Massachusetts Certified Peer Specialist
(CPS) ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
The _____________ Principle speaks to the value of "do no harm." While SOME people will
not be harmed by using non-human experience language, others WILL be harmed; therefore,
by using human experience language, it is unlikely that anyone will be harmed. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅benevolence
What are the three CPS Core Competencies?
1.)
2.)
3.) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Peer support, in but not of the system, Change agent
Human experience language is not about rules, it is about _________ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅values
Some risks of not using human experience language include:
- Creating or enhancing __________ differences
- Perpetuating p_________ & d___________
- limiting self-______________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅power, prejudice,
discrimination, determination
* What are the two parts of Human Experience language?
1.) ___________ language
2.) ____________ language - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅person first, everyday non-clinical
When a CPS utilizes ________________ language, they act as a change agent by setting an
uncompromising example that all people are greater than and come before any label or
judgement. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅human experience
,When a CPS utilizes human experience language, they act as a _________ agent by setting an
uncompromising example that all people are greater than and come before any l_________or
j___________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅change, label, judgement
____________ is the shared values, behaviors, traditions, customs, symbols, history, and
ways of thinking/living of a group of people - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅culture
We don't see things as ______ are. We see them as _____ are. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅they, we
* The three critical elements to exploring cross-cultural partnerships are:
1.) learning about _________
2.) learning about _________
3.) learning about ________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅yourself, cultures, individuals
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, learning about ourselves indicates learning about
our b________ and p_________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅biases, privilege
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about ourselves
may include:
- What b______ do I carry?
- What p______ have I benefited from?
- How can these things impact the way that I r________ to certain issues?
- How might the parts of my identity that I view to be important i________with the
beliefs/cultures of others? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅biases, privilege, respond, intersect
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about cultures
may include:
- What c_______ or l_______ barriers might arise when interacting with different groups?
- What d__________ have people from this culture commonly experienced and what impact
might this have had on them?
- What else can I do to l_______ about this culture? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅communication, language, discrimination, learn
, When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about an
individual may include:
-How am I avoiding making a___________ about what I think I know?
-What am I doing to learn about this person's b_______?
- What am I doing to learn how this person r_________ to their culture? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅assumptions, beliefs, relate
For each of the key elements of cross-cultural partnering, identify at least two questions you
might ask yourself? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Self: what biases do I have? What
privileges do I benefit from? How have these biases and privileges affected me world-view?
Culture: What discrimination have people of this culture commonly experienced? What
language might exist? What am I doing to learn more about this culture?
Individual: How does this person relate to their culture? How am I avoiding assumptions
about what I think I know? What am I doing to learn about this person's beliefs?
Give at least 2 examples of the types of discrimination that people might have faced in the
mental health system based on their race, sexual orientation, or gender identity - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅- people of certain races may have been stereotyped by mental health
professionals due to their own biases
- trans and non-binary folks could have been intentionally misgendered and belittled for their
identities
Provide three examples of the difference between a maintenance-based system & a recovery-
oriented system - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1.) maintenance-based system is focused on
maintenance, recovery-oriented system is focused on recovery
2.) maintenance based system is illness based, recovery oriented system is recovery oriented
3.) maintenance based system is based on dependence, recovery oriented system is focused
on interdependence
What is the difference between asking "what happened to you?" and "what's wrong with
you?" - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅"what's wrong with you" implies that something is
broken or wrong with the person, "what happened to you" shifts responsibility form the
person to the environment and acknowledges behavior as an adaptation to environment
(CPS) ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
The _____________ Principle speaks to the value of "do no harm." While SOME people will
not be harmed by using non-human experience language, others WILL be harmed; therefore,
by using human experience language, it is unlikely that anyone will be harmed. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅benevolence
What are the three CPS Core Competencies?
1.)
2.)
3.) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Peer support, in but not of the system, Change agent
Human experience language is not about rules, it is about _________ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅values
Some risks of not using human experience language include:
- Creating or enhancing __________ differences
- Perpetuating p_________ & d___________
- limiting self-______________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅power, prejudice,
discrimination, determination
* What are the two parts of Human Experience language?
1.) ___________ language
2.) ____________ language - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅person first, everyday non-clinical
When a CPS utilizes ________________ language, they act as a change agent by setting an
uncompromising example that all people are greater than and come before any label or
judgement. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅human experience
,When a CPS utilizes human experience language, they act as a _________ agent by setting an
uncompromising example that all people are greater than and come before any l_________or
j___________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅change, label, judgement
____________ is the shared values, behaviors, traditions, customs, symbols, history, and
ways of thinking/living of a group of people - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅culture
We don't see things as ______ are. We see them as _____ are. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅they, we
* The three critical elements to exploring cross-cultural partnerships are:
1.) learning about _________
2.) learning about _________
3.) learning about ________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅yourself, cultures, individuals
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, learning about ourselves indicates learning about
our b________ and p_________ - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅biases, privilege
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about ourselves
may include:
- What b______ do I carry?
- What p______ have I benefited from?
- How can these things impact the way that I r________ to certain issues?
- How might the parts of my identity that I view to be important i________with the
beliefs/cultures of others? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅biases, privilege, respond, intersect
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about cultures
may include:
- What c_______ or l_______ barriers might arise when interacting with different groups?
- What d__________ have people from this culture commonly experienced and what impact
might this have had on them?
- What else can I do to l_______ about this culture? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅communication, language, discrimination, learn
, When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about an
individual may include:
-How am I avoiding making a___________ about what I think I know?
-What am I doing to learn about this person's b_______?
- What am I doing to learn how this person r_________ to their culture? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅assumptions, beliefs, relate
For each of the key elements of cross-cultural partnering, identify at least two questions you
might ask yourself? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Self: what biases do I have? What
privileges do I benefit from? How have these biases and privileges affected me world-view?
Culture: What discrimination have people of this culture commonly experienced? What
language might exist? What am I doing to learn more about this culture?
Individual: How does this person relate to their culture? How am I avoiding assumptions
about what I think I know? What am I doing to learn about this person's beliefs?
Give at least 2 examples of the types of discrimination that people might have faced in the
mental health system based on their race, sexual orientation, or gender identity - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅- people of certain races may have been stereotyped by mental health
professionals due to their own biases
- trans and non-binary folks could have been intentionally misgendered and belittled for their
identities
Provide three examples of the difference between a maintenance-based system & a recovery-
oriented system - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1.) maintenance-based system is focused on
maintenance, recovery-oriented system is focused on recovery
2.) maintenance based system is illness based, recovery oriented system is recovery oriented
3.) maintenance based system is based on dependence, recovery oriented system is focused
on interdependence
What is the difference between asking "what happened to you?" and "what's wrong with
you?" - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅"what's wrong with you" implies that something is
broken or wrong with the person, "what happened to you" shifts responsibility form the
person to the environment and acknowledges behavior as an adaptation to environment
