Why does the melting pot philosophy of counseling culturally different clients have negative consequences?
A. It is based on conforming clients to one acceptable model of behavior.
B. The counselor may not have the same ethnicity as the student.
C. The counselor may end up controlling students who are of different cultures.
D. This country is not really a melting pot.
Q. 2In the early 21st century __________ will make up a majority of the U.S. workforce.
A. Hispanic Americans
B. African Americans
C. Whites
D. non-Whites
Q. 3Counselors can prepare to serve diverse clientele by
A. consulting with ethnic minority community leaders.
B. learning foreign languages.
C. receiving extensive multicultural training.
D. All of the above.
Q. 4According to Pederson, the construct of race has been
A. proven as a biological and scientific term.
B. discredited as a biological and scientific term.
C. an unimportant political concept.
D. an unimportant psychological concept.
Q. 5What is race?
A. Family, tribe, people, or nation of the same stock
B. Classification based on the biological characteristics of a people
C. The ways, beliefs, and principles of a people
D. Physical characteristics of a people
Q. 6What has created the debate over multicultural counseling?
A. The diverse nature of the U.S.
B. The great variability in defining the terms culture, race, and ethnicity
C. The differences between training levels of professional school counselors
D. The differences in diverse populations between large cities and rural America
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