Exam 4

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Individuals who are dehumanized have autonomy, feel safe, and are given their unalienable rights.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Though demonization has occurred throughout history, it is not inevitable and it is not a constant in humankind.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Oppressed people lack humanity because their oppressors have taken it from them, and their oppressors have humanity because they are powerful and autonomous.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Giving concentration camp prisoners extra bread rations is an example of true generosity.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

The oppressed should not fight for their own liberation because another nation will eventually liberate them.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

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.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

In the Banking Concept, students receive, memorize and regurgitate static knowledge back to the professor.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Critical thinking is a core aspect of the Banking Concept.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

According to Freire, reality is a process that is continually under transformation.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The Banking Concept implies that students and teachers should freely discuss their experiences and opinions.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Revolutionary educators thrive in necrophilic environments.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Freire believed that any situation in which someone takes away the right of another person to engage in inquiry is an act of violence.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Dialogue is built upon the praxis of actions.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Dialogue is the means by which we achieve significance as human beings.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

In problem-posing relationships, everyone asks and answers questions and trust is maintained.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Critical thinking is defined as thinking which discerns an invisible solidarity.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

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.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

Within a thematic investigation, individuals evaluate their own thinking/context/environment in order to create “generative themes” of their behaviors.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

When cultural synthesis serves the goals of an organization, the organization serves the ends of liberation.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Generally, oppressed people begin a revolutionary process as ambiguous beings.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

In order to keep oppressed people passive, their oppressors subjugate them.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Positive human activity consists of theory and practice and reflection and action.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Cultural invasion is never an act of violence against persons in their invaded culture.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Antidialogical action is necessary for conquest to succeed.

Answer 25

True