Exam 3: Empowerment and Human Diversity

Define marginalization, alienation, and oppression.

According to Cowger (1994), a(n) ______ can provide structure and content for an examination of realizable alternatives, for the mobilization of competencies that can make things different, and for the building of self-confidence that stimulates hope.

The text states that _____ hold nature as extremely important for they realize that they are but one part of a greater whole.

Refugees are sometimes referred to as economic migrants.

Define the following: (a) immigrants, (b) refugees, and (c) undocumented aliens.

Among Mexican Americans and other Central and South Americans, _____ are healers who use a range of treatments, such as herbal remedies, inhalation, sweating, massage, incantations, and ritual cleansing.

In real life, social and economic justice are hard goals to attain.

_____ is the mastery of a particular set of knowledge, skills, policies, and programs used by social workers that address the cultural needs of individuals, families, groups, and communities.

_____ is the condition of having less power and being viewed as less important than others in a society because of belonging to some group or having some characteristic.

The term Chicano refers to U.S. citizens with a Puerto Rican heritage.

What adjectives and concepts automatically come to mind when you think of Hispanics and Native Americans/American Indians?

According to Alavi (2001), Islam forbids murdering innocent victims.

An intersex person is born with fully formed ovaries and fully formed testes.

List the five basic Islamic devotional duties called the "Five Pillars."

_____ is the ability of an individual, family, group, community, or organization to recover from adversity and resume functioning even when suffering serious trouble, confusion, or hardship.

Aspects of culture are often related to people's ethnic, racial, and spiritual heritage.

Cite the five principles that Saleebey (2013) has listed in his strengths perspective, which is essentially based on empowerment.

Time is considered an aspect of nature by First Nations Peoples.

Genetic sex refers to the social and psychological characteristics associated with being female or male.

In the context of women's empowerment, Parsons studied two women's groups-the Domestic Violence Survivors and the All Families Deserve a Chance (2001). Six themes emerged as providing successful conditions for empowerment within a group setting. List four of the six themes.