Cultural Competence in Psychology
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Course Introduction
Cultural Competence in Psychology explores the importance of understanding and respecting cultural diversity within psychological practice and research. This course provides students with knowledge and skills to recognize the impact of culture on individuals values, beliefs, behaviors, and mental health outcomes. Emphasis is placed on developing self-awareness of ones own cultural identity and biases, learning culturally appropriate communication strategies, and applying evidence-based psychological interventions that are sensitive to the cultural backgrounds of clients. Through case studies and interactive exercises, students gain practical tools for fostering inclusivity and equity in clinical, counseling, and community settings.
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Understanding the Psychology of Diversity 3rd Edition by B. Evan Blaine
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Psychology of Diversity
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Q1) In the next 20 years,healthcare costs will be driven most by changes in which aspect of diversity?
A)Race/ethnicity
B)Sexual orientation
C)Religion
D)Age
Answer: D
Q2) The most-research aspect of diversity is
A)gender
B)race/ethnicity
C)disability
D)religion
Answer: B
Q3) Social statisticians approach the study of diversity focusing on _____.
A)Diversity as a demographic concern
B)Diversity as a political concern
C)Diversity as an ideological concern
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Categorization and Stereotyping: Cognitive Processes
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Q1) Research shows that when participants are made cognitively busy with other tasks,they
A)Do more automatic stereotyping
B)Do less automatic stereotyping
C)Cognitive business is unrelated to stereotyping.
Answer: B
Q2) Social groups that we are not members of are called:
A)Ingroups
B)Outgroups
C)Reference groups
Answer: B
Q3) All stereotypes are negative.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The ultimate attribution error occurs when we hold outgroup members more responsible for the behavior than ingroup members.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Stereotypes Expressed: Social Processes That
Shape Diversity
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Q1) Rosenthal and Lawson 1964)found that students' expectations for their rat's maze-running ability brought about the expected performance.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when:
A)People live up to,or down to,their expectations for themselves.
B)People live up to,or down to,others' expectations for them.
C)Either A or B.
Answer: B
Q3) A male and female student receive equally high grades on a math test.Our tendency to describe the male as smart and the female as hard-working reflects the:
A)Negation bias
B)Stereotype consistency bias
C)Linguistic intergroup bias
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Prejudice: Evaluating Social Difference
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Q1) The Teddy Bear effect shows that Black men are rewarded for their nonthreatening appearance.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe 2 forms of modern prejudice,and note the role of ambivalence in each.
Q3) In a study by Goff and his colleagues 2008),White male participants put the greatest physical distance between themselves from their interaction partner when:
A)They were discussing a racial issue with a Black partner.
B)They were discussing a relationship issue with a Black partner.
C)They were discussing a racial issue with a White partner.
D)They were discussing a relationship issue with a White partner.
Q4) What is the stereotype people hold of an affirmative action recipient?
Q5) Why does anxiety about our own mortality predict aggression and prejudice toward out-group individuals?
Q6) Stereotypes of Asians and Jews tend to be associated with contemptuous prejudice.
A)True
B)False
Q7) What is the Birther Movement? What prejudice concepts does it illustrate?
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Chapter 6: Understanding Gender Stereotypes and Sexism
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Q1) Which characteristic best fits the cultural stereotype of women?
A)Competitive
B)Independent
C)Understanding
D)Self-confident
Q2) Benevolent sexism encourages women to think of themselves more in relational,and less in competence,terms.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Generally,stereotypically feminine traits are valued more than stereotypically masculine traits.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to the stereotype content model,which subtype of women is stereotyped as high in competence and low in warmth?
A)Housewife
B)Secretary
C)Feminist
D)Society lady
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Chapter 7: Understanding Sex Stereotypes and Heterosexism
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Q1) Explain the components of sexual orientation and their interdependence.
Q2) According to the stereotype content model,stereotypes of gay men are:
A)high warmth;low competence.
B)low warmth;high competence.
C)moderate warmth and competence.
D)low warmth and low competence.
Q3) Why is homophobia an inaccurate term to describe the experience of sexual minorities?
Q4) Explain the difference between sexual stigma that is internalized or not internalized,and some ways that LGBT individuals can resist internalizing sexual stigma.
Q5) Sexual discrimination at the workplace can take the form of:
A)social distancing.
B)tension and hostility between LGBT individuals and their coworkers and managers.
C)loss of opportunity.
D)all of these.
Q6) What erroneous)beliefs contribute to the stereotype of gay men?
Q7) Describe erotophobia.How is it related to heterosexism?
Q8) What is the difference between sexual stigma and sexual prejudice?
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Chapter 8: Understanding Obesity Stereotypes and Weightism
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Q1) White people tend to view obesity in more positive terms than do Black people.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Crandall 1994)found that exposing participants to a message about the uncontrollable nature of obesity led to ______ evaluations of an obese person.
A)more negative
B)more positive
C)unchanged
Q3) What are some of the goals of the size acceptance movement? What is the value of the movement for battling obesity prejudice?
Q4) Review some of the ways overweight and obese people face discrimination and loss of opportunity in the workplace.
Q5) Discuss how the obesity pay gap may occur even if employers are not prejudiced.
Q6) In school,obese girls ______ more than obese boys.
A)internalize negative weight-related stereotypes
B)engage in substance abuse
C)disengage from academic pursuits
D)all of these
Q7) What is lookism? How is related to weightism?
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Chapter 9: Understanding Age Stereotypes and Ageism
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Q1) The subtype of older people that is most likely to prompt admiration is:
A)shrew/curmudgeon.
B)Golden Ager.
C)recluse.
D)impaired.
Q2) Elderspeak is always perceived negatively by older age persons.
A)True B)False
Q3) Both positive and negative old age stereotypic expectations can be self-fulfilling.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to research,we are anxious around older people because:
A)they remind us of our eventual fate.
B)they are often sick.
C)they are dependent on us.
D)all of these.
Q5) Describe ageism.
Q6) Compare and contrast Schulz and Wang's 2011)three models of retirement.
Q7) Describe elderspeak.
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Chapter 10: Social Stigma: the Experience of Prejudice
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Q1) How does courtesy stigma happen in parents with children with developmental disabilities? What are some of the consequences of that courtesy stigma?
Q2) What are some of the characteristics of mental illness stigma?
Q3) Being "reduced to a stereotype" by others is most consistent with which conceptualization of stigma?
A)Stigma is situationally determined.
B)Stigma is a mismatch of identities.
C)Stigma is an attribute-stereotype connection.
D)Stigma is being the object of ambivalence.
Q4) Does having multiple stigmatized identities lead to more negative outcomes than having a single stigmatized identity? Discuss.
Q5) Stigma is an enduring inner quality that is unchanging across contexts.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Social stigma can be conceptualized in several complementary ways-describe them.
Q7) Mentally ill people tend to be stereotyped with animal traits wild,beastly).
A)True
B)False
Q8) What does it mean to say that a stigmatizing mark is high in peril?
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Chapter 11: Coping With Social Stigma
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Q1) Self-affirmation has been shown to
A)build up a person's self-worth.
B)increase academic success in African American students.
C)increase cognitive performance in low-income individuals.
D)all of these.
Q2) Mental health has no relationship to physical health.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Physically disabled people might ______ to protect their self-esteem.
A)compare themselves with members of their own group
B)discount the importance of domains requiring athletic ability
C)attribute others' negative views of their abilities to prejudice
D)all of these
Q4) Acceptance and commitment therapy encourages stigmatized people to:
A)avoid people who stereotype them.
B)engage and respond to others' prejudice.
C)disengage from others' stereotyping.
D)escape from situations where they are stereotyped.
Q5) Describe one stigma-management strategy for gaining social acceptance.
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Q6) How does being stigmatized affect one's self-esteem?
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Chapter 12: Responding to Social Inequality: Behavioral and Cognitive
Interventions for Reducing Prejudice
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Q1) Becoming aware of and trying to control your own prejudices:
A)Arouses guilt
B)Increases anxiety
C)Can be effective
D)All of the above
Q2) The contact hypothesis only has direct effects.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Cross-categorization,empathy,and stereotype inhibition are examples of ____ interventions for reducing prejudice.
A)Behavioral
B)Cognitive
C)Psychological
Q4) Which works better to reducing your own automatic prejudice?
A)Refuting your own stereotypic beliefs.
B)Affirming counterstereotypic beliefs.
C)Both work equally well.
Q5) What is the contact hypothesis?
Q6) Explain how cross-categorization reduces prejudice.
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