SSC 452 Exam Questions and Correct Answers 100% Verified Graded A+
In the Sensoy and DiAngelo readings, the authors discuss people's gaps in understanding social
justice and what is required to achieve it. The authors argue that these gaps form societal social
justice _______________ but that it is not due to a lack of information but is ________________
through many forces and special interests. - illiteracy; actively nurtured
Sensoy and DiAngelo describe different definitions and perspectives on social justice. Their
preferred definition is a ____________ social justice approach that recognizes that society is
__________________ in significant and far-reaching ways along social group lines including
race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability. - critical; stratified
Sensoy and DiAngelo recount a tale of Nasreddin Jodja, a 13th century Sufi sage that point out
human misunderstanding relevant to our purposes in capturing an understanding of social justice
literacy. Which of the following is NOT one of the key concepts conveyed in these stories? -
ways to evaluate people based on religious and moral values
Sensoy and DiAngelo point out that the critical theory approach used in their text does not refer
to common understandings of the word critical (i.e. to find fault, judge, criticize) but to refer to
an intellectual skill or ________________ as well as to a __________________. - critical
thinking; body of scholarship
Critical thinking means to think with complexity, going below the surface when considering an
issue and exploring its multiple dimensions and nuances. - true
,Critical social justice requires determining social, historical, and political meanings given to facts
and includes assessing the investment of various groups may have in ____________________--
those meanings in a particular historical moment. - furthering or challenging
Thinking critically about knowledge requires the _________________ that may challenge our
common sense and involves _______________________. - acquisition of new
information; understanding the meaning given to information
The school of thought known as "critical theory" originates from the ___________________ in
Frankfurt, Germany, in the early part of the 20th century. - Institute for Social Research
________________ is the concept that social groups are relationally positioned and ranked into a
hierarchy of unequal value used to justify the unequal distribution of resources among groups. -
Social Stratification
A _____________ is devalued in society and given less access to resources and traditionally such
groups have been referred to as a minority group but the language has changed in order to
capture the dynamics that create the lower status in society and not necessarily their numerical
proportion in a population. - Minoritized Group
Which of the following is a goal, rooted in critical theory, espoused by Sensoy and DiAngelo to
increase readers' understanding of the: - Political nature of knowledge production and
validation
Historical context of knowledge production and validation
, Inequitable distribution of power and resources among social groups
ALL ARE CORRECT
________________ often seems unnecessarily dense and abstract, far removed from our
everyday lives, yet all of us operate from it whenever we ask 'how' or 'why' about anything and
everything we do in the world (including our actions) is guided by a worldview impacted by this.
- Theory
A key element of social injustice involves the claim that particular knowledge is ____________
and ______________. - objective; universal
Critical theory calls into question of "objectivity" and whether such objectivity is desirable or
even possible; the terminology used to describe this way of thinking about knowledge is that
____________________. - knowledge is defined by patterns
knowledge is defined by the rich
reality is socially constructed
ONE OF THESE ANSWERS
In the Sensoy and DiAngelo readings, the authors discuss people's gaps in understanding social
justice and what is required to achieve it. The authors argue that these gaps form societal social
justice _______________ but that it is not due to a lack of information but is ________________
through many forces and special interests. - illiteracy; actively nurtured
Sensoy and DiAngelo describe different definitions and perspectives on social justice. Their
preferred definition is a ____________ social justice approach that recognizes that society is
__________________ in significant and far-reaching ways along social group lines including
race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability. - critical; stratified
Sensoy and DiAngelo recount a tale of Nasreddin Jodja, a 13th century Sufi sage that point out
human misunderstanding relevant to our purposes in capturing an understanding of social justice
literacy. Which of the following is NOT one of the key concepts conveyed in these stories? -
ways to evaluate people based on religious and moral values
Sensoy and DiAngelo point out that the critical theory approach used in their text does not refer
to common understandings of the word critical (i.e. to find fault, judge, criticize) but to refer to
an intellectual skill or ________________ as well as to a __________________. - critical
thinking; body of scholarship
Critical thinking means to think with complexity, going below the surface when considering an
issue and exploring its multiple dimensions and nuances. - true
,Critical social justice requires determining social, historical, and political meanings given to facts
and includes assessing the investment of various groups may have in ____________________--
those meanings in a particular historical moment. - furthering or challenging
Thinking critically about knowledge requires the _________________ that may challenge our
common sense and involves _______________________. - acquisition of new
information; understanding the meaning given to information
The school of thought known as "critical theory" originates from the ___________________ in
Frankfurt, Germany, in the early part of the 20th century. - Institute for Social Research
________________ is the concept that social groups are relationally positioned and ranked into a
hierarchy of unequal value used to justify the unequal distribution of resources among groups. -
Social Stratification
A _____________ is devalued in society and given less access to resources and traditionally such
groups have been referred to as a minority group but the language has changed in order to
capture the dynamics that create the lower status in society and not necessarily their numerical
proportion in a population. - Minoritized Group
Which of the following is a goal, rooted in critical theory, espoused by Sensoy and DiAngelo to
increase readers' understanding of the: - Political nature of knowledge production and
validation
Historical context of knowledge production and validation
, Inequitable distribution of power and resources among social groups
ALL ARE CORRECT
________________ often seems unnecessarily dense and abstract, far removed from our
everyday lives, yet all of us operate from it whenever we ask 'how' or 'why' about anything and
everything we do in the world (including our actions) is guided by a worldview impacted by this.
- Theory
A key element of social injustice involves the claim that particular knowledge is ____________
and ______________. - objective; universal
Critical theory calls into question of "objectivity" and whether such objectivity is desirable or
even possible; the terminology used to describe this way of thinking about knowledge is that
____________________. - knowledge is defined by patterns
knowledge is defined by the rich
reality is socially constructed
ONE OF THESE ANSWERS
