Exam 3: Empowerment and Human Diversity

Religion implies membership in a spiritual organization with customs, traditions, and structure.

People with an ethnocentric worldview perceive their own race, ethnic background, or cultural values as being better than that of others.

All of the following are components of the philosophy of feminism except:

People who are at greater danger of deprivation and unfair treatment because they share some identifiable characteristic that places them in a diverse group are referred to as:

The text cited six tasks involved in cultural competence for social workers. List four of the six tasks.

An individual's _____ shapes his or her views on how the government should be run, what responsibilities the government assumes, and what laws and policies should be established and implemented.

For all races, women earn significantly less than men at every educational level.

Currently, less than 25 percent of U.S. residents are people of color.

Transsexuals are people who derive sexual gratification from dressing in the clothing of the opposite gender and are most commonly heterosexual males.

Kwanzaa is celebrated from January 1 to January 8.

______ is the act of treating people differently based on the fact that they belong to some group rather than on merit.

The word Islam is derived from the Arabic word meaning:

Which of the following is a dimension of resilience?

According to a study conducted by Parsons (2001), all of the following themes emerged as providing successful conditions for women's empowerment within a group setting except:

The _____ assumes that traditional gender expectations are not facts carved in stone, but rather perceptions and expectations that can be changed.

Consciousness-raising is defined as the process of facilitating people's understanding of a social issue, with personal implications when there was little grasp of that issue before.

Define gender, gender identity, and gender role socialization.

_____ refers to people's status or ranking in society with respect to such standards as relative wealth, power, prestige, educational level, or family background.

_____ refers to a category of people who share a common descent and genetic origin and implies a greater genetic determinant.

It is estimated that there are _____ Muslims worldwide.