Human Behav. - Exam 1 Flashcards
Oppression
Putting unfair and extreme limitations and constraints on members of an identified group.
Power
The ability to achieve one’s goals despite the opposition of others.
Privilege
Entails special rights or benefits enjoyed because of elevated social, political, or economic status.
Empowerment
The process of increasing personal, interpersonal, or political power so that individuals can take action to improve their life situations.
Primary Social Group
A small social group whose numbers share personal and endearing relationships.
Secondary Social Group
A large and impersonal social group whose members pursue a specific goal, or activity.
Reference Groups
A social group that serves as a point of reference in making decisions and evaluations.
Socialization
The process whereby children acquire knowledge about the language, values, etiquette, rules, behaviors, social expectations, and all the subtle, complex bits of information necessary to get along and thrive in a particular society.
Micro System
Refers to the individual.
Mezzo System
Refers to any small group, including family, work groups, and other social groups.
Macro System
Refers to a system larger than a small group.
Structure
Refers to the boundaries that define and the rules that govern any particular community.
Boundaries
The borders or margins that separate one entity from another.
Subsystem
A secondary or subordinate system that is a component of a larger system.
Interface
The point where two systems of any size come into contact with each other or communicate.
Input
The energy, information, or communication flow received from other systems.
Output
The response of a system, after receiving and processing input, that affects other systems in the environment.
Feedback
A special form of input in which a system receives information about its own performance (either negative or positive).
Homeostasis
The tendency for a system to maintain a relatively stable, constant state of balance.
Entropy
The tendency of a system to progress toward disorganization, depletion, and death.
Equifinality
The fact that there are many different means to the same end.
Adaptation
The capacity to adjust to surrounding environmental conditions.
Personality
The complex cluster of mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics that distinguish a person as an individual.
Child Maltreatment
Includes physical abuse; being given inadequate medical care and nourishment; deprivation of adequate medical care; insufficient encouragement to attend school consistently; exploitation by being forced to work too hard or too long; “exposure to unwholesome or demoralizing circumstances”; sexual abuse; and emotional abuse and neglect.
Role
The culturally established social behavior and conduct expected of a person in any designated interpersonal relationship.
Human Diversity
The vast range of human differences and the effects they have on human behavior.
Cultural Competency
The mastery of a particular set of knowledge, skills, policies and programs used by the social worker that address the cultural needs of individuals, families, groups, and communities.
Populations-At-Risk
Any group of people who share some identifiable characteristic that places them at greater risk of social and economic deprivations and oppression than the general mainstream of society.
Resiliency
The ability of an individual, family, group, community, or organization to recover from adversity and resume functioning even when suffering serious trouble, confusion or hardship.
Human Rights
The premise that all people, regardless of race, culture, or national origin, are entitled to basic rights and treatment.
Social Justice
The idea that in a perfect world all citizens would have identical “rights, protection, opportunities, obligations, and social benefits”.
Critical Thinking
“The careful examination and evaluation of beliefs and actions” to establish an independent decision about what is true and what is not.
Ethical Dilemmas
Situations in which ethical principles conflicts and all solutions are imperfect.
Systems
A set of elements that are orderly and interrelated to make a functional whole.
Relationship
A reciprocal, dynamic interpersonal connection characterized by patterns of emotional exchange, communication, and behavioral interaction.
Differentiation
A system’s tendency to move from a simpler to a more complex existence.
Negative Entropy
The process of a system toward growth and development.
Suprasystem
The social environment in which a system resides
Presentation of Self
An individuals efforts to create specific impressions in the minds of others.
Dynamic
Can be changed
Master Status
A position that carries a lot of importance for identity and often shapes a persons entire life.
