CPCE + NCE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
America has been called the most diverse country on the face of our planet. Counseling a client from a
different social and/or cultural background is known as
a. cross-cultural counseling
b. multicultural counseling
c. intercultural counseling
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Multicultural
implies that we champion the idea of celebrating diversity and this can be age, sexual orientation,
religion, social class, country of origin, race, and even health status
Cultural Pluralism
a minority cultural group will keep their own unique cultural values, yet they still participate in the wider
or dominant culture
Culture refers to
,a. customs shared by a group which distinguish it from other groups
b. values shared by a group that are learned from others in the group
c. attitudes, beliefs, art, and language which characterize members of a group often passed from
generation to generation
d. all of the above
all of the above
Culture Conflict
whenever a person experiences conflicting thoughts, feelings, or behaviors due to divided cultural
loyalties OR when persons of different cultures live in the same geographical area
Macroculture or Majority Culture
dominant culture or the culture that is accepted by the majority of citizens in a given society
Privilege
individuals have an unearned advantage, giving that person dominance, access to resources, and
therefore power
Our culture is more diverse than in the past. Multicultural counselors often work with persons who are
culturally different. This means the client
a. is culturally biased
b. suffers from the diagnosis of cultural relativity
c. belongs to a different culture from the helper
d. presents problems which deal only with culturally charged issues
,c. belongs to a different culture from the helper
Cultural Relativity
connotes that a behavior cannot be assessed as good or bad except within the context of a given culture
In order to diagnose clients from a different culture
a. the counselor ideally will need some information regarding the specifics of the culture
b. the counselor will find the DSM useless
c. the counselor should rely heavily on cultural epoch theory
d. NBCC ethics prohibit the use of DSM diagnosis
a. the counselor ideally will need some information regarding the specifics of the culture
Cultural Epoch Theory
all cultures - like children - pass through the same stages of development in terms of evolving and
maturing
In the U.S., each socioeconomic group represents
a. a separate race
b. a separate culture
c. the concept of color blindness
d. a separate national culture
b. a separate culture
Race
, refers to the identification of individuals via distinct physical or bodily (somatic) characteristics such as
skin color or facial features
Color Blindness
when one ignores the person's race, culture, or color
National Culture
the cultural patterns common to a given country
Which therapist was not instrumental in the early years of the social psychology movement?
a. Freud
b. Durkheim
c. McDougall
d. Berne
d. Berne
Eric Berne
father of transactional analysis
Emile Durkheim
one of the founders of modern sociology
William McDougall
father of "hormic psychology"
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
America has been called the most diverse country on the face of our planet. Counseling a client from a
different social and/or cultural background is known as
a. cross-cultural counseling
b. multicultural counseling
c. intercultural counseling
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Multicultural
implies that we champion the idea of celebrating diversity and this can be age, sexual orientation,
religion, social class, country of origin, race, and even health status
Cultural Pluralism
a minority cultural group will keep their own unique cultural values, yet they still participate in the wider
or dominant culture
Culture refers to
,a. customs shared by a group which distinguish it from other groups
b. values shared by a group that are learned from others in the group
c. attitudes, beliefs, art, and language which characterize members of a group often passed from
generation to generation
d. all of the above
all of the above
Culture Conflict
whenever a person experiences conflicting thoughts, feelings, or behaviors due to divided cultural
loyalties OR when persons of different cultures live in the same geographical area
Macroculture or Majority Culture
dominant culture or the culture that is accepted by the majority of citizens in a given society
Privilege
individuals have an unearned advantage, giving that person dominance, access to resources, and
therefore power
Our culture is more diverse than in the past. Multicultural counselors often work with persons who are
culturally different. This means the client
a. is culturally biased
b. suffers from the diagnosis of cultural relativity
c. belongs to a different culture from the helper
d. presents problems which deal only with culturally charged issues
,c. belongs to a different culture from the helper
Cultural Relativity
connotes that a behavior cannot be assessed as good or bad except within the context of a given culture
In order to diagnose clients from a different culture
a. the counselor ideally will need some information regarding the specifics of the culture
b. the counselor will find the DSM useless
c. the counselor should rely heavily on cultural epoch theory
d. NBCC ethics prohibit the use of DSM diagnosis
a. the counselor ideally will need some information regarding the specifics of the culture
Cultural Epoch Theory
all cultures - like children - pass through the same stages of development in terms of evolving and
maturing
In the U.S., each socioeconomic group represents
a. a separate race
b. a separate culture
c. the concept of color blindness
d. a separate national culture
b. a separate culture
Race
, refers to the identification of individuals via distinct physical or bodily (somatic) characteristics such as
skin color or facial features
Color Blindness
when one ignores the person's race, culture, or color
National Culture
the cultural patterns common to a given country
Which therapist was not instrumental in the early years of the social psychology movement?
a. Freud
b. Durkheim
c. McDougall
d. Berne
d. Berne
Eric Berne
father of transactional analysis
Emile Durkheim
one of the founders of modern sociology
William McDougall
father of "hormic psychology"
