375 Milestone 4 Test A+ Questions and
Answers Verified Solutions Latest Update
2026/2027
Answer:
mutual respect
critical reflection
caring
group participation
■ What is the paradox of empowerment
Answer:
empowerment cannot be GIVEN, bc if its GIVEN, then you can take it away
*anyone who can give you power, can take it away
■ Example of empowerment W/O sense of empowerment
Answer:
voting
■ Example of empowerment being revoked
Answer:
Roe vs Wade Overturning
■ What's worse? Having it and have it taken away, or never having had it in the first place?
Answer:
Having it and have it taken away
■ What elements do you face during "power over"
Answer:
instruments of social control:
- authority and control (resources, punishment)
, - voice (controlling channels of media that shape perceptions to shape a
narrative; eg. malcolm x versus mlk)
- propaganda (using resources to shape our understanding (ex. trails of
tears AND DEATH vs trail of tears)
■ What is integrative power?
Answer:
"ppl power"
aka citizen participation; working as a group to increase empowerment
■ What do you need to increase integrative power?
Answer:
sense of collective efficacy (belief that collective action WORKS) and personal participatory
efficacy (your individual participation matters)
■ What happens when you have low personal participatory efficacy?
Answer:
you do not believe you have the KSA's to contribute
TO INCREASE IT: keep it simple and build self-efficacy (Alinsky)
■ What is a benefactor organization?
Answer:
orgs that focus on transferring goods and services to communities
key words: provide, support, improve
PROB: NOT empowerment bc it can be taken away (one-directional)
■ What is a intermediary organization?
Answer:
orgs that focus on self- sufficiency/multi-directional relationships with the community they serve
key words: encourage, advocate, promote
PRO: empowerment, thus cannot be taken away
■ learned helplessness
Answer:
Answers Verified Solutions Latest Update
2026/2027
Answer:
mutual respect
critical reflection
caring
group participation
■ What is the paradox of empowerment
Answer:
empowerment cannot be GIVEN, bc if its GIVEN, then you can take it away
*anyone who can give you power, can take it away
■ Example of empowerment W/O sense of empowerment
Answer:
voting
■ Example of empowerment being revoked
Answer:
Roe vs Wade Overturning
■ What's worse? Having it and have it taken away, or never having had it in the first place?
Answer:
Having it and have it taken away
■ What elements do you face during "power over"
Answer:
instruments of social control:
- authority and control (resources, punishment)
, - voice (controlling channels of media that shape perceptions to shape a
narrative; eg. malcolm x versus mlk)
- propaganda (using resources to shape our understanding (ex. trails of
tears AND DEATH vs trail of tears)
■ What is integrative power?
Answer:
"ppl power"
aka citizen participation; working as a group to increase empowerment
■ What do you need to increase integrative power?
Answer:
sense of collective efficacy (belief that collective action WORKS) and personal participatory
efficacy (your individual participation matters)
■ What happens when you have low personal participatory efficacy?
Answer:
you do not believe you have the KSA's to contribute
TO INCREASE IT: keep it simple and build self-efficacy (Alinsky)
■ What is a benefactor organization?
Answer:
orgs that focus on transferring goods and services to communities
key words: provide, support, improve
PROB: NOT empowerment bc it can be taken away (one-directional)
■ What is a intermediary organization?
Answer:
orgs that focus on self- sufficiency/multi-directional relationships with the community they serve
key words: encourage, advocate, promote
PRO: empowerment, thus cannot be taken away
■ learned helplessness
Answer:
