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| a set of moral principles, esp. ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct |
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| relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture in terms of its internal elements and their functioning rather than in terms of any existing external scheme. Often contrasted with etic. |
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| how disorder is manifested and treat within culture |
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| Multidimensional model of cultural competence |
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a. consider specific group worldviews
b. components of cultural competency: awareness, knowledge & skills
c. foci of cultural competence [systematic identification of where interventions should potentially be directed. |
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Foci of cultural competence:
Individual, professional, organizational and societal |
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Individual- attitudes, beliefs, emotions, behaviors; biases, discrimination, misinformation and prejudices
Professional- culture bound- standard of practice, ethical codes of conduct, definition of psychology
Organizational- Monocultural programs, monocultural structures, monocultural practices, and monoultural policies
Societal- Power to define reality, Euro-American Historical Bias, Ethocentric monoculturalism |
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| prejudice among minorites- services to benefit ONLY those IN power |
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| society has historically used conflicts between racial groups as a justification for continued oppression and avoidance in dealing with White racism. |
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| invalidating life experiences and differences= deviant and pathological imposing values of dominant culture & impose values & standards |
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| of, relating to, or constituting several cultural or ethnic groups within a society |
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| Psychology and Mental Health focused on individual or universal levels of identity, less importance on group level, oppression |
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| the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, esp. on the grounds of race, age, or sex |
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| Individual Level of Identity |
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| Like NO other: non-shared experiences (even identical twins), and genetic endowment |
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| Like SOME others, group markers: race, gender, education, socioeconomic status, marital status, geographic location, ethnicity, sexual orientation, culture, age, religious preference and disability/ ability |
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| can be further broken down into specific categories race/ ethnicity (African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans, and European Americans), sexual orientation (straights, gays, lesbians, and bisexuals), gender (men and women), etc. |
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| Universal Level of Identity |
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| Like ALL, biological/ physical similarities, life experiences (birth, death, love, sadness, etc.), self-awareness, ability to use symbols and language |
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| Multicultural Counseling/Therapy |
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| both a helping role and a process. Use modalities and defines goals consistent with the life experiences and cultural values of clients, recognizes client identities to include individual, group and universal dimensions; advocates the use of universal and culture- specific strategies and roles in the healing process; and balances the importance of individualism and collectivism in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of client and client systems. |
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| a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world |
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| having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact |
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| facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject |
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| the ability to do something well; expertise |
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