Complete a cultural self-assessment using the Hays ADDRESSING model to recognize the influence of cultural memberships on the ability to work with people from similar and different cultural backgrounds.
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Introduction
In Assessment 1, we delve into the fundamental concepts of culture and examine key definitions essential for understanding cultural competence. The readings cover a range of perspectives, from professional guidelines on cultural competence provided by Connecticut’s Official State Website, to theoretical insights and practical applications in cultural self-assessment and sensitivity, as explored by Hays (2008), Miller et al. (2020), and Raeff et al. (2020).
Introduction
All of us have multifaceted cultural identities, so you are likely to have experienced situations where you were in the cultural majority as well as others where you were in the cultural minority. This assessment will help you consider the influence of your cultural memberships on your ability to work professionally with people of similar cultural backgrounds, as well as with people from different cultural backgrounds. All of us have biases. Failure to recognize these biases creates harm. It takes more strength to acknowledge your biases than to argue that you have none.
Dr. Pamela Hays developed the ADDRESSING model to help psychologists recognize 10 major factors of cultural difference that are common in the United States: Age (and generational influences), Developmental and acquired & Disabilities, Religion and spiritual identity, Ethnicity and racial identity, Socioeconomic status, Sexual orientation, Indigenous heritage, & National origin, and Gender. Note that this list is not comprehensive; there are thousands of different cultural identities in our country. The ADDRESSING model just sums up the 10 most common points of cultural difference.
Instructions
- Use the Hays ADDRESSING Model Template [DOCX] to conduct a cultural self-assessment that describes your identity in all elements of the Hays ADDRESSING model.
- You must complete and submit the Hays ADDRESSING Model Template provided for this assessment. Do not submit a paper. Papers will not be graded.
- For more information about the Hays ADDRESSING model, review the Hays’s article, “Looking Into the Clinician’s Mirror: Cultural Self-Assessment.” You can find this article on Assessment 1: Cultural Self-Assessment.
- After completing the table on the template, review your entries and then respond to the four questions posed below the table in the template.
- There are no right or wrong responses for this assessment. You will be graded on your insight and ability to recognize the implications of your privilege and biases when you work with others.
Additional Requirements
- Written communication: Should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- Format: Use the Hays ADDRESSING Model Template [DOCX] Download Hays ADDRESSING Model Template [DOCX]. Use APA style and formatting guidelines as applicable to this assessment.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
- Competency 1: Apply ethical principles and standards to ethical dilemmas.
- Apply ethical principles and standards to the self-assessment.
- Competency 3: Evaluate multicultural influences on ethics for psychologists.
- Analyze the implications of feeling empowered and disempowered based on cultural identity status.
- Competency 4: Analyze multicultural issues in psychology and the importance of multicultural competency in the profession.
- Complete the Hays ADDRESSING Model accurately and in detail.
- Identify all major cultural identity factors in the model.
- Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.
- Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.