Exam 10: Ecology of the Community

Imagine you are in charge of playground installation for a service organization that has donated money to your community. Describe the different kinds of playground choices, and for what purposes you might want each.

_________ refers to the stability or mobility of people in a neighborhood, their homogeneity, and their heterogeneity.

_________ refers to monies paid by the federal government to survivors or dependents of veterans who die or are disabled in service.

Communal relationships that are cooperative, close, intimate, and informal are characteristic of

The United States has the highest child poverty rate the nation has experienced since ______________.

Imagine you are an advisor to the governmental budget office. The government must cut programs to balance the budget this year. List and describe the federal programs discussed in your text that are designed to alleviate the conditions of poverty. Afterward, choose one of the two of the categories and craft an argument describing why they should not be cut this year.

Political ideology is part of which system in Bronfenbrenner's model?

A group that provides adoption services in an example of what kind of agency?

The Women, Infants, and Children Program provides

Privately-funded community services are examples of which kind of support?

Compare the characteristics of gemeinschaft to those of gesellschaft.

The psychological and practical relationships between humans and their social, as well as physical, environment is termed

List and describe the five functions of a community. Afterward, using New Orleans as an example, describe which of the functions might be disrupted or renegotiated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

One in _________ children in the Unites States lives in poverty.

Which are included under the child welfare umbrella?

The implementation of Head Start and the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act are examples of

Low-birthweight is linked to

Compare social interactions in a small town with those of larger cities. Include in your answer a description of how social control is achieved in each.

Central Park in New York City was established in the

The playground in Mary's neighborhood has sculptures on which the children can climb, crawl, and slide. The playground in Mary's neighborhood would be considered _________.