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Empowerment Series An Introduction to the Profession of Social Work 6th Edition Segal Test Bank
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Empowerment Series An Introduction to the Professionof Social Work 6th Edition Segal Test Bank
The World Health Organization (WHO) does what? - ANSWER distinguishes
among impairment, disability, and handicap.
The view that people who are poor, are so because they are "unfit" or have no
motivation to work reflects the ideology of _____________. - ANSWER Social
Darwinism
What is oppression? - ANSWER Political,economic, social, and psychological
domination of one group by another. Results from an imbalance of power between
the identified majority population and groups with minority status, it denies minority
groups to access to opportunities and resources and limits their rightful participation
in society.
Junita experienced discriminatory workplace practices. This is an example of a
manifestation of discrimination at the ________ level. - ANSWER organizational
While you're eating lunch in a local cafe, you overhear a conversation about those
"no good slackers who receive welfare because they can't hold down a job." this
assumption that people in lower classes are less competent than those in upper
classes is called ______. - ANSWER elitism
What is Just World Beliefs? - ANSWER legitimize blaming the victims.
racism - ANSWER ideology that perpetuates the social domination of one racial
group by another
elitism (classism) - ANSWER prejudicial attitudes that presume people in lower
socioeconomic classes are "slackers" who are less worthy and less competent than
those in upper classes.
sexism - ANSWER belief that one sex is superior to the other
heterosex-ism - ANSWER presumes a heterosexual orientation, whereas
homophobia is a strongly felt prejudice against people whose sexual orientation
differs from the heterosexual.
ageism - ANSWER prejudicial attitudes about older adults, age prejudice can also
be directed at any age group.
handicap-ism - ANSWER prejudice and discrimination directed against people who
have mental or physical disabilities, where as "Ableism" accords preferential status
to thoes persons who do not have a disability.
able-ism - ANSWER preferential status for persons who do not have a disability
, Social Darwin-ism - ANSWER Idealogy that evolution is "survival of the fittest" and
eventually an ideal society of the "fit" would evolve.
Originated with Herbert Spenser, who applied Darwin"s theory of evolution and
Lamarck"s theory of inherieded characteristics.
Structural functionalist perspective - ANSWER views society as an organism with
interrelated parts integral to the functioning of the whole. In this view, even social
injustice has a function in the overall balance in society. For example, the poor are
willing to do society's dirty work ( dirty, menial, undignified work) and provide
gratification to the upper class as an outlet for altruism, pity, and charity.
Conflict perspective - ANSWER differential access to power and status perpetuates
injustice. This occurs when one group challenges the power inequities other groups
maintain.
Attribution theory - ANSWER focuses on the way people infer causes of behavior.
In general people attribute the causes of their own blunders to external situations,
but attribute other's blunders to their lack of ability or character.
Blaming the victim - ANSWER ideology that emphasizes environmental causation
rather than one that regards victims as inferior, genetically defective, or morally unfit
from birth.
'isms' - ANSWER racism; elitism; sexism; heterosexism; ageism;
handicapism/ableism
Just World Beliefs - ANSWER Belief that their is a positive correlation between
individual worth and fate (virtue = reward); associated with the tendency to derogate
victims of social injustice, especially women, blacks and the poor.
What are the effects of social injustice? - ANSWER Oppression through
discrimination, interpersonal dehumanization and personal victimization
Types of Personal victimization - ANSWER Learned helplessness - perceiving
events as uncontrollable undermines motivation to initiate responses.
Appraisals influence responses - exactly how people respond to discrimination,
dehumanization, and victimization.It is not just events, but people's appraisals of
events and the availability of resources for coping with the stress associated with
stigma and discrimination.
NASW Code of Ethics - ANSWER 1. Promote the general welfare of society and
the realization of social justice
2. Facilitate public participation in democratic processes
3. Respond to public emergencies with appropriate social services
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