CPS PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST
CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION TEST BANK
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
ANSWERS
●● What are the three CPS Core Competencies?
1.)
2.)
3.)
Answer: Peer support, in but not of the system, Change agent
●● Human experience language is not about rules, it is about _________
Answer: values
●● Some risks of not using human experience language include:
- Creating or enhancing __________ differences
- Perpetuating p_________ & d___________
- limiting self-______________
Answer: power, prejudice, discrimination, determination
●● * What are the two parts of Human Experience language?
,1.) ___________ language
2.) ____________ language
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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___________
Answer: change, label, judgement
●● ____________ is the shared values, behaviors, traditions, customs,
symbols, history, and ways of thinking/living of a group of people
Answer: culture
●● We don't see things as ______ are. We see them as _____ are.
Answer: they, we
●● * The three critical elements to exploring cross-cultural partnerships
are:
1.) learning about _________
,2.) learning about _________
3.) learning about ________
Answer: yourself, cultures, individuals
●● When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, learning about ourselves
indicates learning about our b________ and p_________
Answer: biases, privilege
●● When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when
learning about ourselves may include:
- What b______ do I carry?
- 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?
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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?
Answer: assumptions, beliefs, relate
●● For each of the key elements of cross-cultural partnering, identify at
least two questions you might ask yourself?
Answer: Self: what biases do I have? What privileges do I benefit from?
How have these biases and privileges affected me world-view?
Culture: What discrimination have people of this culture commonly
experienced? What language might exist? What am I doing to learn
more about this culture?
Individual: How does this person relate to their culture? How am I
avoiding assumptions about what I think I know? What am I doing to
learn about this person's beliefs?
●● Give at least 2 examples of the types of discrimination that people
might have faced in the mental health system based on their race, sexual
orientation, or gender identity
CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION TEST BANK
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
ANSWERS
●● What are the three CPS Core Competencies?
1.)
2.)
3.)
Answer: Peer support, in but not of the system, Change agent
●● Human experience language is not about rules, it is about _________
Answer: values
●● Some risks of not using human experience language include:
- Creating or enhancing __________ differences
- Perpetuating p_________ & d___________
- limiting self-______________
Answer: power, prejudice, discrimination, determination
●● * What are the two parts of Human Experience language?
,1.) ___________ language
2.) ____________ language
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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___________
Answer: change, label, judgement
●● ____________ is the shared values, behaviors, traditions, customs,
symbols, history, and ways of thinking/living of a group of people
Answer: culture
●● We don't see things as ______ are. We see them as _____ are.
Answer: they, we
●● * The three critical elements to exploring cross-cultural partnerships
are:
1.) learning about _________
,2.) learning about _________
3.) learning about ________
Answer: yourself, cultures, individuals
●● When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, learning about ourselves
indicates learning about our b________ and p_________
Answer: biases, privilege
●● When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when
learning about ourselves may include:
- What b______ do I carry?
- 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?
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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?
Answer: assumptions, beliefs, relate
●● For each of the key elements of cross-cultural partnering, identify at
least two questions you might ask yourself?
Answer: Self: what biases do I have? What privileges do I benefit from?
How have these biases and privileges affected me world-view?
Culture: What discrimination have people of this culture commonly
experienced? What language might exist? What am I doing to learn
more about this culture?
Individual: How does this person relate to their culture? How am I
avoiding assumptions about what I think I know? What am I doing to
learn about this person's beliefs?
●● Give at least 2 examples of the types of discrimination that people
might have faced in the mental health system based on their race, sexual
orientation, or gender identity