VCE Psychology Unit 4 AOS 2 Cultural determinants

  Mental wellbeing is best described as

•   the absence of mental illness

• a lack mental health issues.

• lack of difficulties in everyday life

• a state of mental health

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ culture

• is diverse

• changes with time

• is a psychological risk factor

• is a biological protective factor

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ culture is best described as

• a way of knowing

• a way of life

• a type of songline

• intergenerational knowledge

Which of the following is a cultural determinant for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ mental wellbeing?

• colonialisation

• type of housing

• self-determination

• child removal from families

Cultural continuity

• cultural preservation across time

• unique to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

• a state of being free to control one’s own life.

• a risk factor for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ mental wellbeing.

Which practice best reflects self-determination?

• regulation of choices

• shared ownership of choices

• authentic consultation about possible choices

• allowing freedom to make own choices

The negative correlation between cultural continuity and self-harm observed in indigenous communities means that

• there is an inverse relationship between cultural continuity and self-harm

• there is a negligible relationship between cultural continuity and self-harm

• the incidence of self-harm is dependent on cultural continuity

• cultural continuity contributes to the causation of self-harm

How can cultural continuity be maintained?

• arts and crafts

• language

• theatre

• All three previous options

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