Traditional psychotherapy has its origins in Western Europe and can be traced to __, the father of psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
According to Sue et al. (2009), which of the following characteristics must be possessed by every counselor?
Cultural knowledge
What is a true statement about aggression
Culture plays an important role in contributing to aggression
__ refers to the tendency to prejudge others on the basis of their group membership
Prejudice
In the context of mare selection, attracting someone who is already in a romantic relationship with someone else is called:
Mate poaching
__ are the inferences people make about the causes of events or behaviors, their own as well as others
Attributions
One of the commonalities shared by indigenous healing is:
the incorporation of traditional, spiritual, and religious beliefs as part of the treatment
The reduced utilization of mental health services by Native Americans may be the result of cultural beliefs that:
Sickness come from disharmony with one's community, nature, and spiritual world
In the context of cultural limitations of psychotherapy, a __ culture considers possession and divination as effective healing system
Cosmocentric
__ refers to a tendency to explain the behaviors of others using internal attributions but to explain one's own behaviors using external attributions
Fundamental attribution error
The ADHD Working Group published a consensus statement arguing that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a valid disorder found in both developed and developing cultures, that it has a neurobiological basis, and that it is unrecognized, underdiagnosed, and subsequently, left untreated in many countries
True
__ are an important aspect of psychological and physical healing for some Latino communities, and it may be the case that only when such measured fail to help are mental health professionals acknowledged
Prayers
__ include individuals with a history of shared experiences and an anticipated future that produce a sense of intimacy, familiarity, and trust
Ingroups
__ is the most widely observed cultural symptoms of distress, and has been identified in several countries in Asia (Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand)
Amok
Depressive disorder is characterized by physical changes, motivational changes, as well as emotional and behavioral changes
True
An important lesson from the concept of cultural syndromes of distress is that it is necessary to consider cultural values, beliefs, practices, and social situations in determining how to help someone who is suffering
True
Identify a true statement on the use of societal norms as a criterion for defining abnormality
Our notions of what is socially deviant changes over time
Many cross-cultural scholars argue that we can understand and identify abnormality only if we that the cultural context into account
True
For Native American clients, more __ interventions are preferred over client-centered or reflective therapy
directive and strategic
What is true of stereotypes
Stereotypes based on some degree of factual observation are called sociotypes
In the context of treating people from various cultural backgrounds, what is true?
The way in which counselors convey respect to their clients is culturally determined
What is true of the study that compared European and Asian Americans who were depressed with nondepressed people from the same cultural backgrounds, to gauge their emotional reactions to happy and sad films?
The results showed that there were no differences between depressed and nondepressed individuals when watchin the happy film
__ refers to the process of forming impressions of others. This includes judgements of appearance, attractiveness, personality traits, and even recognizing others
Person perception
Although matching may be beneficial in the therapy process, it may not be essential for effective counseling
True
Which of the following best defines acculturation?
It is the process by which people adapt to an adopt a different cultural system
What criticisms led to the addition of a list of 25 "culture-bound syndromes" to the DSM-IV?
Cross-cultural psychiatrists argued that the DSM-III ignored that importance of a patient's cultural background
Define conformity
It refers to yielding to real of imagined social pressure
Reliability refers to the degree to which the same diagnoses would be made consistently over time and by different clinicians
True
In the context of cultural syndromes of distress, __ is an altered state of consciousness observed among Ethiopian immigrants to Israel
Zar
Validity refers to the degree to which the diagnosis accurately portrays the clinical disorder it is supposed to describe
True
There is a common misperception that schizophrenia refers to having multiple or split personalities, due partly to the term schizophrenia which means __
Split mind
An approach to defining abnormality focuses on whether an individual's behavior is associated with impairment, inefficiency, deviance, or subjective distress when carrying our customary roles
True
One of the goals of psychotherapy is to help people to become more functional within their society, and functionality itself is __ determined
Culturally
__ is defined as yielding to social pressure in one's public behavior even though one's private beliefs may not have changed
Compliance