Competence
Necessary skill or knowledge to handle a particular situation or task.
What is Competence?
It is conducted within one culture or sometimes within one social group within the culture, and focuses on uncovering the individual and group meaning of people’s actions, communications and attitudes within that culture.
What is Emic Research?
It is the therapist’s tasks for intentional understanding of the cultural aspects and systemic oppression in the client’s life-in-context.
What is Broaching?
They hold psychologists to a high standard as we are charged to ally with, advocate for, and, at times, become activists in using psychological science to improve the condition of individuals, organizations, and society.
What is Multicultural competencies?
self-awareness, knowledge, and skills
What are the Tripartite Model for Cultural Competence?
Having knowledge and tact to understand people and treat them equitable despite cultural differences, views, identities etc
What is Cultural Competence?
It compares data from different cultures in an effort to uncover general rules regarding human behaviour.
What is Etic research?
It is to be wronged in one’s capacity as a knower” of your own experience, thus“to be wronged in a capacity essential to human value”.
What is Epistemic injustice?
refers to a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose.
What is an Ally?
(a) acknowledging the pain of oppression,
(b) engaging in acts of humility,
(c) acting with reverence,
(d) engaging in mutuality, and
(e) maintaining a position of ‘not knowing.
What is Cultural Attunement?
It includes experiences considering age, generation, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, spirituality, language, sexual orientation, gender identity, social class, education, employment, ability status, national origin, immigration status, and historical as well as ongoing experiences of marginalization, among other variables.
What is Intersectionality?
It is the presence of multiple factors that can contribute to the identity and social location of particular individuals and groups.
What is Intersectionality?
They are therapists who are aware of the importance of broaching issues related to race, ethnicity, and culture (REC) but may not often possess sufcient competencies and skills in doing so.
What is a Continuing/Incongruent therapist?
It is a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change.
What is an Activist?
"To appreciate the traditions and beliefs of clients from different cultures to provide effective services"
What is Cultural responsiveness?
It is a mapping in a continuum involving a Mental Health professional's open and closed attitudes, emotions, and beliefs related to a person's culture or background.
What is worldview?
It is the practice guidelines to help the practitioner, educator, researcher, and consultant strive to identify, understand, and respond to multicultural content in a helpful, professional way.
What is Multicultural Guidelines?
They are therapists who are considered as effective broachers in addressing REC issues and concerns directly and avoid stereotypes and cultural assumptions when working with clients in navigating these issues.
What is a Congruent/integrated therapist?
Anyone who argues the case of another, one who speaks in support of something, or a person who supports others to make their voices heard or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
What is an Advocate?
"The extent to which ethnic/cultural characteristics, experiences, norms, values, behavioral sensitivity patterns and beliefs of a target population as well as relevant historical, environmental, and social forces are incorporated in the design, delivery, and evaluation or targeted health promotion materials and programs"
What is Cultural Sensitivity?
"I am because we are"
What is Ubuntu?
It is a person or a group that often hold an worldview labeled “populism", they also believe that diversity is a threat to the community.
What is a hyper-nationalist?
They are therapists who go beyond being congruent and see broaching as “a way of being” rather than merely a therapy technique or professional obligation.
What is an Infusing therapist?
It is the act of using scientific and professional knowledge to improve the condition of individuals, organizations, and society, respect and protect civil and human rights, and help the public in developing informed judgments and choices concerning human behavior.
What is the Psychology social responsability?
It incorporates a life-long commitment to self- evaluation and self-critique, to redressing power imbalances in the patient-physician dynamics.
What is Cultural humility?