True or False
1. Cultural codes can be described as the norms, values, and behaviors practiced over time, which are understood by people within a particular group.
2. Social work has begun to consider culture because it affects how people think, behave, can serve as strength, and possibly create boundaries.
3. For Matthew McConaughey to not wear deodorant publicly he violates one of society’s mores.
4. According to the Complexity of Identity article, identity is developed based on individual characteristics, family dynamics, historical/social factors, and one’s cohort.
5. Charles Horton Cooley’s contribution to the discussion on identity suggests that it is embedded in social, cultural, and historical context, as well as the process of reflection and observation pertaining to oneself.
6. Emile Durkheim suggests the abandonment of individual racism, and the recognition and opposition to institutional racism as a major development task in the development of self.
7. The stages of White identity proposed by Janet Helms includes: Contact, Disintegration, Reintegration, Pseudo-Independent, Immersion/Emersion, and Autonomy.
8. People who judge others from their (the other’s) ethnic perspective/standards, rather than their own (the judge), can be described as ethnocentric.
9. Double jeopardy is the increased possibility of disadvantages a person may experience due to being affiliated with two minority groups, such as being Hispanic and female.
10. The Principle of Homophily is offered as a limitation to the Contact Theory.
11. Enculturation is an example of how Internalized oppression leads one to abandon their culture of origin.
12. Contact theory and Symbolic Interaction are similar in their objectives around understanding, symbols, and cultural codes.
13. There are particular markers in each racial group which distinguishes one from another.
14. The Extinction Theory was used to justify the horrific living, social and economic conditions of Americans who were descendents of northern Europe.
15. Native American’s relocation to reservations is a part of the legacy and oppression of annexing their land.
16. Labeling Japanese people as the “Model Minority,” and placing them in Internment camps, created a legacy where they and other Asians do not receive needed supports, and they are not considered American citizens though their families may have been in American for several generations.
17. In 1922 and 1923, the Supreme Court contradicted itself in the naturalization cases of Takao Ozowa, and Bhagat Singh Thind, which helped to perpetuate racial and ethnic discrimination.
18. Ethnic whites from southern and eastern Europe were not considered to be white, were viewed as the in-betweens, and experienced labeling, stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, and lynching similar to African Americans.
19. The Nazi propaganda machine claimed to base their practices of Eugenics (pure race preservation) on American race science.
20. It can safely be said that labor, land, resources, and the spread of democracy have fueled internal and external colonization by the United States.
21. Charles Davenport coined the phrase, “survival of the fittest”.
22. The policies and procedures established by the United States Government after WWII (G.I. Bill, and FHA) were extremely beneficial to both blacks and ethnic whites.
23. Assimilation is the acculturation outcome where an individual lives comfortably in two different cultural worlds combining parts of their own culture of origin with the host culture.
24. Oppression can be described as denial of an individual or group of people’s freedom, happiness, and access to resources.
25. People who are a part of the majority in certain categories (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, sexual-orientation, age, religion, ability, ses) tend to experience greater prejudice, discrimination, and being labeled as “other”.
Multiple Choice. Select the best answer to the following. (2 pts. each/50 pts. total)
1. Considered inequality within the framework of class-conflict between bourgeoisie (capitalist) and the (proletariat). Seen in recent years in the Occupy Movement(s).
a. Social Darwinism
b. Marxism
c. Structural Functionalism
2. Social stratification (a hierarchy) is necessary and desirable for industrial societies, supports socials roles and social structures, each institution helps to sustain the whole in a similar manner as the human body.
a. Social Darwinism
b. Marxism
c. Structural Functionalism
3. Success is based on biological superiority over others, conflict and struggle are the law of nature, the strong survive; the strong are rewarded, and the weak are punished.
a. Social Darwinism
b. Marxism
c. Structural Functionalism
4. The human experience can be conveyed through storytelling; change in attitudes and behavior can occur when people are encouraged to interpret and give meaning to their own stories, especially within a group setting.
a. Contact Theory
b. Cosmopolitanism
c. Pluralism
d. Multiculturalism
e. Narrative
5. People should not have to abandon their culture in order to advance in society; questions structural functionalist requiring assimilation for societal stability, and ideas their about inequality being legitimate within such a systems (e.g., male dominance, supremacy).
a. Contact Theory
b. Cosmopolitanism
c. Pluralism
d. Multiculturalism
e. Narrative
6. A policy where cultural expression, knowledge, and creativity are encouraged; promotes tolerance, questions the dominance of one group over another; looks to include a broader perspective of social groups to reinterpret history.
a. Contact Theory
b. Cosmopolitanism
c. Pluralism
d. Multiculturalism
e. Narrative
7. Intergroup relations are affected by a lack of understanding as a result of a lack of contact. Increased contact is expected to decrease or eliminate prejudice.
a. Contact Theory
b. Cosmopolitanism
c. Pluralism
d. Multiculturalism
e. Narrative
8. Applies to World Systems theory.
a. Focuses on economic and social differences globally
b. Core (wealthy countries),Periphery (colonies)
c. Some countries monopolize production, and others provide raw material, cheap labor
d. All of the Above
e. None of the Above
9. Perpetuates prejudice.
a. Stereotypes
b. Omitting
c. Distortion
d. All of the Above
e. None of the Above
10. Agent (s) of socialization mentioned in class. Crucial in identity development.
a. Parents, Peers, Education, Mass Media
b. Religion, Politics, Policies
c. Parents, Peers, Government, Legal System
11. A lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture.
a. Culture
b. Primary group influence
c. Secondary group influence
d. Socialization
12. Clear and intentional acts of discrimination and bigotry.
a. White Privilege
b. Internalized Oppression
c. Active Racism
13. Which of the following can be considered a minority population?
a. Hispanic Americans
b. Males
c. Young Americans
d. All of the Above
14. Individuals who reject both the culture of origin and the host culture can be described as having the acculturation outcome of:
a. Integration
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- Separation
- Marginalization
15. An involuntary status that one receives most often at birth. Can affect other statues (- or +).
a. Achieved
b. Ascribed
c. Master
16. Skill(s) social workers must have in order to be effective, and practice culturally grounded S.W.
a. Self-Awareness and Discipline
b. Problem-solving approach
c. A and B
d. None of the Above
17. According to Race the Power of Illusion, race is a ______ and ______ construction.
a. Social and Political
b. Biological and Social
c. Both A and B
d. None of the Above
18. Which book helped to convince people that some races were more superior than others, and of different species?
a. Notes on the State of Virginia, by Thomas Jefferson
b. Types of Mankind, by Josiah Knott
c. Crania Americana, by Samuel Morton
19. A group’s distinctive way of life identifiable by its language, values, traditions, norms, and customs that guide how people think and behave.
a. Social Codes
b. Norms
c. Culture
20. Less likely to make people vulnerable to oppression?
a. Physical Attributes
b. Invisible affiliations
c. Social Categories (e.g., race, age, gender)
d. None of the Above
21. Which does not apply to the spiral like problem-solving process used in client interaction?
a. Engagement
b. Assessment
c. Socialization
d. Intervention
e. Evaluation
22. Social workers must consider a person’s ____ because they affect each other.
a. Ecosystem (PIE)
b. Problem-solving process
c. Interventions
23. The Bootstrap Myth is
a. Typically held by people who are uninformed
b. Overlooks how wealth and upward mobility was subsidized by the government
c. Often used by people who have worked hard to accumulate wealth, but are ignorant to or ignore the effects of institutional and structure oppression.
d. All of the Above
e. None of the Above
24. What does not apply to communities primarily comprised of minorities?
a. Revitalized
b. Redlined by the FHA
c. Considered a financial risk
d. None of the Above
25. What does not apply to Urban Renewal reflected in Race the Power of Illusion?
a. 90% of the housing was destroyed
b. 2/3 of Blacks and Latinos
c. Cities were made more livable
d. None of the Above