Culture Hw Flashcards
One’s Cultural background is based primarily upon all of the following EXCEPT?
Genetic predispositions inherited at birth.
Why do one’s culture, race, and ethnicity significantly influence self-image?
A.Sometimes, entire groups of people are negatively judged solely on skin color or religious affiliation.
b. Others sometimes find humor in racially biased jokes.
C.
Racial profiling by law enforcement and the courts can create greater risk for higher conviction rates and longer prison sentence for minority groups.
ALL THE ABOVE
Which of the following is an example of indirect discrimination?
A school requiring all students to come to school on Saturday for a make-up day despite having
Jewish students who observe Saturday as a day of rest.
You are a psychiatric social worker completing a psychosocial history on a new patient admitted to the psych unit. As part of the assessment, you ask questions about sexual practices. This person indicates that they tend to fluctuate between a self-image of traditional male and female stereotypes and identify feeling comfortable with both genders. This would be an example of which of the following?
Bi-gender sexual orientation
Pansexuality is defined as:
Being attracted to others regardless of gender
When a social worker delivers services to a client from a different cultural background, what is MOST important to the delivery of effective services?
The social worker acknowledges how cultural differences between the client and herself or himself may impact on the problem-solving process.
Which of the following is NOT true related to culture?
Culture is stagnant, staying constant over time.
When a social worker is referred a client who is a different race or ethnicity from his or her own, the social worker should:
Acknowledge and recognize how the racial or ethnic differences between the social worker and client may impact on stages in the problem-solving process.
Those who are gender nonconforming are:
Prone to be subject to discrimination and bias due to societal views about gender roles.
A social worker who is employed in an after-school program documents in a client’s file that he is having problems concentrating when completing his homework as a result of issues at home with his same-gender parents. The social worker’s supervisor would consider this entry to be:
Inappropriate because it contains information not relevant for service provision.