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Jones-Smith, Culturally Diverse Counseling, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2019
Chapter 2: Cultural Meaning Systems, Cultural Trust, and
Cultural Humility
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. A(n) ______ perspective is culturally specific.
A. emic
B. etic
C. monocultural
D. ethnocentric
2. A(n) ______ perspective is culturally universal.
A. emic
B. etic
C. monocultural
D. ethnocentric
3. Why did CACREP institute a requirement of teaching neuroscience in counselor
education?
A. to maintain consistency with other mental health profession’s training programs
B. to demonstrate the minimal overlap between neuroscience and culture
C. to allow counselors to integrate neuroscience into clinical work
D. to allow counselors to pursue research in this area
4. Eastern cultures tend to place a higher value on ______ brain information
processing, whereas Western cultures tend to place higher value on ______ brain
information processing.
A. collectivistic; individualistic
B. individualistic; collectivistic
C. left; right
D. right; left
5. All of the following are levels of the Tripartite Model EXCEPT ______.
A. individual
B. group
C. system
D. universal
6. How does a child first learn about culture?
A. from their own neural pathways
B. from their parents
C. from their school
D. from their community
7. What is cultural countertransference?
A. the relationship between a therapist and client who are from two different cultures
B. a therapist’s transaction with their communal culture
C. mix of intersecting beliefs and experiences that take place consciously and
unconsciously within the therapist
D. the interactions between individual and community cultural characteristics
Jones-Smith, Culturally Diverse Counseling, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2019
8. Acculturative stress occurs when ______.
A. individuals consciously or unconsciously try to adapt to the values of a different
culture
B. individuals in power try to maintain boundaries between themselves and others
C. individuals who are marginalized try to overcome boundaries set forth by those in
power
D. individuals consciously decide to identify with the mainstream culture
9. Which of the following is a strategy that therapists can engage in to reach across the
cultural divide with clients?
A. using a multiculturally sensitive structured interview
B. soliciting cultural stories
C. psychoeducation
D. diagnosis
10. Which of the following terms is defined as “. . . a clinician’s ability to understand and
respond sensitively and appropriately to a client’s cultural story and the cultural context
of his or her presenting problem?”
A. cultural trust
B. cultural sympathy
C. cultural competence
D. cultural empathy
True/False
1. Cultural competence is influenced by neural pathways that have been created by
cultural interactions or lack of cultural interactions.
2. Each person develops an attachment to their own culture.
3. Although ethnic identity is powerful, it is less powerful than one’s individual
personality.
4. Cultural compatibility between the therapist and client improves the therapeutic
relationship.
Short Answer
1. Describe the iceberg concept of culture and why it is important for counselors to
understand.
2. What is the Tripartite Model? List and briefly describe each of the three levels.
