INTRO TO SOCIAL WORK EXAM #1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Social Work Privilege - ANSWER-being aware of privilege that we have and clients
have (or may not have), privilege comes with social work and being a professional
What is intersectionality and why is it important to consider? - ANSWER-overlapping
identities, like being a women and being black, the more minority/oppressed
identities someone has the more disadvantaged they are - even in their own minority
groups (being black but not being a man, being a women/feminist but being
oppressed because of race)
Oluo's definitions of racism, how does the definition of racism determine how we
battle it? - ANSWER-if you want to further understanding of systemic racism even
more among the people you interact with, you can try to link to the systemic effects
of racism whenever you talk about racism, targeting one person's personal racism
won't change the larger systemic problem
to fix racism we must target the system not the individual
social welfare system - ANSWER-consists of private or publicly funded institutions,
programs, benefits, & services, assists people in meeting social, economic, health,
and educational needs
What is the difference between private versus public nonprofit agencies? -
ANSWER-funds received from private sources vs majority of revenue from
government, neither makes profit and both provide services for the public
What are Mutual Benefit Societies? - ANSWER-nonprofits focused on aid to
members (labor unions, veterans organizations, other fraternal organizations,
donations not tax deductible)
What are the roles of the non-profit sector? - ANSWER-advance social change,
preserve US heritage (museums, theatres), provide recreation (YMCA, Girls Scouts),
private nonprofit support to American businesses, provide services for which the
business sector cannot make a profit
Name and define two Standard of Living economic measures - ANSWER-Gross
Domestic Product - total dollar value of all goods and services produced
Unemployment Rate - number of unemployed divided by employed
Name and define two Social Measures - ANSWER-nation's health = teen pregnancy
percentages, child abuse and neglect statistics, infant mortality rates
quality of life = graduation v. school dropout rate, literacy statistics, adult and juvenile
crime rates, voter registration and turnout
, Elizabethan Poor Law (1620s) (What three categories of eligibility for relief were
established by this law? Who were the deserving/worthy versus
undeserving/unworthy poor?) - ANSWER-brought over from Europe, taxes went to
help the poor (wealthy people didn't like the poor), able-bodied poor people, impotent
poor people (unemployable due to psychical or mental disability), dependent children
these categories were considered deserving of help while anyone else who needed
help was not (non-whites, paupers, able-bodied adults)
outdoor vs indoor relief - ANSWER-
How were paupers defined? What were the three ways that paupers were dealt
with? - ANSWER-extremely poor, dependent on public assistance/charity, only
whites got assistance
were either auctioned off as laborers/help, contracted with someone for a job,
outdoor relleif
What was the view of children until 1870s? - ANSWER-innately evil and lazy,
needed supervision and to be put to work, apprenticeship = sent to live with another
family and work for them and receive proper care
Who were the Overseers of the Poor (1622- ) and what did they do? - ANSWER-
elected to each ward in a city
administer to needs of poor, decide who was worthy or unworthy, collect taxes from
parish members, help to distribute outdoor relief to deserving poor, identify people to
be sent to workhouse, remove children from homes not beneficial to health, safety
and well-being
What was the Law of Settlement (1662)? - ANSWER-towns required to supply food,
firewood, clothing & household essentials
What did "warning out" mean? - ANSWER-towns would try to stop people from
moving to their town who were poor and wanted to receive assistance from them
(reduce outsiders and amount of money spent on the poor)
Poor Houses - 1820s
(What were poorhouses? What were the goals of poorhouses? What were the issues
and reactions to those issues?) - ANSWER-charitable institutions began in 1620s,
contained unemployed adults, orphaned children, adults too old to work & individuals
with mental illness or disabilities, type of indoor relief that was believed to be
cheaper than outdoor relief
goal was to prevent pauperism and starving, minimize public relief costs, rehab the
poor and prevent children from becoming adult paupers
viewed as contributing to the problem or pauperism and crime, had poor conditions
and low funding/resources
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Social Work Privilege - ANSWER-being aware of privilege that we have and clients
have (or may not have), privilege comes with social work and being a professional
What is intersectionality and why is it important to consider? - ANSWER-overlapping
identities, like being a women and being black, the more minority/oppressed
identities someone has the more disadvantaged they are - even in their own minority
groups (being black but not being a man, being a women/feminist but being
oppressed because of race)
Oluo's definitions of racism, how does the definition of racism determine how we
battle it? - ANSWER-if you want to further understanding of systemic racism even
more among the people you interact with, you can try to link to the systemic effects
of racism whenever you talk about racism, targeting one person's personal racism
won't change the larger systemic problem
to fix racism we must target the system not the individual
social welfare system - ANSWER-consists of private or publicly funded institutions,
programs, benefits, & services, assists people in meeting social, economic, health,
and educational needs
What is the difference between private versus public nonprofit agencies? -
ANSWER-funds received from private sources vs majority of revenue from
government, neither makes profit and both provide services for the public
What are Mutual Benefit Societies? - ANSWER-nonprofits focused on aid to
members (labor unions, veterans organizations, other fraternal organizations,
donations not tax deductible)
What are the roles of the non-profit sector? - ANSWER-advance social change,
preserve US heritage (museums, theatres), provide recreation (YMCA, Girls Scouts),
private nonprofit support to American businesses, provide services for which the
business sector cannot make a profit
Name and define two Standard of Living economic measures - ANSWER-Gross
Domestic Product - total dollar value of all goods and services produced
Unemployment Rate - number of unemployed divided by employed
Name and define two Social Measures - ANSWER-nation's health = teen pregnancy
percentages, child abuse and neglect statistics, infant mortality rates
quality of life = graduation v. school dropout rate, literacy statistics, adult and juvenile
crime rates, voter registration and turnout
, Elizabethan Poor Law (1620s) (What three categories of eligibility for relief were
established by this law? Who were the deserving/worthy versus
undeserving/unworthy poor?) - ANSWER-brought over from Europe, taxes went to
help the poor (wealthy people didn't like the poor), able-bodied poor people, impotent
poor people (unemployable due to psychical or mental disability), dependent children
these categories were considered deserving of help while anyone else who needed
help was not (non-whites, paupers, able-bodied adults)
outdoor vs indoor relief - ANSWER-
How were paupers defined? What were the three ways that paupers were dealt
with? - ANSWER-extremely poor, dependent on public assistance/charity, only
whites got assistance
were either auctioned off as laborers/help, contracted with someone for a job,
outdoor relleif
What was the view of children until 1870s? - ANSWER-innately evil and lazy,
needed supervision and to be put to work, apprenticeship = sent to live with another
family and work for them and receive proper care
Who were the Overseers of the Poor (1622- ) and what did they do? - ANSWER-
elected to each ward in a city
administer to needs of poor, decide who was worthy or unworthy, collect taxes from
parish members, help to distribute outdoor relief to deserving poor, identify people to
be sent to workhouse, remove children from homes not beneficial to health, safety
and well-being
What was the Law of Settlement (1662)? - ANSWER-towns required to supply food,
firewood, clothing & household essentials
What did "warning out" mean? - ANSWER-towns would try to stop people from
moving to their town who were poor and wanted to receive assistance from them
(reduce outsiders and amount of money spent on the poor)
Poor Houses - 1820s
(What were poorhouses? What were the goals of poorhouses? What were the issues
and reactions to those issues?) - ANSWER-charitable institutions began in 1620s,
contained unemployed adults, orphaned children, adults too old to work & individuals
with mental illness or disabilities, type of indoor relief that was believed to be
cheaper than outdoor relief
goal was to prevent pauperism and starving, minimize public relief costs, rehab the
poor and prevent children from becoming adult paupers
viewed as contributing to the problem or pauperism and crime, had poor conditions
and low funding/resources
