Week Three

Question 1

Social Group

Answer 1

Group of people who share a range of physical, cultural, or social characteristics within one of the categories of social identity.

Question 2

Social Construction

Answer 2

Takes place when people who have power in a society define a group’s characteristics and determine the group’s value.

Question 3

Manifest Destiny

Answer 3

Believing that the United States was destined to extend westward across the continent.

Question 4

Mexican-American War

Answer 4

1845 - the government declared that Texas was part of the United States.

Question 5

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 5

Ceded Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, and Nevada to the United States

Question 6

Immigration Quotas

Answer 6

based on the percentage of each group that already lived in the U.S. so that the ethnic composition of the U.S. would not be altered by immigration

Question 7

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Answer 7

An attempt to replace the quota system that had dominated immigration patterns. Enactment led to increased immigration from Latin America, Asia, and eastern and southern Europe

Question 8

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Answer 8

An attempt to replace the quota system that had dominated immigration patterns. Enactment led to increased immigration from Latin America, Asia, and eastern and southern Europe

Question 9

Refugees

Answer 9

people who are fleeing persecution from countries that the US government considers to be oppressing certain groups of people.

Question 10

Passage of the Refugee Act of 1980

Answer 10

Gave legal status to people fleeing dangerous conditions, such as armed conflict or natural disasters, provided more social services for the resettlement of refugees.

Question 11

Cultural Competence

Answer 11

ability to understand individuals, families, and communities of different cultures and to use that understanding as a basis for intervention and practice.

Question 12

Six stages of Cultural Competency

Answer 12

1. Cultural Destructiveness
2. Cultural incapacity
3. Cultural Blindness
4. Cultural Precompetence
5. Cultural Competence
6. Cultural Proficiency

Question 13

Cultural Destructiveness

Answer 13

The worker holds attitudes, policies, and practices that destroy cultures

Question 14

Cultural Incapacity

Answer 14

The worker believes in the superiority of dominant groups, does not support nondominant groups, and engages in discriminatory behaviors.

Question 15

Cultural Blindness

Answer 15

The worker believes that there are no differences between people, that they are all the same; this tends to reflect a belief that the dominant culture is universal. AKA Cultural Evasiveness

Question 16

Cultural Precompetence

Answer 16

The worker begins to respect other cultures and demonstrates this respect this respect through one or two actions, followed by a sense that they have done enough.

Question 17

Cultural Competence

Answer 17

The worker accepts and respects differences, continuously expands cultural knowledge and resources, and actively pursues engagement with nondominant clients and coworkers.

Question 18

Cultural Proficiency

Answer 18

The worker esteems other cultures, engages in research and outreach to build cultural knowledge and specializes in culturally competent practice.