All of the following are barriers to the effective multicultural helping relationship, except:
a. the melting pot myth.
b. understanding the universality of symptomatology.
c. having incongruent expectations of counseling.
d. lacking an understanding of social forces.
e. having an ethnocentric worldview.
f. being ignorant of self-racism and others' cultural identity.
Q. 2All but one of the following are reasons why counseling does not work for many minority clients.
a. Counselors view some cultural-specific appropriate behaviors as pathological.
b. Assessment instruments are sometimes culturally biased and misinterpreted.
c. Racism is inherent in society and impacts how counselors understand the world.
d. Counselors tend to overcompensate for minority clients.
e. Counselors are not always in touch with their racist attitudes and prejudices.
Q. 3All but one of the following are reasons why counseling does not work for many minority clients.
a. This country is a melting pot which de-emphasizes minority client identity.
b. The client and counselor have different expectations of the counseling process.
c. Counselors do not understand the impact of social forces on minority clients.
d. Counselors are not always in touch with their racist attitudes and prejudices.
Q. 4Which of the following is not true about how minority clients tend to experience counseling?
a. They experience it as longer term than white clients, mostly because counselors have a difficult time understanding the minority client's problem.
b. They find therapy less helpful than their majority counterparts.
c. They attend therapy at lower rates.
d. They are frequently misunderstood and often misdiagnosed.
Q. 5Which of the following is not correct concerning how majority counselors tend to work with minority clients?
a. They tend to amplify the impact of social forces on clients.
b. They interpret cultural differences as psychopathological issues.
c. They misdiagnosis the client.
d. None of the above
Q. 6The White Knight Syndrome is:
a. the feeling that although we have gained expertise in a particular area, we still feel as if we are faking it, or not worthy of what we have accomplished.
b. the belief among female clients that a powerful male will suddenly solve all of their problems.
c. the cross-cultural stereotype concerning good and evil.
d. the sense among many beginning clinicians that we must somehow save the client.
e. the belief that some types of counseling are like a chess game that needs to be played carefully, deliberately, and effortlessly.
Q. 7The feeling that although we have gained expertise in a particular area, we still feel as if we are faking it, or not worthy of what we have accomplished, is called:
a. unfinished business.
b. incompetence.
c. the White Knight Syndrome.
d. the Imposter Syndrome.
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