HDFS 2300 exam 3 (Rudy)questions &
correct answers
Cultural Variation within the USA: Native American Families - correct answer ✔✔•Issue of being grouped
together versus diversity
Native American History - correct answer ✔✔•Huge drop in population historically
•War, disease
•Early 1800s: gov goals, educational system
Assimilation- loosing values of cultural origin
•Mid 1800s: reservations or "sanctuaries"
•Early 1900's: 1924- citizenship. Right to vote
determined by state
• 1960s- Activism. Financial aid
• More say re: children
• 1975- education
Assimilation - correct answer ✔✔loosing values of cultural origin
Native American Values - correct answer ✔✔o Harmony with Nature- similar to Schwartz's
idea of harmony versus mastery
o Mainstrean culture: Mastery
o Native American culture: harmony
o Collectivist (video). Similar of Schwartz's
Autonomy Verses Conservatism, Hofsetede's
collectivism
o Lewis and Gingrich (1980): Student's views of
leadership
,o Competition and effort at school
o Assertiveness and peers' reactions
o Hierarchy VS. Egalitarianism
Mainstream culture - correct answer ✔✔Mastery
Native American Culture - correct answer ✔✔harmony
Values: Relationships and Family Roles - correct answer ✔✔o Traditional family organization and child-
rearing
o Fictive Kin referred to as grandpa, aunt, etc.
o Fictive kin: people you refer to as a
biological figure even though you are not
actually a blood relative
o Thus service workers often need to talk with
more than just parent
fictive kin - correct answer ✔✔people you refer to as a biological figure even though you are not actually
a blood relative
referred to as grandpa, aunt, etc
chart in notes/tegrity - correct answer ✔✔Children: Self- Sufficience and Collectivism
Milestone - correct answer ✔✔not always similar. European-American VS. Native American
Relationships and family roles - correct answer ✔✔o Elders- more highly respected
o Roles of men- roles vary according to tribe
-Men usually involved in socializing and
disciplining in some way
, - Participation in military important
o Roles of women- vary, as above
o Single-parent families
There are a lot of different Native American
tribes, and what happens in one tribe doesn't
necessarily apply to all tribes - correct answer ✔✔.Your friend knows a Native-American male, Agwe,
who comes from a tribe where they have a green corn ceremony in May. He says that Native-American
tribes revere corn. What would your first response be to his statement? Choose the best response.
Assimilation - correct answer ✔✔It was said that in the early 1800s and beyond, the government tried to
promote a certain pattern of acculturation in Native American tribes. What was this pattern?
Conservatism/collectivism and Harmony tend
to be emphasized. - correct answer ✔✔Of the following, which description of Schwarz's values best
applies to the traditional values of most Native American groups? Choose the best response.
There is no clear evidence regarding this
dimension that applies to all tribes. - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is the best description
of the traditional values of most Native American groups and Schwarz's dimension of Hierarchy vs.
Egalitarianism? Choose the best response.
Even though the mother lives with the child,
her lack of awareness might exist because she
is not the child's primary caregiver - correct answer ✔✔You are a social worker dealing with a Native
American family whose child is having difficulties at school. The mother, who lives with the child, seems
to be unaware of the child's difficulties. How would you interpret this apparent lack of awareness?
Choose the best response.
Native Americans expect children to care for
younger siblings at earlier ages because it fits
with expectations regarding the collectivist
correct answers
Cultural Variation within the USA: Native American Families - correct answer ✔✔•Issue of being grouped
together versus diversity
Native American History - correct answer ✔✔•Huge drop in population historically
•War, disease
•Early 1800s: gov goals, educational system
Assimilation- loosing values of cultural origin
•Mid 1800s: reservations or "sanctuaries"
•Early 1900's: 1924- citizenship. Right to vote
determined by state
• 1960s- Activism. Financial aid
• More say re: children
• 1975- education
Assimilation - correct answer ✔✔loosing values of cultural origin
Native American Values - correct answer ✔✔o Harmony with Nature- similar to Schwartz's
idea of harmony versus mastery
o Mainstrean culture: Mastery
o Native American culture: harmony
o Collectivist (video). Similar of Schwartz's
Autonomy Verses Conservatism, Hofsetede's
collectivism
o Lewis and Gingrich (1980): Student's views of
leadership
,o Competition and effort at school
o Assertiveness and peers' reactions
o Hierarchy VS. Egalitarianism
Mainstream culture - correct answer ✔✔Mastery
Native American Culture - correct answer ✔✔harmony
Values: Relationships and Family Roles - correct answer ✔✔o Traditional family organization and child-
rearing
o Fictive Kin referred to as grandpa, aunt, etc.
o Fictive kin: people you refer to as a
biological figure even though you are not
actually a blood relative
o Thus service workers often need to talk with
more than just parent
fictive kin - correct answer ✔✔people you refer to as a biological figure even though you are not actually
a blood relative
referred to as grandpa, aunt, etc
chart in notes/tegrity - correct answer ✔✔Children: Self- Sufficience and Collectivism
Milestone - correct answer ✔✔not always similar. European-American VS. Native American
Relationships and family roles - correct answer ✔✔o Elders- more highly respected
o Roles of men- roles vary according to tribe
-Men usually involved in socializing and
disciplining in some way
, - Participation in military important
o Roles of women- vary, as above
o Single-parent families
There are a lot of different Native American
tribes, and what happens in one tribe doesn't
necessarily apply to all tribes - correct answer ✔✔.Your friend knows a Native-American male, Agwe,
who comes from a tribe where they have a green corn ceremony in May. He says that Native-American
tribes revere corn. What would your first response be to his statement? Choose the best response.
Assimilation - correct answer ✔✔It was said that in the early 1800s and beyond, the government tried to
promote a certain pattern of acculturation in Native American tribes. What was this pattern?
Conservatism/collectivism and Harmony tend
to be emphasized. - correct answer ✔✔Of the following, which description of Schwarz's values best
applies to the traditional values of most Native American groups? Choose the best response.
There is no clear evidence regarding this
dimension that applies to all tribes. - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is the best description
of the traditional values of most Native American groups and Schwarz's dimension of Hierarchy vs.
Egalitarianism? Choose the best response.
Even though the mother lives with the child,
her lack of awareness might exist because she
is not the child's primary caregiver - correct answer ✔✔You are a social worker dealing with a Native
American family whose child is having difficulties at school. The mother, who lives with the child, seems
to be unaware of the child's difficulties. How would you interpret this apparent lack of awareness?
Choose the best response.
Native Americans expect children to care for
younger siblings at earlier ages because it fits
with expectations regarding the collectivist
