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Chapter 14: Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy
for Women
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Socioeconomic status is measured by a combination of all of the following except
______.
A. income
B. occupation
C. education
D. assets
2. Which of the following is true regarding mental health rates among men and women?
A. Women are more likely to experience a diagnosable mental health disorder
compared to men.
B. Women are less likely to experience a diagnosable mental health disorder compared
to men.
C. Women are more likely to experience personality and mood disorders compared to
men.
D. Women are less likely to experience personality and mood disorders compared to
men.
3. Sherry overhears a male colleague say to another male colleague that “Sherry is a
decent boss for a woman, but she needs to stop being so emotional in meetings.” This
is an example of ______.
A. workplace violence
B. microaggressions
C. sexism
D. unprofessionalism
4. According to the national data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
who of the following is most likely to experience intimate partner violence?
A. Marsha, a 40-year-old female homemaker
B. Charles, a 32-year-old male factory worker
C. Selena, a 21-year-old female college student
D. Jonathan, a 55-year-old male executive
5. What is the purpose of feminist therapy?
A. help women understand the influence of gender roles and power differentials on
families and on society
B. help women leave a violent or abusive partner
C. help men navigate their marital relationship with their female partner more effectively
D. help same-sex female couples learn the gender roles of their romantic relationship
6. Who is credited for the major feminist therapeutic approach used currently?
A. Mary Ballou
B. Lillian Comas-Diaz
C. Sandra Bem
D. There is no one major feminist approach.
7. ______ emphasizes helping individual women to transcend the limits of their gender
socialization patterns.
A. Socialist
B. Radical
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C. Cultural
D. Liberal
8. ______ asserts that oppression originates from society’s devaluation of women’s
strengths.
A. Socialist
B. Radical
C. Cultural
D. Liberal
9. ______ emphasizes that women are oppressed in patriarchal societies. The goal is to
change society by activism.
A. Socialist
B. Radical
C. Cultural
D. Liberal
10. ______ focuses on multiple oppressions in a woman’s life and has the goal of
changing institutional and social relationships in society.
A. Socialist
B. Radical
C. Cultural
D. Liberal
11. Gender role analysis helps female clients ______.
A. understand the influence of gender role expectations
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B. deal with the impact of gender role and social expectations
C. learn assertiveness skills
D. increase female power
True/False
1. American men are more likely to be poor than women.
2. Biological differences between women and men is a contributing factor in the
development of mental health issues for women.
3. Relational-cultural theory (RCT) is the most current form of feminist therapy to date.
Short Answer
1. Why are women more likely to live in poverty compared to men?
2. Describe strengths of women.
3. What are the four main philosophies of feminists?