When a Mental Health Professional Treats Someone from Another Culture

question 4

Multiple Choice

When a mental health professional treats someone from another culture, it is important for the professional to remember that

• A) a uniform approach to mental disorder may be used cross-culturally.
• B) symptoms of mental disorders differ from culture to culture.
• C) cultural analysis of scores is nearly impossible to perform.
• D) scoring high on an intelligence score may indicate culturally biased questions.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.