The Master's Tools Still Cannot Dismantle the Master's House: Critical Shortcomings in the Training of Multiculturally Competent Psychologists

Date of Award

Summer 8-22-2009

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Lupe-Rebeka Samaniego

Second Advisor

Ragnar Storaasli

Third Advisor

Carolee Nimmer

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

All Rights Reserved
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Keywords

Psychology, Multicultural education, Training

Abstract

Many questions remain regarding how to train psychologists in multicultural competence. The lack of consistently operationalized terms, a unifying theoretical foundation, measurable objectives, and proven training strategies in this arena leaves students vulnerable to ineffective and even harmful interventions. Graduate programs sometimes utilize exercises designed to give students the experience of being oppressed, assuming that participants will then be less likely to oppress others. Jane Elliott's Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes exercise is used as an exemplar of such an approach. The exercise is critiqued with respect to its lack of proven efficacy, potential to cause harm, ethical challenges, and theoretical inadequacies. This critique is used to generate recommendations regarding ways to provide more effective training for psychologists in multicultural competence.

Copyright Date

7-10-2017

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.

Rights Holder

Tara Eastcott

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