In such a multicultural world‚ understanding your own cultural identity as well as being knowledgeable of others cultural identities is imperative. A current goal of mine is to become an effective multicultural counselor by furthering my knowledge and awareness of social and cultural influences on diverse cultures. After completing the Multicultural Assessment‚ I received a score totaling 162. Specifically‚ in the Counselor Awareness‚ Knowledge‚ and Skills area my grade was 52. In the Understanding
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In my opinion in a perfect world yes we could but unforuntatly we live in a world today where most people are incapable of ignoring differences. However I do feel most organizations are trying to formulate this idea of a diverse multicultural organization in part possibly because they play the "neutral" game in order to keep everyone involved happy. However I personally feel that the honest reason why more organizations might be leaning toward these ideals are because they are moving
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CHAPTER 6 continued… Kant’s Dualism * Noumenal World * Things as they are * We cannot experience this directly * Phenomenal World * Things as they are experience/perceived. * Mental representations of the noumenal world Perceptual Theory 1. Objects in the world 2. Sensations (secondary qualities‚ simple ideas) 3. Structuring by the mind 4. Perception‚ and Knowledge of universals/abstracts Space Perception * Kantian problem of Space
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Running Head: MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING WITH HISPANIC FAMILIES Multicultural Counseling Success with Hispanic Families Dawn With Artz University Mike Smith‚ Ph.D. December 16‚ 2009 Abstract There are many characteristics and commonalities among immigrants coming into the United States such as language‚ values‚ tradition‚ religion‚ and culture. They come to the United States from many different countries and yet American culture puts them into one large melting pot and
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Multicultural Items One of the beauties of living in this world is the wealth of different beliefs and cultures that surround every person. Even living in someone’s home country does not exclude him or her from witnessing or experiencing different cultures. Anyone can immerse himself or herself in a different culture just by reading a story from an author that lives that culture everyday. Multicultural Concepts Growing up in the United States is a much difference experience than Catherine Lim
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THE TYPE OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS: MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock During this semester in Prose class‚ I have learned many kind of short stories by writers of various background. I also learn how to analyze the text critically‚ especially about structuralism and culture studies. There are 8 short stories that I have discussed with the class and written in one-page journal response. First
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Multicultural Competency Paper Kim Nores University of Phoenix PSYCH/535 Nino Kakulia 10/15/2012 As a psychologist it is imperative to be able to understand different cultures. We should be aware of our own biases‚ perceptions‚ attitudes and beliefs that we hold about culturally different groups. We should also be knowledgeable about the values‚ practices and experiences of individuals who are culturally different from ourselves. We should also be aware of our strengths and weakness in interacting
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The third aspect of multicultural counseling I am going to look at is on the issues of gender differences The group members presenting this topic defined gender as what is culturally assumed as femininity and masculininity. According to Deustch (2007). Gender refers to social attributes and opportunities associated with being male or female and the relationship between men and women‚ boys and girls which are learnt through socialization. Boys and girls are socialized differently. Gender socialization
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Multicultural Competency Arnold Miller PSYCH 535 April 4‚ 2011 Patricia Perez‚ PhD Multicultural Competency Introduction In this paper I shall try to explain myself on how I feel on the different topics of perceptions‚ attitudes‚ biases‚ and beliefs of culturally different groups to include other areas of my reactions to knowledge about values‚ practices‚ and experiences of individuals who are culturally different from me. What biases‚ perceptions‚ attitudes‚ and beliefs might you hold
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Social Psychology Definition Paper Week 1 November 10‚ 2009 Social Psychology is “the scientific study of the effects of social and cognitive processes on the way individuals perceive‚ influence‚ and relate to others (Myers‚ 2008‚ p.3).” Bandura’s social learning theory suggests that parents have an influence on his or her child’s behavior. In most cases‚ children seem to mirror his or her parents’ behavior in which does always require reinforcement. As such the author negative learning
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