The rise in the multicultural model has been stimulated by the contention that behaviors, lifestyles, languages, and so on can only be judged as appropriate or inappropriate within a specific cultural context. The multicultural model assumes and recognizes that each culture has strengths and limitations, and rather than being viewed as deficient, differences among ethnic groups are viewed as simply dif- ferent. More recent contributions to the multicultural literature have followed in these same footsteps and continue to contribute to a more enlightened under- standing of culturally different people generally, African American. Although the multicultural model is the latest trend in research with respect to minorities in general and African Americans in particular, and is certainly a more positive approach to research with culturally distinct groups, it is by no means immune to conceptual and methodological flaws that have plagued psychological research efforts both past and present.