Discuss three of the common mechanisms of oppression in our society.
What will be an ideal response?
Mechanisms include myth of scarcity, defined norm, the other, invisibility, distortion, stereotyping, violence and the threat of it, lack of prior claim, blaming the victim, internalized oppression, horizontal hostility, isolation, assimilation, tokenism, and emphasis on individual solutions.
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______ hold that there are potentially a number of different constructed realities and that information is value laden.
What will be an ideal response?
The principle of ______________ is based on the premise that people must first differentiate their perpetual field into opposites, for example, good and bad.
a. awareness b. polarities c. figure/ground d. holism
Regarding communication, individuals must stop thinking of only themselves. This focus is most likely suggested by:
a. behavior therapies. c. gender-sensitive therapy. b. cognitive therapies. d. psychoanalysis.
If the stakes and implications of a decision to be made are high, professional counselors should use
a. linear regression. b. cutoff scores. c. multiple cutoff scores. d. multiple regression.