Quiz Study Material COUC 504 - Study Answer Collection

Quiz Study Material COUC 504 - Study Answer Collection Social Justice Counseling - answer - refers to counseling that recognizes the impact of oppression, privilege, and discrimination on the mental health of individuals social injustice - answer - refers to the unequal distribution of rewards and burdens. oppression - answer - is pervasive and exists across multiple groups (e.g., people of color, people of lower socioeconomic status or social class, gay men, people with disabilities) and at varying levels (e.g., individual, institutional, cultural). Oppression can be said to have two modalities (i.e., oppression by force and oppression by deprivation) and be of three types (i.e., primary, secondary, and tertiary) *result of oppression is imbalance of power oppression by force - answer - involves the act of imposing, on an individual or a group, an object, a label, a role, an experience, or a living condition that is unwanted and that causes physical or psychological pain. Examples directed at individuals or marginalized groups include sexual assault, negative media images of minority groups, kidnapping (of either an individual or members of a marginalized group), and physical violence toward an individual or a group of individuals. oppression by deprivation - answer - includes the act of depriving an individual or a group of an object, a label, a role, an experience, or a living condition that hinders physical and psychological well-being. Examples include neglecting individuals and withholding job promotions from them because of their minority status, denying certain groups a rich educational experience on the basis of their skin color or socioeconomic sta-tus, making it difficult to find affordable transportation from home to a place of employment, and making it practically impossible to find safe, affordable housing primary oppression - answer - consists of overt acts representing either of the two modalities of oppression (i.e., oppression by force, oppression by deprivation) secondary oppression - answer - involves individuals benefiting from overt oppressive acts against others. Although individu-als involved in secondary oppression do not actively engage in oppressive acts, they do not object to others who do engage in overt oppressive acts and do benefit from the oppression tertiary oppression (internalized oppression) - answer - refers to the identification of the dominant message by members of the minority group, often to seek acceptance by the dominant group. Like secondary oppression, tertiary oppression can be passive in nature structure violence (institutional oppression) - answer - results when social, political, economic, and other institutional entities and processes intentionally or unintentionally erect barriers to development, wellness, dignity, and human potential. Structural violence can be overt, although it is often covert, making it harder to detect. ex. providing insufficient funding to inner-city and rural schools, limiting access to healthy and affordable food, accepting high unemployment rates for certain minority groups, limiting access to quality health care and preventative care, and making it difficult to find affordable transportation. privilege - answer - made up of several components, such as having power, access, or unearned advantage, and holding a majority status *oppression and privilege are inversely related empowerment - answer - the process by which people, organizations, or groups who are powerless and mar-ginalized (a) become aware of the power dynamics at work in their life context, (b) develop the skills and capacity for gaining reasonable control over their lives, (c) which they exercise, (d) without infringing on the rights of others, and (e) which coin-cides with actively supporting the empowerment of others in their community. *goal of social justice counseling involves empowering disenfranchised groups resilience - answer - the set of behaviors and attitudes tha