Explain How Defense Mechanisms And Barriers To Fully Develop Our Multicultural Competence

Q1 I agree with the statement that the first 4 Ds are defense mechanisms and barriers to fully develop our multicultural competence for two reasons. The first reason they are defense mechanism is because they inhibit people from allowing themselves to become uncomfortable by not entering new situations with people who are different than themselves. Freud believed that the ego uses defense mechanisms to keep it safe from anxiety caused by the external world. People have an innate reasoning that anything that is different is bad or not as good as what is familiar, devaluing, and tend to keep their distance. The second reason the first four Ds are barriers to fully develop multicultural competence is because they inhibit people from seeing the world through a different perspective. We are living in a world that is multicultural, and having the ability to effectively produce meaningful experiences with people of differing cultural backgrounds is important because it helps everyone grow and move about the world in a more effective way. When Freud said that defense mechanisms protect from anxiety and guilt, it makes sense that individuals use repression. Repression connects with Denial of the Ds, because people would deny seeing the color differences and thus unintentionally …show more content…
Berkeley. However, attendance alone is not enough, it is important for me to interact and speak to the other people in attendance. I have noticed that people are not offended by questions that I may have about their culture, and sometimes they are even greatly excited to tell me a little about themselves and the meaning behind the traditional dances, and their cultural significance. Knowing these intimate details about the dancing greatly improves my experience of them and makes me appreciate their beauty even