Exam 7: Working With Diversity

Disabled people have a higher rate of unemployment than most others in society.

When he studied rich children, Robert Coles found that one of their most outstanding attitudes was

The anthropologist, Oscar Lewis believed that social class was a more powerful determinant of behavior than ethnicity.

The cultural deficit theory of culture assumed that minority cultures could help the dominant culture make up for their deficient understanding of culture.

California passed a law that ended bilingual education in the state.

Which of the following definitions of disability currently the most favorable?

Name four of the laws that have been passed in recent years against immigrants, bilingual education, and multicultural curricula.

How did the feminist approach to battered women differ from the traditional approach?

The Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 denied federal help to legal immigrants in the SSI, food stamp, and Medicaid programs.

The best approach toward ethnicity for a human service worker is to ignore it.

A feminist analysis of the child welfare system in New York City showed that child welfare agencies often remove children from the home rather than remove the father who has been battering his wife.

The founding fathers of the U.S. wanted everyone in the country to be a full-fledged citizen.

What factors lead to an increase in crime?

Give some guidelines for ethnic-sensitive human service work.

Federal support for affirmative action has increased since the 1980s.

Name some of the factors that influence how a person feels about people of differing ethnicities from themselves.

Anthropologists currently find race a useful concept in studying groups of people.

According to Gordon Allport's study, a racist often appears to be:

One should maintain a very formal relationship with clients from Latino backgrounds.

Black people use more drugs than white people.