Psyc 435 Exam 1 with answers
What is multicultural psychology and why is it important? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Study of human behavior and mental processing in mixed
cultural backgrounds. It is important to understand and learn about people of
different backgrounds.
Culture - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Norms, values, beliefs, and other
traditions that are shared by a group of people
Pervasive and invisible, socially constructed
Ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Race and culture
Multiculturalism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Psychology, tolerance, and a
deep understanding of other cultures
Social justice - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ideal and fair distribution to all
resources
Major tenants of multicultural psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
Meta- theory (theory for a theory)
2. An abundance of identities
3. Culture influences behavior towards self and others
,4. Culture is very important in therapy
5. Psychologists need to break away from tradition and broaden scope
6. Liberation/ critical consciousness is the basic goal. Using dialogue to respect
other realities
Dialogue - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Having empathy and trying to
understand others point of views
Etic perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Find similar meaning across
different cultures (universal)
Emic perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Find meaning in concepts of one
specific culture (culturally specific)
Individualism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Independent view of the self and
does not see identity being dependent on others
Collectivism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Group/ family oriented and views the
self as a whole with other members of the group.
Idiocentrism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Individualism in an individual
Allocentrism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Collectivism in an individual
, Counter-cultural individuals - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Idiocentrics in a
collectivistic culture or allocentrics in an individualistic culture
Guilt - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Individual sense of regret. You did
something bad (individual)
Shame - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Individual regret of negative behavior that
reflects badly upon group. You are a bad person (collective)
How do common theories and frameworks for counseling reflect certain
cultural assumptions - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Therapy in the US is euro-
centric. Counseling in US focuses on individual, emotional expressiveness and
standard English.
High context communication - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Indirect
communication. Actions or symbols carry meaning (eg. tea leaves example)
Low context communication - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Vocabulary carries
meaning
Proxemics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ideal proximity you are to someone.
Different cultures have different preference of personal space
Kinesics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Body language (eg smiling is good in the
west, but not in the east
What is multicultural psychology and why is it important? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Study of human behavior and mental processing in mixed
cultural backgrounds. It is important to understand and learn about people of
different backgrounds.
Culture - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Norms, values, beliefs, and other
traditions that are shared by a group of people
Pervasive and invisible, socially constructed
Ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Race and culture
Multiculturalism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Psychology, tolerance, and a
deep understanding of other cultures
Social justice - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ideal and fair distribution to all
resources
Major tenants of multicultural psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
Meta- theory (theory for a theory)
2. An abundance of identities
3. Culture influences behavior towards self and others
,4. Culture is very important in therapy
5. Psychologists need to break away from tradition and broaden scope
6. Liberation/ critical consciousness is the basic goal. Using dialogue to respect
other realities
Dialogue - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Having empathy and trying to
understand others point of views
Etic perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Find similar meaning across
different cultures (universal)
Emic perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Find meaning in concepts of one
specific culture (culturally specific)
Individualism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Independent view of the self and
does not see identity being dependent on others
Collectivism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Group/ family oriented and views the
self as a whole with other members of the group.
Idiocentrism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Individualism in an individual
Allocentrism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Collectivism in an individual
, Counter-cultural individuals - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Idiocentrics in a
collectivistic culture or allocentrics in an individualistic culture
Guilt - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Individual sense of regret. You did
something bad (individual)
Shame - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Individual regret of negative behavior that
reflects badly upon group. You are a bad person (collective)
How do common theories and frameworks for counseling reflect certain
cultural assumptions - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Therapy in the US is euro-
centric. Counseling in US focuses on individual, emotional expressiveness and
standard English.
High context communication - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Indirect
communication. Actions or symbols carry meaning (eg. tea leaves example)
Low context communication - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Vocabulary carries
meaning
Proxemics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ideal proximity you are to someone.
Different cultures have different preference of personal space
Kinesics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Body language (eg smiling is good in the
west, but not in the east
