Chapter 7: Understanding Diversity Key
1. A comparison of Western and Eastern systems shows some striking differences in value orientations.
Individuals coming from a Western culture tend to place prime value on
2. Clients with an Eastern orientation are likely to place a high value on
3. Culturally skilled helpers
4. Yang, a Southeast Asian student, has come to the college counseling center to explore career options. As the
counselor presents career options, Yang makes little eye contact and does not actively respond to the many
alternatives placed before him. It is safe to assume that Yang
5. Becoming an ethical and effective helper in a multicultural society is
6. Multicultural counseling refers to practices that integrate cultural-specific
7. Ethnographic variables refers to
8. Which of the following is an example of a demographic variable?
9. What is an example of a value stressed by the Eastern perspective?
10. What is an example of a value stressed by the Western perspective?
11. You are a counselor in a job training center and your next client arrives in a wheelchair. She is quite
frustrated about not being able to find a job since she got out of college and believes that she is being
discriminated against in the job market. It would be safe for you to assume that
12. Historically, much of the language used to refer to “the disability experience,” as portrayed in the print and
electronic media, has communicated a(n) _____attitude toward persons with disabilities.
13. People with disabilities generally report _____more than _____as major impediments in living with a
disability.
14. Which of the following statements is not true regarding disability-affirmative therapy?
15. From a(n) _____ perspective, the goal of helping is to promote the empowerment of people who are
marginalized and oppressed in our society.
16. Which of the following is not one of the social justice competencies?
17. What training experiences are recommended to assist counselors in developing multicultural competence?
18. _____has resulted in “soul wounding” for persons in diverse groups.
19. Psychosocial adjustment services for persons with disabilities are focused on
20. Adopting a multicultural perspective allows us to think about diversity without polarizing issues into right
or wrong.
21. There are no cultural implications to using self-disclosure in helping relationships.
22. It is essential that helpers understand their assumptions about family values if they hope to effectively work
with culturally diverse families.
23. Directness and assertiveness are values that all clients will feel comfortable in subscribing to.
24. It is realistic to expect that effective helpers will have an in-depth knowledge of all cultural backgrounds.
25. Culturally skilled helpers are willing to acknowledge their own racist attitudes, beliefs, and feelings.
26. Culturally skilled helpers are convinced that traditional concepts and helping strategies are appropriate for
all clients and for all problems.
27. The culturally encapsulated counselor defines reality according to one set of cultural assumptions.
28. In a sense, all helping relationships are multicultural.
29. Most helpers assume that no effective helping can occur unless clients reveal themselves (engage in
self-disclosure) in the helping relationship.
30. Helpers who view themselves as being without any stereotypes, biases, and prejudices are underestimating
the impact of their socialization.
31. Multiculturalism has been considered as the third force in the helping professions.
32. Individuals with disabilities may be physically challenged in some way, but these disabilities can often be
overcome.
33. It is essential that helpers develop interventions that are based on the assumption that persons with
disabilities have the right to control their own lives.
34. Societal attitudes regarding people with disabilities are really not changing.
35. Overall, persons with disabilities remain the most disenfranchised group in almost every society, regardless
of their ethnicity.
36. Persons with disabilities are often unemployed and underemployed, and many live below the poverty line.
37. Since persons with disabilities often have complex issues, it is best to submit an assessment of their needs
immediately after your first meeting with them, so they can start receiving services right away.