week 3

Question 1

What are french and ravens 5 forms of power?

Answer 1

reward power (raise), coercive power (suspension), legitimate power (government), expert power (knowledge), referent (celebrity)

Question 2

What are agent identities

Answer 2

social groups that are positively valued considered superior, independent, or normal and have access to power

Question 3

agent identity repersent agents of

Answer 3

oppression

Question 4

agent identities exploit and reap unfair advantage over

Answer 4

members of the target group

Question 5

target identities:

Answer 5

Social groups that are negatively valued, considered inferior, abnormal or dependent

Question 6

characteristics of target identities

Answer 6

exploited, limited access to power

Question 7

What is privlidge?

Answer 7

acess to unearned resources that is only available to a group of people because of their social group membership

Question 8

what is a privlidge walk

Answer 8

someone announces different privilege, if a privilege is something you attain you take a step forward. This is done in a group to show privileges others have, spreading awareness about how different people have different privileges

Question 9

what is explicit bias?

Answer 9

attitudes and beliefs about a person or group that occur on a conscious level

Question 10

implicit bias:

Answer 10

attitudes and beliefs about a person or group that occur outside an individual conscious awareness

Question 11

3 Examples of implicit bias

Answer 11

affinity bias (similarity)
confirmation bias (using new information to fit your agenda)

Hao effect (believing physically attractive people are better people)

Question 12

What is the implicit attitude test?

Answer 12

tests implicit bias towards young faces

Question 13

results of implicit attitude test?

Answer 13

participants clicked faster when young faces were paired with good words

Question 14

implications of results

Answer 14

Research suggests most people prefer young faces, including those 60+

Question 15

What is prejudice?

Answer 15

forming a judgement or belief about an individual or group without sufficient grounds

Question 16

discrimination

Answer 16

mistreating an individual solely because of their membership to a particular social group

Question 17

difference between prejudice and discrimination

Answer 17

prejudice is an attitude and discrimination is a behaviour

Question 18

discrimination vs oppression

Answer 18

oppression occurs when discrimination is supported by the government, community or society at large

Question 19

Cycle of oppression, prejudice, and discrimination

Answer 19

Government authorizes prejudice than cycle of these three things occurs

Question 20

five faces of oppression

Answer 20

exploitation
marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, violence

Question 21

exploitation

Answer 21

Victimization whereby one group unfairly takes advantage of another

Question 22

marginalization

Answer 22

prevention of limitation of full participation in society through exclusion

Question 23

powerlessness

Answer 23

the deprivation of the ability to make decisions about ones living or working conditions

Question 24

cultural imperialism:

Answer 24

when one groups culture, norms and values are favoured over others

Question 25

violence:

Answer 25

includes physical, sexual and emotional violence

Question 26

explotied: once a child becomes a ward of the state, they become

Answer 26

a commodity of the system

this is because foster parents earn money

Question 27

marginalized children are at increase risk of…. and education

Answer 27

increase risk of homlessness

they are stigmatized in the education system and found to be trailing behind their peers

Question 28

powerlessness: youth in care lack authority and agency. How is this the case

Answer 28

surveillance, control, documentation

Question 29

Stephanie jobin case- mistreatment

Answer 29

forced to lie face down on the living room floor of digs for kids, beanbag was placed on her back and employee sat on it for 20 minutes, heavy dose of tranquilizers and anti psychotics

Question 30

Hifh profile cases do what

Answer 30

Spark a change in provincial legislation, mandatory training for group home staff

Question 31

rules of use for physical restraints

Answer 31

only permitted to prevent harm, not for punishment and less intrusive interventions should be used

Question 32

Use of chemical restraints in foster/group homes

Answer 32

chemical restraints include antidepressants, antianxiti meds

Question 33

what are psychotropic drugs

Answer 33

drugs that affect behaviour, mood, thoughts or perceptions

Question 34

blank% of participants had been prescribed psychotropic medications wile living in the system

Answer 34

70

Question 35

what is top prescibed meds

Answer 35

ritalin

Question 36

psychotropic medications should never be administered in liscensed facilities

Answer 36

not used if undisagnosed, not in best interest, cause loss of functioning, substitute for appropriate services

Question 37

2006 study drugs in our system: participants

Answer 37

59 systems youth ages 16-25 across canada

Question 38

systems youth

Answer 38

people living in child welfare, youth justice, or youth mental health

Question 39

Themes found in studies

Answer 39

1. inappropriate use of psychotropics within the system
2. advantages of psychotropic
3. disadvantages of psychotropic
4. healing needs of systems youth
5. Dependency on and abuse of psychotropic
6. discontinuation of resources and prescription drug coverage