Deck 4: Empowerment and Human Diversity

Question 1

Women in management, business, and financial occupations earn a median full-time salary of about _____ percent of what men earn.

A) 62
B) 72
C) 82
D) 92

Answer 1

B

Question 2

All of the following are components of the philosophy of feminism except:

A) All aspects of life are involved
B) It embodies both beliefs and actions
C) Equality means identicalness and sameness
D) Providing education and advocacy on the behalf of women

Answer 2

C

Question 3

_____ refers to people's status or ranking in society with respect to such standards as relative wealth, power, prestige, educational level, or family background.

A) Political ideology
B) Intersectionality
C) Societal intellectuality
D) Social class

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Your _____ forms your views on how the government should be run, what responsibilities the government assumes, and what laws and policies should be established and implemented.

A) Political ideology
B) Intersectionality
C) Global intellectuality
D) Governmental institutionality

Question 5

The Intersex Society of North America recommends all of the following regarding how intersexed children and their families should be treated except:

A) Surgeries to make the child look more normal should be performed as early as medically safe
B) The children and their families should be treated with respect
C) An intersexed child should be assigned a gender
D) Families with intersexed children should be referred to social workers

Question 6

Which of the following is a primary principle of the strengths perspective:

A) Very few individuals have strengths
B) Trauma and abuse can never be used as sources of challenge and opportunity
C) Social workers best serve clients by controlling them
D) Every environment is full of resources

Question 7

All of the following themes emerged, from a study by Parsons, as providing successful conditions for women's empowerment within a group setting except:

A) Mutual interaction
B) Contemplation
C) Validation
D) Acceptance

Question 8

Cinco de Mayo is celebrated as the day:

A) Santa Ana attacked the Alamo
B) Don Quixote tilted at his first windmill
C) Mexico defeated the Spanish armada
D) Mexico's army defeated a French army battalion

Question 9

People who are at greater risk of deprivation and unfair treatment because they share some identifiable characteristic that places them in a diverse group are described in the text as:

A) Stereotypes
B) Indigenous
C) Populations at risk
D) Society of risks

Question 10

_____ assumes that traditional gender expectations are not facts carved in stone, but rather perceptions and expectations that can be changed.

A) Transgenderism
B) Intersectionality
C) Physical sexual architecture
D) Social construction of gender

Question 11

______ can provide structure and content for an examination of realizable alternatives, for the mobilization of competencies that can make things different, and for the building of self-confidence that stimulates hope.

A) Egalitarianism
B) Empowerment
C) Social justice
D) Strengths perspective

Question 12

______ is the act of treating people differently based on the fact that they belong to some group rather than on merit.

A) Discrimination
B) Prejudice
C) Stereotype
D) Oppression

Question 13

_____ refers to a category of people who share a common descent and genetic origin, and implies a greater genetic determinant.

A) Race
B) Minority
C) People of color
D) Ethnicity

Question 14

_____ is the idea that in a perfect world all citizens would have identical rights, protection, opportunities, obligations, and social benefits regardless of their backgrounds and membership in diverse groups.

A) Economic justice
B) Empowerment
C) Social justice
D) Strengths perspective

Question 15

______ is a fixed mental image of a member of some group based on some attribute or attributes that reflect an overly simplified view of that group without consideration or appreciation of individual differences.

A) Discrimination
B) Prejudice
C) Stereotype
D) Oppression

Question 16

_____ is the condition of having less power and being viewed as less important than others in the society because of belonging to some group or having some characteristic.

A) Oppression
B) Marginalization
C) Discrimination
D) Prejudice

Question 17

_____ is the ability of an individual, family, group, community, or organization to recover from adversity and resume functioning even when suffering serious trouble, confusion, or hardship.

A) Resiliency
B) Strengths perspective
C) Empowerment
D) Self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 18

_____ refers to a member of a group of people who, because of physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the others in the society in which they live for differential and unequal treatment, and who therefore regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination.

A) Race
B) Minority
C) People of color
D) Ethnicity

Question 19

Resiliency involves which of the following factors:

A) Vulnerability
B) Risk
C) Commonality
D) Safety

Question 20

_____ is a collective term that refers to the major groups of African, Latino, Asian, and First Nations Peoples who have been distinguished from the dominant society by color.

A) Race
B) Minority
C) People of color
D) Ethnicity

Question 21

Spirituality implies membership in a spiritual organization with customs, traditions, and structure.

Question 22

The Ten Percent Society is an organization comprised of Muslim women.

Question 23

One of the primary underlying principles of a strengths perspective is that every environment is full of resources.

Question 24

_____ is mastery of a particular set of knowledge, skills, policies, and programs used by the social worker that address the cultural needs of individuals, families, groups, and communities.

A) Cultural competence
B) Multicultural awareness
C) Identity proficiency
D) Sensitivity training

Question 25

Refugees are sometimes referred to as economic migrants.

Question 26

Consciousness-raising is defined as the process of facilitating people's understanding of a social issue, with personal implications when there was little grasp of that issue before.

Question 27

In real life, social justice is easy to attain; however, economic justice is not.

Question 28

Currently about 15 percent of U.S. residents are people of color.

Question 29

Non-Asian women of color are less likely to be poor than are white women.

Question 30

For all races, women earn significantly less than men at every educational level.

Question 31

Social class is the term that is defined as the relatively coherent system of ideas about human nature, institutional arrangements, and social processes that indicate how a government should be run and what principles that government should support.

Question 32

Among some Mexican Americans and other Central and South Americans, _____ are healers who use a range of treatments, such as herbal remedies, inhalation, sweating, massage, incantations, and a ritual cleansing.

A) Marianismos/as
B) Curanderos/as
C) Limpiezos/as
D) Compadres

Question 33

The term Chicano refers to U.S. citizens with a Puerto Rican heritage.

Question 34

People with an ethnocentric worldview perceive their own race, ethnic background, or cultural values as better than that of others.

Question 35

The two dimensions of resiliency are risk factors and predictive factors.

Question 36

Marginalization is the condition of having inadequate or unjust access to financial resources.

Question 37

Kwanzaa is celebrated from January 1 to January 8.

Question 38

It is estimated that there are _____ Muslims worldwide.

A) 3.6 million
B) 50 million
C) 1.3 billion
D) 5.9 billion

Question 39

The text states that _____ hold nature as extremely important for they realize that they are but one part of a greater whole.

A) Mexican Americans
B) American Indians
C) African Americans
D) Asian Americans

Question 40

The word Islam is derived from the Arabic word meaning:

A) God
B) Holy
C) Peace
D) Prayer

Question 41

Parsons studied two women's groups-Domestic Violence Survivors and All Families Deserve a Chance. Six themes emerged as providing successful conditions for women's empowerment within a group setting. List four of the six themes.

Question 42

Define resiliency and explain the two dimensions involved.

Question 43

The book of Islamic scriptures is called the Torah.

Question 44

The Intersex Society of North America is a group of married couples who engage in sexual activities with each other's spouses.

Question 45

The religion of Islam encourages terrorist attacks.

Question 46

Define the following: (a) immigrants, (b) refugees, and (c) undocumented aliens.

Question 47

The social construction of gender looks at the structure of the gendered social order as a whole and at the processes that construct and maintain it.

Question 48

When infants are born with an ambiguous or unclear gender, should they be assigned to one gender or the other? At that time, should they be physically altered to more closely resemble the assigned gender?

Question 49

Cite and contrast the terms spirituality and religion. What does each mean to you?

Question 50

Transsexuals are people who derive sexual gratification from dressing in the clothing of the opposite gender, and are most commonly heterosexual males.

Question 51

Summarize the primary values, beliefs, and perspectives assumed by the following cultural groups in our society.
Hispanics Native African Asian
Americans Americans Americans

Question 52

Define gender, gender identity, and gender role socialization.

Question 53

Compare and contrast the following terms: (a) social justice, and (b) economic justice.

Question 54

Only women can be feminists.

Question 55

Define marginalization, alienation, and oppression.

Question 56

Gender identity refers to the social and psychological characteristics associated with being female or male.

Question 57

Time to First Nations Peoples is considered an aspect of nature.

Question 58

Aspects of culture are often related to people's ethnic, racial, and spiritual heritage.

Question 59

An intersex person is born with fully formed ovaries and fully formed testes.

Question 60

Saleebey listed five primary principles of the strengths perspective. Cite four of the five principles.

Question 61

The text cited six tasks involved in cultural competence for social workers. List four of the six tasks.

Question 62

List the five basic Islamic devotional duties, called the "Five Pillars."