RST 230 ACTUAL SCRIPTED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔perceived racial threat theory - ✔✔individuals develop prejudicial attitudes toward
people who theythreat theory perceive pose a threat to their economic, cultural, political
andand social position
✔✔contact theory - ✔✔Racism is a direct result of the lack of equal-status contacts
between members of two distinct groups. Spatial and psychological isolation of
ethnic/racial groups fuels development of mutual misconceptions and creation of racial
stereotypes that further restrict the opportunity for future contacts between groups
✔✔value systems / cultural norms and ideologies - ✔✔A. Racist beliefs are an integral
part of the American value system. The ideas of white supremacy, propriety claim and
racial superiority are still common among a significant part of the American white
population.These values are properties of social systems. Individuals derive their values
from ruling ideologies (e.g. regional subculture in the South).
B. Racism is a divergence from the American value system. It is an attribute of
individuals whose particularistic interests make them unable to live upto the standards
of the American Creed and implement them in practice
✔✔realistic conflict theory - ✔✔subordinate group constitutes a real and tangible threat
to the dominantgroup's practices and to the resources that it controls.
Prejudiceoriginates from a direct competition between the dominant and
subordinategroups for control over scarce resources.
✔✔segregation - ✔✔Separation or isolation of a group or an of a group or an individual
in a restricted area by discriminatory means.individual in a restricted area by
discriminatory means. Segregation results in members of the group, or an individual,
receiving treatment that is different from other people (Datillo, 1999)
✔✔stigma - ✔✔undesired differentness which separates the person from others in a
society
, ✔✔deviancy - ✔✔if he or she is perceived to be significantly different from others in
some important characteristic and if this difference is negatively used
✔✔internalized oppression - ✔✔occurs when an individual comes to accept the
stereotypical beliefs as truths and acts upon them
✔✔spread phenomenon - ✔✔association of additional "imperfection" to a person on the
basis of the actual "disabling" condition
✔✔over-exaggeration assumption - ✔✔overestimating of the extent to which a person's
condition affects his or her life
✔✔architerctural barrier act of 1968 - ✔✔states that all buildings and facilities that have
been built in whole, or partially with federal funds must be accessible
✔✔rehabilitation act of 1973 - ✔✔provides funds for vocational rehabilitation og people
with disabilities
✔✔section 504/ non-discrimination section - ✔✔first act that prohibits discrimination of
people with disabilities in federally funded programs
✔✔education for all handicapped children act of 1975 : individual with disabilities
education act - ✔✔if your program uses school or community settings it must be
accessible to people with disabilities
✔✔difference between the three acts and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) -
✔✔protect the rights of people with disabilities in *federally assisted* programs vs
protects the rights of people with disabilities in all facilities (private, public, and
commercial)
✔✔Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ✔✔- enacted in 1990
- *civil rights law*
- intended to eliminate discrimination against ppl with disabilities by the guarantee of
equal opportunities, full community participation, enhanced independent living,
heightened self sufficiency, and access to every crititcal area of American life
✔✔ADA: all state and local *public accommodations and services* (public, private or
commercial) - ✔✔must be accessible to persons with disabilities, and they must be
accessible in the *most integrated way possible*
✔✔what does the ADA do? - ✔✔enables interactions between ppl with and without
disabilities
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔perceived racial threat theory - ✔✔individuals develop prejudicial attitudes toward
people who theythreat theory perceive pose a threat to their economic, cultural, political
andand social position
✔✔contact theory - ✔✔Racism is a direct result of the lack of equal-status contacts
between members of two distinct groups. Spatial and psychological isolation of
ethnic/racial groups fuels development of mutual misconceptions and creation of racial
stereotypes that further restrict the opportunity for future contacts between groups
✔✔value systems / cultural norms and ideologies - ✔✔A. Racist beliefs are an integral
part of the American value system. The ideas of white supremacy, propriety claim and
racial superiority are still common among a significant part of the American white
population.These values are properties of social systems. Individuals derive their values
from ruling ideologies (e.g. regional subculture in the South).
B. Racism is a divergence from the American value system. It is an attribute of
individuals whose particularistic interests make them unable to live upto the standards
of the American Creed and implement them in practice
✔✔realistic conflict theory - ✔✔subordinate group constitutes a real and tangible threat
to the dominantgroup's practices and to the resources that it controls.
Prejudiceoriginates from a direct competition between the dominant and
subordinategroups for control over scarce resources.
✔✔segregation - ✔✔Separation or isolation of a group or an of a group or an individual
in a restricted area by discriminatory means.individual in a restricted area by
discriminatory means. Segregation results in members of the group, or an individual,
receiving treatment that is different from other people (Datillo, 1999)
✔✔stigma - ✔✔undesired differentness which separates the person from others in a
society
, ✔✔deviancy - ✔✔if he or she is perceived to be significantly different from others in
some important characteristic and if this difference is negatively used
✔✔internalized oppression - ✔✔occurs when an individual comes to accept the
stereotypical beliefs as truths and acts upon them
✔✔spread phenomenon - ✔✔association of additional "imperfection" to a person on the
basis of the actual "disabling" condition
✔✔over-exaggeration assumption - ✔✔overestimating of the extent to which a person's
condition affects his or her life
✔✔architerctural barrier act of 1968 - ✔✔states that all buildings and facilities that have
been built in whole, or partially with federal funds must be accessible
✔✔rehabilitation act of 1973 - ✔✔provides funds for vocational rehabilitation og people
with disabilities
✔✔section 504/ non-discrimination section - ✔✔first act that prohibits discrimination of
people with disabilities in federally funded programs
✔✔education for all handicapped children act of 1975 : individual with disabilities
education act - ✔✔if your program uses school or community settings it must be
accessible to people with disabilities
✔✔difference between the three acts and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) -
✔✔protect the rights of people with disabilities in *federally assisted* programs vs
protects the rights of people with disabilities in all facilities (private, public, and
commercial)
✔✔Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ✔✔- enacted in 1990
- *civil rights law*
- intended to eliminate discrimination against ppl with disabilities by the guarantee of
equal opportunities, full community participation, enhanced independent living,
heightened self sufficiency, and access to every crititcal area of American life
✔✔ADA: all state and local *public accommodations and services* (public, private or
commercial) - ✔✔must be accessible to persons with disabilities, and they must be
accessible in the *most integrated way possible*
✔✔what does the ADA do? - ✔✔enables interactions between ppl with and without
disabilities
