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| Hull house, professionalized social work, hull house was founded to provide education for working class. Womens trade union league- provides safe working conditions and living wages for factory workers (won nobel peace prize) |
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| Civil rights (fight for black rights) anti-lynching movement |
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| Labor movement worked to help create rights for working class |
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| places in london where social activists worked to help the poor and needy |
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| COS or Charity Organization Society |
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| The movement was based on the belief that the person was responsible for his or her own difficulties but could be rehabilitated through individual sessions w/ a "friendly visitor" as opposed to a financial handout |
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| system that helps people meet their basic needs in order to maintain stability and social and economic justice within society. |
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| also referred to as prejudice |
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| Bias perpetrated by one individual or group due to roce, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, mental and physical conditions, class and lifestyle. |
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| inadequete financial resources or means of subsistence to meet basic needs |
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| individual income is less than the amount needed to obtain the minimum necessities for living |
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| perception that an individual does not possess as many assets as others. |
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| individual differences (victimizing) and social structures (external factors) are the cause of what? |
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| Structural perspective paradigm (about poverty) |
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| Structure in society is the cause, people move in and out of poverty, poverty includes quality of life, health and opportunities, poverty affects everyone. |
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| role of effective social worker |
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| knowledgeable of existing social welfare programs, facilitate enrollment into those programs, maintain updated info, advocate on the behalf of the disenfranchised populations |
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| unjust or cruel exercise of power and authority, something that oppresses especially in being an unjust or excessive exercise of power;when people in power subjugate others based on beliefs and values. |
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composed of men whose positions enable them to transcend the ordinary environments of ordinary men and women; they are in the positions to make decisions having major consequences.
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| Government, military, economic |
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| the distribution of resources are controlled by the power elite, who decide how and within which limits resources will be disseminated. |
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| reinforcing the status quo |
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| happens when possessing a bias towards an individual or group based on characteristics |
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| 4 main principles of oppression |
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1. "normal" people are perceived to have power over "different" people are viewed as being lesser.
2. injustice or the threat of violence is at the root of oppressive acts
3. social structures reinforce oppression through policies, rules, and regulations
4. people that are oppressed become invisible or devalued |
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| treat a person, group, or concept as insignificant or peripheral |
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| societys system of beliefs, principles, and traditions that guide behaviors and practices |
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| system of principles that guide decisions |
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| Social work values evolved through which 4 phases? |
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1. morality
2. values
3. ethical theory and decision making
4. ethical standards and risk management |
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| some info can be disclosed |
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| views the client within the context of the environment |
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| incorporates cultural experiences and beliefs into social work interventions |
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| Mission of the social work profession |
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| Enhance human well-being, promote social justice and social change, strive to end discrimination, oppression, poverty, and other forms of social injustice. |
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Ethical Standard Responsibilities |
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- Clients
- Colleagues
- Practice Settings
- Professionalism
- Social Work Profession
- Broader Society
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| Lisa McIntyre does woodworking in her spare time. She recently discovered that saws manufactured in Japan leave fewer splinters in delicate wood working (because they cut on the pull rather than on the push). So, she purchased some saws made in Japan. This is an example of |
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| If, as Professor Laz suggested, age is “social constructed,” |
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| we would expect, for example, that at what chronological age one becomes “old” or “aged,” may vary across society. |
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| Why are symbols such powerful elements of culture? |
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| because people react to them as if they are real |
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| According to Horace Miner, a fundamental belief of the Nacirema is that |
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| the human body is ugly and prone to illness. |
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| Professor Laz suggests that many people experience “age-clicks” at some points in their lives. These occur, she says, |
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| when something happens that calls into question one’s assumptions about one’s own age. |
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| According to Professor Laz’s article (“Act Your Age”), age—like race and gender—are social constructed. That means, |
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-age, race, and gender are not simple biological facts.
there are social rules that define how people “perform” age, race, and gender.
-when people perform these according to others’ expectations, age, race and gender become invisible.
-we learn how to perform age, race and gender by social interaction.
-all of these |
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| The purpose of the Quinn reading is to study |
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| “girl watching” to understand one way gender differences are produced |
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| In his article, Professor Quinn defines “girl watching” as: |
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| the act of men’s sexually evaluating women, often in the company of other men |
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| The primary difference between “street” and “decent” families is (Anderson) |
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| that decent families tend to accept mainstream values. |
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| In the Quinn reading, the respondents at “Acme” described masculinity as: |
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a heterosexual notion
physical strength
a marked sexuality
strength of character
-all of these |
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| According to Elijah Anderson, the code of the streets |
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| governs interpersonal behavior in public, including the use of violence. |
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| Anderson notes that the primary goal of street kids is |
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| On the streets, the distinction between street and decent is often irrelevant, even decent kids must know the code in order to survive. (Anderson) (TRUE OR FALSE?) |
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| According to the sociologist’s point of view, a collection of people who happen to be in the same place at the same time, are a social |
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