Chapter 19: Culturally Responsive Strengths-Based Therapy for Multiracial People

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. ______ describes a person who is a product of two distinct cultural groups and lives between two sets of cultural norms and expectations.

A. Bicultural

B. Biracial

C. Bi-heritage

D. Dual cultural

Learning Objective: 19-1: Recall the demographics and population statistics related to individuals with multiracial heritage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Definition of Multiracial

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Since the early 2000s, what term has been most frequently used to describe a person who identifies as being mixed race and having multiple heritages?

A. mixed heritage

B. multicultural

C. biracial

D. multiracial

Learning Objective: 19-1: Recall the demographics and population statistics related to individuals with multiracial heritage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Definition of Multiracial

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. ______ supports the myth of “racial purity” by assigning an individual of mixed racial heritage to the least desirable racial status.

A. Multicultural rule

B. Biracial status

C. Two-drop rule

D. One-drop rule

Learning Objective: 19-2: Define the “one drop rule” and the sense of not quite belonging.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Race: The “One-Drop Rule”

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Who does the hypodescent rule predominantly impact?

A. Hispanic and Latino/as

B. Asian Americans

C. Caucasians

D. African Americans

Learning Objective: 19-2: Define the “one drop rule” and the sense of not quite belonging.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Race: The “One-Drop Rule”

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. According to research, who is most likely to experience racial discrimination?

A. Tammy, a biracial African American and Caucasian female, who has light skin

B. Marcus, a biracial Native American and Caucasian male, who has dark skin

C. Sarah, a biracial Asian American and Caucasian female, who has olive skin

D. Jamal, a biracial African American and Caucasian male, who has dark skin

Learning Objective: 19-3: Identify bias and microaggressions against people with multiracial backgrounds.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Race: Racism, Skin Color, and Multiracial Backgrounds

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. When asking a biracial individual “what are you?”, this is an example of ______.

A. racism

B. microaggression

C. supportive acknowledgement that the person does not look like one of the five main races

D. relationship building between individuals of different cultures

Learning Objective: 19-3: Identify bias and microaggressions against people with multiracial backgrounds.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The “What Are You?” Question

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. In terms of identity development for multiple heritage individuals, what is a common challenge they experience?

A. feeling a sense of not quite belonging to one particular group

B. feelings of belonging to multiple groups

C. feeling a sense of being marginalized by all groups they belong to

D. feelings of strong family support as they navigate their identity

Learning Objective: 19-4: Discuss multiracial identity development and the intersectionality of race with other factors, such as gender, sexual orientation, age, and (dis)ability.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Sense of Not Quite Belonging, of Being Different

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. What of the following terms describes “the complexity of the human cultural experience and describes where a person’s multiple identities come together?”

A. multidimensionality

B. intersectionality

C. multi-heritage identity

D. identity development and integration

Learning Objective: 19-4: Discuss multiracial identity development and the intersectionality of race with other factors, such as gender, sexual orientation, age, and (dis)ability.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intersectionality and Multiracial Identity Development

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. What is an important caution that clinicians should take when working with a multiracial client?

A. avoid discussing the client’s family

B. avoid acknowledging and asking about racial identity

C. avoid the assumption that the individual’s mental health problems stem from their racial identity

D. avoid the view that the client is “marginalized”

Learning Objective: 19-6: Analyze the mental health challenges of individuals with multiracial heritage. | 19-7: Implement culturally responsive strengths-based competencies for counseling multiracial individuals.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Multiracial Identity Development and Mental Health

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. According to the textbook, all of the following therapeutic modalities have been suggested to be used with multiracial clients except ______.

A. feminist therapy

B. strengths-based therapy

C. solution-focused therapy

D. narrative therapy

Learning Objective: 19-7: Implement culturally responsive strengths-based competencies for counseling multiracial individuals.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Counselor’s Role in Working With Multiracial Individuals

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Race is a social construction based on physical appearance.

Learning Objective: 19-1: Recall the demographics and population statistics related to individuals with multiracial heritage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Race: A Social Construction

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. The multiracial population has been declining in the United States since the 2000s.

Learning Objective: 19-1: Recall the demographics and population statistics related to individuals with multiracial heritage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Demographic and Population Data on the Multiracial Population in the United States

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Research has shown that mixed-race children may develop a public identity with their “minority” race and maintain a private interracial identity with family and friends.

Learning Objective: 19-7: Implement culturally responsive strengths-based competencies for counseling multiracial individuals.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Counseling Multiracial Children

Difficulty Level: Medium

Short Answer

1. Johnston and Nadal (2010) proposed a taxonomy of five categories of microaggressions that multi-heritage individuals may experience. List and briefly describe each of them.

Learning Objective: 19-3: Identify bias and microaggressions against people with multiracial backgrounds.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Race: The “One-Drop Rule”

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. What are the six phases of the Multiple Heritage Identity Development Model?

Learning Objective: 19-4: Discuss multiracial identity development and the intersectionality of race with other factors, such as gender, sexual orientation, age, and (dis)ability.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: “Passing” for Black

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Describe at least three cultural strengths of multiracial/multiethnic individuals.

Learning Objective: 19-5: Identify the cultural strengths of individuals with multiracial heritage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Strengths of a Multiethnic/Multiracial Identity

Difficulty Level: Medium