Chapter 2

Question 1

An apporach to social work practice that recognizes the client as the expert; partners with clients to explore the roots of discrimination, oppression, and stereotypes; and works to address both the presenting problem and the root cause on multiple layers of the ecological system by building on strengths and empowring communities.

Answer 1

Culturally grounded paradigm

Question 2

The denial of one’s culture or identity resulting from the internalization of oppression

Answer 2

Deculturization

Question 3

The unequal treatment of individuals based on their membership in a particular culture group, rather than on their individual qualities

Answer 3

Discrimination

Question 4

The denial of an individual or group of people’s freedom, happiness, and access to resources by another

Answer 4

Oppression

Question 5

The irrational sense of dislike that individuals or groups experience towards members of different cultural groups

Answer 5

Prejudice

Question 6

The process through which people minimize or deny undesirable characteristics that they possess by exaggerating the same characteristics in someone from a different cultural group

Answer 6

Projection

Question 7

Blaming and taking out feelings of frustration on someone other than the true source of one’s frustration

Answer 7

Scapegoating

Question 8

The belief that individuals hold about members of a group, based on overgeneralizations about the characteristics of all members of that group

Answer 8

Stereotypes

Question 9

An externally assigned mark of shame that sets a person apart from others. It feeds prejudice, which often leads to negative and discriminatory actions.

Answer 9

Stigma