Which of the following statements is true of the study conducted by Stanley Sue (1977) of ethnic differences in adults in response to standard mental health services?
a) He found lower rates of utilization of services by Asian Americans and Native Americans than by European Americans and African Americans.
b) He found lower rates of utilization of services by European Americans and African Americans than by Asian Americans and Native Americans.
c) He found that European Americans had the highest dropout rates among all the ethnic groups.
d) He found that European Americans had poorer treatment outcomes relative to African Americans.
Question 2In the context of psychological anthropology, a national character refers to:
a) the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture.
b) the belief of a nation that every culture has its own significance and therefore needs to be preserved.
c) a condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles, or sources of authority coexist.
d) the perception that each culture has a modal personality type, and that most persons in that culture share aspects of it.
Question 3A study of adolescents by Bui and Takeuchi (1992) found that:
a) Asian American adolescents remained in treatment for the shortest time.
b) African American adolescents remained in treatment for the shortest time.
c) Asian American adolescents were less likely to remain in treatment longer than European American adolescents.
d) African American and Asian American youth were twice as likely as European American youth to utilize mental health services.
Question 4In the context of personality, which of the following statements best describes the term identity?
a) It refers to our perceived roles in life, aggregate role and life experiences, narratives, values, and motives.
b) It refers to a predisposition or a tendency to respond positively or negatively toward a certain idea, object, person, or situation.
c) It refers to a consistent pattern of behavior that a person would usually display in relevant circumstances.
d) It refers to a process of promoting oneself as being powerful or important.
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