Chapter 8: Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for African Americans

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is true regarding the demographics of the African American population in the United States, according to the U.S. Census?

A. Between 2000 and 2010 there was an increase of 4.3 million self-identified African Americans.

B. Between 2000 and 2010 there was a decrease of 4.3 million self-identified African Americans.

C. Between 2000 and 2010 there was an increase of African American immigrants.

D. Between 2000 and 2010 there was a decrease of mixed race Black or African Americans.

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the demographics of the African American population in the United States.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The African American Population: Some Basic Demographics

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. What is the Underclass?

A. Another term for those who perpetuate poverty by not becoming educated or finding a job.

B. Those who are below working class and “pull themselves up by the bootstraps.”

C. another term for the working class

D. Those who are below working class and show little chance of being able to “pull themselves up by the bootstraps.”

Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain how social class relates to African Americans in terms of the underclass, the middle class, and the upper class.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Black Underclass

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Which of the following African American women are most likely to seek counseling if a problem arises?

A. Annalise, a woman in poverty

B. Mickey, a woman in the underclass

C. Shayla, a woman in the middle class

D. African American women are not likely to seek counseling

Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain how social class relates to African Americans in terms of the underclass, the middle class, and the upper class.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The African American Middle Class

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Claiming to be colorblind is problematic because ______.

A. it acknowledges the existence of race as a social issue

B. it denies the existence of race as a social issue

C. it often results in covert racist behaviors

D. it often results in overt racist behaviors

Learning Objective: 8-3: Identify oppression, discrimination, and microaggressions against African Americans.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Historical and Psychosocial Issues for Blacks: Oppression, Discrimination, and the Legacy of Slavery

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. ______ is an ethnic identity that comes without cost to a person.

A. White or Caucasian

B. Black or African American

C. Symbolic ethnicity

D. Symbolic race

Learning Objective: 8-3: Identify oppression, discrimination, and microaggressions against African Americans.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: African American Ethnocultural Identity

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Who is considered the father of the models of ethnic identity development?

A. Cross

B. Fhagan-Smith

C. Glass

D. Smith-Jones

Learning Objective: 8-4: Describe African American cultural values and worldviews.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: African American Ethnocultural Identity

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. What is the greatest strength of African Americans?

A. resilience

B. protective factors

C. positive identity

D. family

Learning Objective: 8-5: Identify the cultural strengths of African Americans.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: African American Resiliency: The Greatest and Most Formidable Strength

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Why is it important for counselors to be aware of spiritual/religious orientations for themselves and their African American clients?

A. Religion and spirituality play a limited role.

B. Religion and spirituality congruence between counselors and clients are important factors that contribute to the therapeutic relationship.

C. Religion and spirituality are often at the center of African American culture and may play an important role in treatment.

D. Religion and spirituality do not condone mental health treatment and may be a barrier to services for African Americans.

Learning Objective: 8-5: Identify the cultural strengths of African Americans. | 8-6. Implement psychotherapy approaches for working with African Americans.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Religion and Spirituality

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. How should counselors conceptualize their role when working with African American clients?

A. expert

B. collaborator

C. leader

D. healer

Learning Objective: 8-6: Implement psychotherapy approaches for working with African Americans.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Role of the Therapist in Working With African American Clients

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Which of the following is a way to build trust between a counselor and African American client?

A. sympathy

B. empathy

C. discussion of religion and spirituality

D. flexibility

Learning Objective: 8-7: Evaluate clinical issues in counseling African Americans.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Clinical Issues in Counseling African Americ

Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain how social class relates to African Americans in terms of the underclass, the middle class, and the upper class.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Overall Socioeconomic Status of African Americans

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. The underclass is a socioeconomic term used for only African Americans.

Learning Objective: 8-2: Explain how social class relates to African Americans in terms of the underclass, the middle class, and the upper class.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The White Underclass

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. In general, there has been a decline of prejudice attitudes toward Black and African Americans in the United States.

Learning Objective: 8-3: Identify oppression, discrimination, and microaggressions against African Americans.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Microaggressions and Prejudice Against African Americans

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. A positive African American identity can be harmful for clients, given the prejudice and discrimination they face in the United States.

Learning Objective: 8-5: Identify the cultural strengths of African Americans.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Cultural Strengths of African Americans

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. According to the textbook, what are the worldview and values African Americans have?

Learning Objective: 8-4: Describe African American cultural values and worldviews.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The African American Worldview

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Why is it important for a counselor to be aware of and familiar with the revised Cross model?

Learning Objective: 8-4: Describe African American cultural values and worldviews. | 8-6: Implement psychotherapy approaches for working with African Americans.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: African American Ethnocultural Identity

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. African Americans have many strengths. List at least three that the textbook describe.

Learning Objective: 8-5: Identify the cultural strengths of African Americans.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Cultural Strengths of African Americans

Difficulty Level: Medium