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| Ethnocentric monoculturism |
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| values, assumptions, beliefs, and practices of our society are structured in such a manner as to serve only one narrow segment of population. [Psychotherapy can & has done harm to minority citizens]. |
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| one’s cultural heritage (history, values, languages, traditions, arts/ crafts, etc.). “More advanced” and “more civilized” |
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| Belief in inferiority of others |
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| the condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others. |
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| Power to impose standards |
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The dominant group possesses the power to impose their standards and beliefs on the less powerful group. ***
Oppression likely to be one-sided, from majority to minority group. |
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| Manifestation in institutions |
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| ethnocentric values and beliefs are manifested in the programs, policies, practices, structures, and institutions of the society. Chain of command systems, traning and educational systems, communications systems, management systems, and performance- appraisal systems often dictate and control our lives. [Institutional racism- set of policies, priorities, and accepted normative patterns designed to subjugate, oppress, and force dependence of individuals and groups on a larger society. (through unequal goals, status & access). |
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| cultural conditioning operates outside the level of conscious awareness. Vales and beliefs (worldviews)= invisible veil. People assume universality: regardless of race, culture, ethnicity or gender, everyone shares the nature of reality and truth. |
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| the quality of being trusted and believed in |
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pleasing or appealing to the senses : an attractive home
Psychological sets |
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| a) stereotypes for real world, b) disregarding cultural variations, dogmatic adherence to universal notion of truth, c) technique-oriented counseling process |
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| statistics & ideal Mental Health |
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presence of behaviors (research)
→ Generally the group in power determine |
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| Locus of control: internal |
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| INTERNAL: people’s beliefs that reinforcements are contingent on their OWN actions, shape their OWN fate |
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| Locus of control: external |
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| EXTERNAL: people’s beliefs that reinforcement occurs independently of their own actions. Not cultural/ social experiences of individual, future is determined by more chance & luck. |
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| Locus of responsibility (internal; external) |
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| Measures the degree of responsibility or blame placed on the individual or system. |
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| Components of white culture |
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| a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world |
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| programs that have participated in cultural/race-based oppression, forced assimilation, or even genocide. i.e. Tuskegee experiment, Nazi-sponsored medical experiments, Native American ‘Trail of Tears’. |
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| lacking the capacity to help minority clients or communities due to the “system” remaining biased toward the cultural superiority of the dominate group (discrimination in hiring; lower expectations of minority clients based on stereotyping). |
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| phenomena in which people will say they are colorblind or cultural blind as a compliment; “I see you as the same as me” and “I don’t see color”; skin color, culture, religion, and sexuality is ignored. |
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| recognizing weaknesses in serving diverse groups and developing a multicultural attitude and awareness. |
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| operating at high levels of multicultural competence, having overcome many layers of racism, prejudice, discrimination, and ignorance. |
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