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DEOMI EXAM 3
Power and Privilege, Prejudice and Discrimination, System vs Victim Focus, Bystander intervention, and Racism
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03/11/2013

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What term is defined as: The ability or official capacity to exercise control over others; a person, group, or nation having great influence or control over other.

Definition

 

 

 

POWER

Term
What are the attributes of Power?
Definition

1. Political Power

2. Physical Power

3. Social Power

Term
What type of power is held by a person or group in society. Amount of societal influence they can wield, formally or informally
Definition
Political Power
Term
What type of Power is defined as: The energy or motive force by which a physical system or machine is operated.
Definition
Physical Power
Term
The ability to impose one's will on others, even if those others resist in some way defines which type of Power.
Definition
Social Power
Term
According to Parillo, power can be classified into what two types?
Definition

1. Formal

2. Informal

Term

Conferred on a person; not necessarily earned. Is a function of position, not necessarily ability describes which classification of Power?

Definition
Formal Power
Term
Comes from forms of leverage. Must be earned and maintained. Cannot be conferred describes which classification of Power?
Definition
Informal Power
Term
What are the three bases of Formal Power?
Definition

1. Reward Power

2. Coercive Power

3. Legitimate Power

Term
Which formal power base is based on a leader's ability to give recognition, promotions, money or goods?
Definition
Reward Power
Term
Which formal power base is based on a real or imagined force. Fear of being hurt physically, poorly treated?
Definition
Coercive Power
Term
Which formal power base is based on the office or title of the leader. The higher the status, the more compliance one is able to get in an organization?
Definition
Legitimate Power
Term
What are the three bases of Informal Power?
Definition

1. Expert Power

2. Referent Power

3. Information Power

Term
Expert power is based on what?
Definition
Knowledge, talent, and skill of a leader. Must be coupled with follower's respect for that skill and the assuption that this expertise is valuable to the follower.
Term
Referent Power is based on what?
Definition
Leader's personal traits (Charm, Charisma, Sensitivity). Power is intangible. Characteristic of most leaders and commands: awe, respect, and situation
Term
Information Power is based on what?
Definition
Ability of the leader to get and give out information that is necessary to the successful functioning of the organization of individual followers.
Term
What term is defined as: An institutions claim of the right to exercise power over individuals?
Definition
Authority
Term
What are the Negative aspects of Social Power based on?
Definition
Fear, deception, manipulation, bullying
Term
What are the Positive aspects of Social Power based on?
Definition
Mutual trust, mutual respect, friendship
Term
What is the purpose of Dr. Terry's Control Diamond?
Definition

Examining any society, organization, or group

Isolate and analyze four independent aspects

Term
What are the four aspects of Dr. Terry's Control Diamond?
Definition

Power - Who holds power?

Culture - Persistent cultural values

Institutions - Institutionalized patterns and practices

Resources - Who has access to societal resources?

Term
What term is defined as: An unearned advantage based on social group membership that simultaneously disadvantages members outside that social group?
Definition
Privilege
Term
Which strategy to reduce social privilege is based on laws that make discrimination against marginalized groups illegal?
Definition
Indirect Strategy
Term
What strategy to reduce social privilege attempts to give marginalized groups access to the historical advantages enjoyed by empowered groups, "Leveling the playing field"?
Definition
Direct Strategy
Term
What mechanism ties together all the other aspects of privileges?
Definition
Socioeconomics
Term
What term is defined as: The package of unearned advantages granted to those members of a diverse society with white skin?
Definition
White Privilege
Term
What are the Concepts of the White male club?
Definition

- Arbitrarily selects members and bestows appropriate and psychological benefits upon them.

- Distributes influence and power among its members and uses power to dominate groups like self.

- Anyone considered White and not a member of another group is included.

Term
What are the four elements of the White male club?
Definition

1. Power Element

2. Culture Element

3. Institution Element

4. Resources Element

Term
Ethnocentric Standards, Value Orientation, and Misplacing the Problem fall under which element?
Definition
Culture Element
Term
What are the rationalizations for Retaining Privilege and Avoiding Responsibilities?
Definition
Denial, Minimization, Blame, Redefinition, It was unintentional, Its all over now, Its only a few people, Counterattack, Competing victimization
Term
What are strategies on how to acknowledge that responsibility and become a strong White ally?
Definition

- Assume racism is everywhere,

- Notice who is the center of attention and center of power,

- Notice how racism is denied minimized and justified,

- Understand and learn from the history of Whiteness and racism,

- Understand the connection between racism economics issues,

- Take a stand against injustice,

- Be strategic,

- Dont confuse a battle with the war,

- Dont call names,

- Support leadership of people of color,

- Dont do it alone,

- Learn about White people who worked for racial justice.

Term
What is the first step in becoming an effective EOA?
Definition
Decode your own social identity in relation to social privilege
Term
Examining your memberships in empowered and marginalized groups are methods used to accomplish what?
Definition
Decode your social identity
Term
What strategies are EOA use to heighten awarness in the Military?
Definition

Education

Training

Awareness

 

Term
PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION
Definition
PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION
Term
The quality that makes an attitude unreasonable is that it does not readily get modified when exposed to new and conflicting information defines what term?
Definition
Prejudice (Fishein)
Term
What are the levels of Prejudice?
Definition

1. Cognitive - Stereotype

2. Emotional - Emotions and feelings of hostility

3. An action-oriental - Positive or negative predisposition to engage in discriminatory behavior

Term
What term defines an: Act based on prejudice?
Definition
Discrimination
Term
What are the five protected categories in accordance with DoDD 1350.2?
Definition

Race

Color

National origin

Sex

Religion

Term
According to Plous, there are four types of discriminatory practices?
Definition

Type A - Isolate discrimination

Type B - Small group discrimination

Type C - Direct institutionalized discrimination

Type D - Indirect institutionalized discrimination

Term
Which of the discriminatory practices is NOT based on the intent to harm?
Definition
Indirect Institutionalized discrimination
Term
What type of discrimination is carried out by the dominant group against non-dominant groups because it is the dominant group by definition that generally controls the social institutions?
Definition
Institutional Discrimination
Term
Describe how prejudice and discrimination manifest themselves through social learning and conformity.
Definition
Laws, regulations, and norms of segregation or unequal access that maintain the power of dominant group over subordinate ones.
Term
What theory is described as: Perceived group threat or perceptions of threatened group interest occur when in-group members see an out-group as posing negative consequences to the interests of their in-group?
Definition
Integrated Threat Theory
Term
Realistic Threats, Symbolic Threats, Intergroup Anxiety, Stereotypes are a part of what theory?
Definition
Integrated Threat Theory
Term
What is the relationship between power and discrimination?
Definition
Power is at the core of discrimination. Without power discrimination is ineffective
Term

SYSTEM -VS- VICTIM FOCUS

 

 

**NOT A QUESTION**

Definition

SYSTEM -VS- VICTIMFOCUS

 

** NOT A QUESTION**

Term

Which term is defined as: The broad sense as persons who, individually or collectively, have suffered harm?

 

Physical

Emotional suffering

Economic loss

Substantial impairment of their fundamental rights

Definition
Victim
Term
What term is a reactive problem-solving approach that narrowly defines problems in terms of the victims, victim is center of concern?
Definition
Victim Focus
Term
List the 4 steps involved with blaming the victim.
Definition

Step 1 - Identify a social problem

Step 2 - Study those affected by the problem

Step 3 - Define the differences as the cause of problem

Step 4 - initiate a humanitarian program to correct impact of differences

Term
Ryan defines the System as?
Definition
An organized set of doctrines, ideas, or principles usually intended to explain the arrangement or working of a systematic whole
Term
Which term describes: A problem-solving approach that broadly defines problems as being a part of or caused by the system, organization, society, or community. Proactive?
Definition
System Focus
Term
Within an organization, what term describes the elements and behaviors that collectively characterize an organization?
Definition
Roots
Term

BYSTANDER INTERVENTION

 

 

** NOT A QUESTION**

Definition

BYSTANDER INTERVENTION

 

 

** NOT A QUESTION**

Term
What term is defined as anyone who sees or otherwise becomes aware of behavior at appears worthy of comment or action?
Definition
BYSTANDER
Term
Psychological phenomenon where persons are less likely to intervene in a situation when others are present than when they are alone describe what term?
Definition
BYSTANDER EFFECT
Term
What is an active bystander?
Definition
Person that intervene and discourage or stop unacceptable behavior. On the lookout for situations that may require some intervention
Term
What is an intervention after the fact strategy in which you listen supportively and provide information about resources available to the aggrieved person?
Definition
Privately support an upset person
Term
What is a social phenomenon which tends to occur in groups of people above a certain critical size when responsibility is not explicitly assigned?
Definition
Diffusion of responsibility
Term
Bystander Intervention is defined as?
Definition
Assessing a situation to determine what kind of interview if any, might be appropriate
Term
List Intervention Strategies in the moment
Definition

Name or acknowledge an offense or good deed

Point to the "elephant in the room"

Interrupt the behavior

Publicly support an aggrieved person

Use body language to show disapproval or approval

Use humor

Encourage dialogue

Help calm strong feelings

Call for help

Term
List Intervention strategies after the fact
Definition

Privately support an upset person

Talk privately with the inappropriate actor

Report the incident, with or without names

Term

RACISM

 

** NOT A QUESTION**

Definition

RACISM

 

** NOT A QUESTION**

Term
What is the DoD Directive 1350.2 definition of Race?
Definition
A division of human beings identified by the possession of traits that are transmissible by descent and that are sufficient to characterize persons possessing these traits as a distinctive human genotype
Term
What are Anthropologists 4 racial groups?
Definition

Caucasoids

Negroids

Mongoloids

Australoids

Term
What are the current categories of race?
Definition

American Indian or Alaskan Native

Asian

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

White

Term
What are the two types of Racism?
Definition

Individual racism

Institutional racism

Term
What are the two forms of Racism?
Definition

Intentional racism

Unintentional racism

Term
Which term is defined as a conscious act, usually motivated by prejudice or intent to harm?
Definition
Intentional racism
Term
What term is defined as: Unconscious act that, while not usually motivated by prejudice or intent to harm, is still damaging?
Definition
Unintentional racism
Term
Describe Racist Behavior.
Definition

Directed toward an individual or group

Intentional

Unintentional

Based on skin color, ethnicity, or race

Perpetrated by an individual and/or an institution

Term
What are the 3 subtle forms and not so subtle form of racism?
Definition

Aversive

Symbolic

Modern

 

Traditional(Not so subtle)

Term
What are the five levels of acting out prejudice?
Definition

Antilocution

Avoidance

Discrimination

Physical attack

Extermination

Term
What are the three R's?
Definition

Reject

Recruit

Reject

Term
A lack of understanding of the history, stereotyping the members ethinic group, Ethnocentrism, assigning negative attributes are characteristics of Internal or External racism?
Definition
Internal
Term
What are the factors of External Racism?
Definition

Family

Social visibility

Contact

Mass Media

Unequal Power

Competition

Term
Executive Order 9981 accomplished what?
Definition
Desegregation of the armed services in July 1948
Term
List strategies for Combating Racism.
Definition

Awarness

Education

Participation

Legislation

Mass Media

Change

Term
What manifestation of racism is usually blatant, obvious, and almost always meant to harm?
Definition
Overt Racism
Term
What manifestation of racism is harmful treatment of members of subordinate racial groups that is hidden, usually subtle, and difficult to document and prove?
Definition
Covert Racism
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