Test Bank Docx + Ch5 + Counseling North American Indigenous

Chapter 5. Counseling North American Indigenous Peoples

1. All of the following are options of acculturation EXCEPT

a. Integration

b. Assimilation

c. Desperation

d. Marginalization

Cognitive domain: Analysis

Answer location: Overview: Providing Counseling to American Indians and Alaska Natives

Question type: MC

2. _________ refers to minority group members maintaining their culture of origin and also adopting the culture of the majority.

a. Integration

b. Assimilation

c. Desperation

d. Marginalization

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Overview: Providing Counseling to American Indians and Alaska Natives

Question type: MC

3. _________ refers to minority group members primarily functioning according the lifeways of the majority culture.

a. Integration

b. Assimilation

c. Desperation

d. Marginalization

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Overview: Providing Counseling to American Indians and Alaska Natives

Question type: MC

4. The mistrust that members of indigenous communities have for non-Natives based on the sociopolitical historical and contemporary relations between Natives and Whites, is often described as

a. Intergenerational trauma

b. Assimilation trauma

c. Indigenous trauma

d. Marginalization trauma

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Overview: Providing Counseling to American Indians and Alaska Natives

Question type: MC

5. Counselors should view Native cultures and worldviews as __________ psychology and psychological conditions.

a. Superseding

b. Inferior to

c. Less than

d. Guiding

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: Summary

Question type: MC

6. Herring (1994) recommends that counselors use ______ when working with Native clients.

a. Humor

b. Psychoanalysis

c. Education tools

d. Evidence based treatments

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Counseling Approaches

Question type: MC

7. ___________ is an important part of many traditional healing practices.

a. Blood sacrifice

b. Art

c. Education

d. Sleep

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Counseling Approaches

Question type: MC

8. Indigenous people have experienced and continue to experience tremendous trauma and suffering as a consequence of

a. Lack of technological advancement

b. Traditional practices

c. European contact

d. Lack of education

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Historical Loss and Grief

Question type: MC

9. In the Ojibwe language, the word for time, ishise, is a(n)

a. Noun

b. Pronoun

c. Adjective

d. Verb

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Historical Loss and Grief

Question type: MC

10. According to many researchers, infusing spirituality into treatment for which of the following problems can enhance outcome effectiveness?

a. Alcohol addiction

b. Bipolar disorders

c. Anxiety disorders

d. Depression

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: Native Healing Approaches

Question type: MC

11. Salzman (2001) suggests that counselors respect culture as a ___________.

a. Collection of time-tested traditions

b. Necessary psychological defense

c. Necessary window to the world

d. Collection of effective values

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Historical Loss and Grief

Question type: MC

12. Indian clients who are involved in their cultural heritage have much stronger preferences for _________ counselors.

a. Indian

b. White

c. Younger

d. Older

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: So You Want to Work With Native People

Question type: MC

13. Herring (1999) proposes that counselors should do the following to achieve a “culturally affirmative environment”, EXCEPT

a. Openly address ethnic differences

b. Avoid the use of too much silence

c. Maintain confidentiality

d. Include extended family in sessions

Cognitive domain: Analysis

Answer location: Counselor Multicultural Competence

Question type: MC

14. Colmant and Merta (1999) describe the effectiveness of which of the following in treating Navajo youth diagnosed with behavioral disruptive disorders?

a. Vision quest

b. Healing circle

c. Herbalism

d. Sweat lodge

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Native Healing Approaches

Question type: MC

15. Heilbron and Guttman (2000) indicate the successful implementation of which of the following in treating Native survivors of child sexual abuse?

a. Vision quest

b. Healing circle

c. Herbalism

d. Sweat lodge

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Native Healing Approaches

Question type: MC

16. LaFromboise et al. (1990) identify which of the following counseling styles as effective with Indian clients?

a. Rogerian

b. Directive

c. Somatic-based

d. Non-directive

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Counseling Approaches

Question type: MC

17. Bennett and BigFoot-Sipes (1991) note that Indian clients might actually prefer counselors that share their _____, rather than counselors who share their ethnicity.

a. Language

b. Values

c. Gender

d. Social status

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: So You Want to Work With Native People

Question type: MC

18. The first pillar of multicultural counseling is

a. Awareness

b. Morals

c. Information

d. Service

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: So You Want to Work With Native People

Question type: MC

19. _________ refers to minority group members NOT strongly maintaining their culture of origin or adopting the ways of the majority.

a. Integration

b. Assimilation

c. Separation

d. Marginalization

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Overview: Providing Counseling to American Indians and Alaska Natives

Question type: MC

20. _________ refers to minority group members maintaining their culture of origin with very little adoption of majority culture.

a. Integration

b. Assimilation

c. Separation

d. Marginalization

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Overview: Providing Counseling to American Indians and Alaska Natives

Question type: MC

21. Historical and intergenerational trauma contributes to the high levels of social and individual problems in Native communities.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Historical Loss and Grief

Question type: TF

22. It is perfectly all right to “treat” the symptoms or manifestations of historical trauma by using only conventional Western psychological and psychiatric approaches.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Historical Loss and Grief

Question type: TF

23. In many Western cultures, the past, present, and future are viewed as being unified and continuous.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Historical Loss and Grief

Question type: TF

24. Counselors should avoid any utilization of Native traditional healing methods, as these healing methods have often been stolen by the culture at large.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Native Healing Approaches

Question type: TF

25. Counselors should respect the use of silence when working with Native clients.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Summary

Question type: TF

26. Native Americans have a history of trauma and resulting unresolved grief.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Historical Loss and Grief

Question type: TF

27. Contrary to stereotypes, not all “Indians” are alike.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Overview: Providing Counseling to American Indians and Alaska Natives

Question type: TF

28. Counselors should allow for flexibility in the ending of sessions when working with Native clients.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Summary

Question type: TF

29. Counselors should NOT allow the extended family to participate in the session.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Summary

Question type: TF

30. Counselor and client should NOT discuss racial and cultural differences.

a. True

b. False

Cognitive domain: Knowledge

Answer location: Summary

Question type: TF

31. Most indigenous persons and tribes are inherently collectivistic. What is the key characteristic of collectivist cultures?

a. They emphasize the group over the individual, placing importance on keeping harmony and maintaining balance in their relationships and the world around them.

Cognitive domain: Analysis

Answer location: Worldviews and Values

Question type: SA

32. What is the real meaning behind the term “Indian time”?

a. Things will happen when they are supposed to happen

Cognitive domain: Comprehension

Answer location: Worldviews and Values

Question type: SA

33. It is recommended that non-Native counselors establish working relationships with traditional healers and spiritual advisers in Native communities. How might such collaboration take place?

a. The counselor may (a) support the viability of traditional healing as an effective treatment system, (b) actively refer clients to indigenous healers, or (c) actively work together with indigenous healers.

Cognitive domain: Application

Answer location: Native Healing Approaches

Question type: SA