Exam 2: The Changing Nature of the Helping Process

The rate of recovery of mental patients is higher in

The view that poverty and other social problems are caused by the people who are enmeshed in those problems is called

The settlement house tradition has influenced the profession of social work more than the Charity Organization Society tradition.

African-Americans use cocaine more than white people.

Middle-class women who choose to stay home to care for children receive tax deductions.

The poor have always been treated with suspicion and mistrust throughout history.

Why does Wacquant say that the government's policy for poor people is now "prison fare and workfare"?

Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward believe that welfare expands in times of civil turmoil.

What is the "principle of less eligibility"?

The largest proportion of anti-drug money has been spent on law enforcement and jails rather than on drug treatment programs and supportive services for addicts.

In the 1990s, a victim-blaming theory was more prevalent in the United States than an opportunity theory.

What might account for the initial slow government response to the problems associated with AIDS?

A good diet and exercise would have the same benefits for poor people as they do for the rich.

The Progressives wanted to abolish mental hospitals.

The last major federal expansion in the welfare state was the:

How did the OEO War on Poverty affect the human services?

Abstinence education is effective in lowering birth rates.

Discuss the difference in how people view Social Security programs for children and the TANF program.

Describe the New Careers movement.

The Personal Responsibility Act gave generous benefits to teen parents.