COUC 522: CULTURALLY COMPETENT CAREER DEVELOPMENT
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
According to the textbook, career counselors working with sexual minorities should do
all of the following except:
encourage them to keep their sexual preferences private
help clients prepare emotionally for potential discrimination
be sensitive to the client's pace of sexual identity development
engage in advocacy with this population - Answers - encourage them to keep their
sexual preferences private
Whether the scales of a test measure the same constructs across cultures is an
indicator of
functional equivalence.
metric equivalence.
conceptual equivalence.
linguistic equivalence. - Answers - metric equivalence.
The Nigrescence theory of black identity includes all of the following stages except
pre-encounter.
encounter.
immersion-emersion.
introspection. - Answers - introspection.
According to Pope and Barret (2002), counselors can best work with gay and lesbian
clients by:
examining their own subtle or unconscious biases.
help clients effectively cope with "coming out"
attend workshops and additional training to work with sexual minorities.
all of the above. - Answers - all of the above.
Individuals with disabilities are confronted with all of the challenges except:
altitudinal barriers related to being labeled "handicapped"
lack of role models and norm groups
affordable housing
developing social/interpersonal skills - Answers - affordable housing
The process of adopting the traits or social patterns of another group is known as
ethnocentrism.
cultural pluralism.
acculturation.
externalization. - Answers - acculturation.
Typical domains for vocational assessments for persons with disabilities include
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
According to the textbook, career counselors working with sexual minorities should do
all of the following except:
encourage them to keep their sexual preferences private
help clients prepare emotionally for potential discrimination
be sensitive to the client's pace of sexual identity development
engage in advocacy with this population - Answers - encourage them to keep their
sexual preferences private
Whether the scales of a test measure the same constructs across cultures is an
indicator of
functional equivalence.
metric equivalence.
conceptual equivalence.
linguistic equivalence. - Answers - metric equivalence.
The Nigrescence theory of black identity includes all of the following stages except
pre-encounter.
encounter.
immersion-emersion.
introspection. - Answers - introspection.
According to Pope and Barret (2002), counselors can best work with gay and lesbian
clients by:
examining their own subtle or unconscious biases.
help clients effectively cope with "coming out"
attend workshops and additional training to work with sexual minorities.
all of the above. - Answers - all of the above.
Individuals with disabilities are confronted with all of the challenges except:
altitudinal barriers related to being labeled "handicapped"
lack of role models and norm groups
affordable housing
developing social/interpersonal skills - Answers - affordable housing
The process of adopting the traits or social patterns of another group is known as
ethnocentrism.
cultural pluralism.
acculturation.
externalization. - Answers - acculturation.
Typical domains for vocational assessments for persons with disabilities include
