UNT PSCI 2305 Final Questions with complete solutions
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UNT PSCI 2305
UNT PSCI 2305 Final
Goal of Social Policy - Answer- Promoting equality of opportunity, assisting the poor, and to alleviate poverty
Equality of Opportunity - Answer- A widely shared American ideal that all people should have the freedom to use whatever talents and wealth they have to reach th...
UNT PSCI 2305 Final
Goal of Social Policy - Answer- Promoting equality of opportunity, assisting the poor,
and to alleviate poverty
Equality of Opportunity - Answer- A widely shared American ideal that all people
should have the freedom to use whatever talents and wealth they have to reach their
fullest potential.
19th century American Welfare - Answer- state began when a largely private system
of charity collapsed in the face of widespread economic destitution. The system was
mostly private until 1935.
Social Security - Answer- A contributory welfare program into which working
Americans contribute a percentage of their wages and from which they receive cash
benefits after retirement or if they become disabled.
Social Security act of 1935 - Answer- created contributory and noncontributory.
Retirement benefits for primary worker. Benefits for- survivors, retiree's, and
disability. Paid by SS taxes on employees and employers. Known as the third rail of
US politics. 62 million get SS benefits.
Contributory programs - Answer- social programs financed in whole or in part by
taxation or other mandatory contributions by their present or future recipients.
Noncontributory programs - Answer- social programs that provide assistance to
people on the basis of demonstrated need rather than any contribution they have
made
Indexing - Answer- periodic process of adjusting social benefits or wages to account
for increases in the cost of living.
Means-tested - Answer- a procedure by which potential beneficiaries of a public-
assistance program establish their eligibility by demonstrating a genuine need for the
assistance.
In-kind benefits - Answer- noncash goods and services provided to needy individuals
and families by the federal government
Medicaid - Answer- a federally and state-financed, state-operated program providing
medical services to low-income people
Medicare - Answer- A form of national health insurance for the elderly and the
disabled.
The Great Depression - Answer- Starting in 1929, a time when 20% of the workforce
immediately became unemployed due to flaws in the economy. Banks failed, wiping
out the saving of millions that were fortunate enough to have savings. Business
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