SOCW 6111 WEEK 5 ASSIGNMENT STUDY
GUIDE WITH FULL SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ Prejudiced nondiscriminatory. Answer: feels hostile to other
groups but recognizes that law and social pressures are opposed to
overt discrimination. Reluctantly, this person does not translate
prejudice into action.
◉ Prejudiced discriminator. Answer: does not believe in the values
of freedom and equality and consistently discriminates against other
groups in both word and deed.
◉ White Privilege. Answer: an underexposed part of racism in the
US that white people have privileges that other Americans do not
have.
◉ Racism. Answer: the belief that race is the primary determinant of
human capacities and traits and that racial differences produce an
inherent superiority of a particular race.
◉ Ageism. Answer: having negative images of and attitudes toward
people simply because they are old
,◉ Sexism. Answer: prejudice or discrimination based on sex,
especially discrimination against women that involved behavior,
conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based
on sex.
◉ Sexual assault. Answer: a wide range of victimizations, separate
from rape or attempted rape. These include attacks for unwanted
sexual contact between victim and offender.
◉ Ethnocentrism. Answer: the belief that one's own group is
superior. This leads members of ethnic groups to view their culture
as the best, as superior, as the one that other cultures should adopt.
It also leads to prejudice against foreigners, who may be viewed as
barbarians, uncultured people, or savages.
◉ Poverty. Answer: the condition of "not having enough money to
buy things that are considered necessary and desirable"
◉ Empowerment. Answer: the process of increasing personal,
interpersonal, or political power so that individuals can take action
to improve their life situations
◉ LGBTQ. Answer: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender. Q stands
for queer or questioning.
,◉ Advocate. Answer: represents, champions, or defends the rights of
others. One who steps forward and speaks out on the behalf of
clients in order to promote fair and equitable treatment or gain
needed resources. (example: a worker might meet with an
administrator to change an agency policy on that client's behalf).
◉ Negotiator. Answer: one who represents an organization or group
trying to wrestle something from another group.
◉ Social Justice. Answer: the idea that in a perfect world all citizens
would have identical "rights, protection, opportunities, obligations,
and social benefits"
◉ Human rights. Answer: the premise that all people, regardless of
race, culture, or national origin, are entitled to basic rights and
treatment
◉ Economic Justice. Answer: concerns the distribution of resources
in a fair and equitable manner
◉ Populations at risk. Answer: groups that experience prejudice,
discrimination, and oppression from the dominant group
, ◉ written consent. Answer: A person knowingly, without duress or
coercion, clearly and explicitly consents to the proposed therapy in
writing.
◉ informed consent. Answer: an ethical principle that research
participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they
wish to participate
◉ civil rights. Answer: the rights of citizens to political and social
freedom and equality.
◉ Critical thinking. Answer: the careful scrutiny of what is stated as
true or what appears to be true and the resulting expression of an
opinion or conclusion based on that scrutiny and the creative
formulation of an opinion or conclusion when presented with a
question, problem, or issue. (Critical thinking stressed how
individuals think about the truth in a situation or statement or how
they analyze an issue to formulate their own conclusions).
◉ Problem Solving. Answer: 1. Identify and define the needs of each
opposing side
2. Generate possible alternative solutions
3. Evaluate the merits and shortcomings of the alternative solutions.
4. Decide on the best acceptable solution
5. Work out ways of implementing the solution
GUIDE WITH FULL SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ Prejudiced nondiscriminatory. Answer: feels hostile to other
groups but recognizes that law and social pressures are opposed to
overt discrimination. Reluctantly, this person does not translate
prejudice into action.
◉ Prejudiced discriminator. Answer: does not believe in the values
of freedom and equality and consistently discriminates against other
groups in both word and deed.
◉ White Privilege. Answer: an underexposed part of racism in the
US that white people have privileges that other Americans do not
have.
◉ Racism. Answer: the belief that race is the primary determinant of
human capacities and traits and that racial differences produce an
inherent superiority of a particular race.
◉ Ageism. Answer: having negative images of and attitudes toward
people simply because they are old
,◉ Sexism. Answer: prejudice or discrimination based on sex,
especially discrimination against women that involved behavior,
conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based
on sex.
◉ Sexual assault. Answer: a wide range of victimizations, separate
from rape or attempted rape. These include attacks for unwanted
sexual contact between victim and offender.
◉ Ethnocentrism. Answer: the belief that one's own group is
superior. This leads members of ethnic groups to view their culture
as the best, as superior, as the one that other cultures should adopt.
It also leads to prejudice against foreigners, who may be viewed as
barbarians, uncultured people, or savages.
◉ Poverty. Answer: the condition of "not having enough money to
buy things that are considered necessary and desirable"
◉ Empowerment. Answer: the process of increasing personal,
interpersonal, or political power so that individuals can take action
to improve their life situations
◉ LGBTQ. Answer: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender. Q stands
for queer or questioning.
,◉ Advocate. Answer: represents, champions, or defends the rights of
others. One who steps forward and speaks out on the behalf of
clients in order to promote fair and equitable treatment or gain
needed resources. (example: a worker might meet with an
administrator to change an agency policy on that client's behalf).
◉ Negotiator. Answer: one who represents an organization or group
trying to wrestle something from another group.
◉ Social Justice. Answer: the idea that in a perfect world all citizens
would have identical "rights, protection, opportunities, obligations,
and social benefits"
◉ Human rights. Answer: the premise that all people, regardless of
race, culture, or national origin, are entitled to basic rights and
treatment
◉ Economic Justice. Answer: concerns the distribution of resources
in a fair and equitable manner
◉ Populations at risk. Answer: groups that experience prejudice,
discrimination, and oppression from the dominant group
, ◉ written consent. Answer: A person knowingly, without duress or
coercion, clearly and explicitly consents to the proposed therapy in
writing.
◉ informed consent. Answer: an ethical principle that research
participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they
wish to participate
◉ civil rights. Answer: the rights of citizens to political and social
freedom and equality.
◉ Critical thinking. Answer: the careful scrutiny of what is stated as
true or what appears to be true and the resulting expression of an
opinion or conclusion based on that scrutiny and the creative
formulation of an opinion or conclusion when presented with a
question, problem, or issue. (Critical thinking stressed how
individuals think about the truth in a situation or statement or how
they analyze an issue to formulate their own conclusions).
◉ Problem Solving. Answer: 1. Identify and define the needs of each
opposing side
2. Generate possible alternative solutions
3. Evaluate the merits and shortcomings of the alternative solutions.
4. Decide on the best acceptable solution
5. Work out ways of implementing the solution
