Chapter 8 culture

Question 1

a system of known beliefs, values, language, symbols, patterns of behavior, material objects, and institutions that are created, learned, shared and contested by a group of people.

Answer 1

Culture

Question 2

how we feel about things

Answer 2

Ethos

Question 3

how we perceive the world

Answer 3

Worldview

Question 4

dominant ideas about the way things are and should work

Answer 4

Ideology

Question 5

elevating our own group over others when comparing

Answer 5

Ethnocentrism

Question 6

Thinking in terms of “we” and “them.” Negative labeling of people who fall outside of one’s own group.

Answer 6

othering

Question 7

A theoretical orientation that:
Focuses on people’s actions as expressions of their worldview and their ethos
Seeks to explain what people do in the face of embedded ideologies
Explores different meanings for things we take for granted and variation in the social environment

Answer 7

Practice orientation

Question 8

way of ascribing status, prestige, and power based on education, income, and occupation

Answer 8

social class

Question 9

Listen and learn
Speak up
Engage service users in decisions
Listen and believe
Consider physical and symbolic space
Embrace the unfamiliar
Monitor your words and reactions
Ask. Treat clients as the expert

Answer 9

Anti-oppressive practice

Question 10

Giving everybody the same thing as to make them equal

Answer 10

Equality

Question 11

Making sure everybody gets what they need (some need more help and others need less) to have equal opportunities

Answer 11

Equity