Exam 4 Flashcards
Individuals who have a “fear of freedom” cannot engage in critical consciousness because they take refuge in an attempt to achieve security and also to perpetuate the status quo.
True
Individuals who are dehumanized have autonomy, feel safe, and are given their unalienable rights.
False
Though demonization has occurred throughout history, it is not inevitable and it is not a constant in humankind.
True
Oppressed people lack humanity because their oppressors have taken it from them, and their oppressors have humanity because they are powerful and autonomous.
False
Giving concentration camp prisoners extra bread rations is an example of true generosity.
False
The oppressed should not fight for their own liberation because another nation will eventually liberate them.
False
When the oppressors inflict violence and the oppressed group responds with violence, the oppressed group’s response should NOT be considered an act of violence because it is an attempt to regain their humanity.
True
In the Banking Concept, students receive, memorize and regurgitate static knowledge back to the professor.
True
Critical thinking is a core aspect of the Banking Concept.
False
According to Freire, reality is a process that is continually under transformation.
True
The Banking Concept implies that students and teachers should freely discuss their experiences and opinions.
False
Revolutionary educators thrive in necrophilic environments.
False
Freire believed that any situation in which someone takes away the right of another person to engage in inquiry is an act of violence.
True
Dialogue is built upon the praxis of actions.
False
Dialogue is the means by which we achieve significance as human beings.
True
In problem-posing relationships, everyone asks and answers questions and trust is maintained.
True
Critical thinking is defined as thinking which discerns an invisible solidarity.
True
According to Freire, the failure of political or educational plans to due to the fact that they are designed according to the people’s own personal needs and reality.
False
Within a thematic investigation, individuals evaluate their own thinking/context/environment in order to create “generative themes” of their behaviors.
True
When cultural synthesis serves the goals of an organization, the organization serves the ends of liberation.
True
Generally, oppressed people begin a revolutionary process as ambiguous beings.
False
In order to keep oppressed people passive, their oppressors subjugate them.
True
Positive human activity consists of theory and practice and reflection and action.
True
Cultural invasion is never an act of violence against persons in their invaded culture.
False
Antidialogical action is necessary for conquest to succeed.
True
