and access targeted
towards individuals based on age, gender, sexuality, race, disability
status, ethnicity, and religion.
●● Ethnicity
Answer: Heritage, ancestry, tradition, specific cultural and social
patterns/characteristics.
●● Power Differentials
Answer: Ensure that one group has privilege while others are oppressed.
●● Diversity in the United States
Answer: The country encompasses a range of ethnicities, races, cultures,
and religions, leading to considerably varying experiences.
●● Misunderstanding Cultural Differences
Answer: A reason counselors may not be helpful to clients due to
differences in the expression of symptomatology.
●● Melting Pot Myth
Answer: A belief that can lead to misjudging the accuracy of assessment
and research procedures in counseling.
●● Incongruent Expectations
THEORY EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION
●● Multicultural Counseling and Therapy
Answer: A helping role and process that uses modalities and defines
goals consistent with the life experiences and cultural values of clients,
recognizes client identities to include individual, group, and universal
dimensions, advocates the use of universal and culture-specific strategies
and roles in the healing process, and balances the importance of
individualism and collectivism in the assessment, diagnosis, and
treatment of client and client systems.
●● Culture
Answer: Shared values, symbols, language, and ways of being in the
world.
●● Race
Answer: A social construct, not a biological attribute. Categorization of
perceived phenotypic characteristics.
●● Oppression
, Answer: Systematic restriction from opportunities and access targeted
towards individuals based on age, gender, sexuality, race, disability
status, ethnicity, and religion.
●● Ethnicity
Answer: Heritage, ancestry, tradition, specific cultural and social
patterns/characteristics.
●● Power Differentials
Answer: Ensure that one group has privilege while others are oppressed.
●● Diversity in the United States
Answer: The country encompasses a range of ethnicities, races, cultures,
and religions, leading to considerably varying experiences.
●● Misunderstanding Cultural Differences
Answer: A reason counselors may not be helpful to clients due to
differences in the expression of symptomatology.
●● Melting Pot Myth
Answer: A belief that can lead to misjudging the accuracy of assessment
and research procedures in counseling.
●● Incongruent Expectations
