Introduction to Social Welfare
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Course Introduction
Introduction to Social Welfare provides an overview of the history, philosophy, and structure of social welfare systems, highlighting their role in addressing individual and societal needs. The course examines the development and function of social welfare policies and programs in both historical and contemporary contexts, exploring how social, economic, and political forces shape service delivery. Students will analyze key concepts such as poverty, social justice, and diversity, and learn about the roles and responsibilities of social workers and other professionals within the field. The course aims to foster a critical understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing modern social welfare systems and encourages students to consider ethical and effective ways to support diverse populations.
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Introduction to Social Problems 10th Edition by Thomas J. Sullivan
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Chapter 1: Approaches to the Study of Social Problems
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Q1) ________ is the ability of one group to realize its will,even in the face of resistance from other groups.
A)Fecundity
B)Power
C)Androgyny
D)Pluralism
Answer: B
Q2) With respect to people's opinion about government intervention in addressing social issues,what was the change observed between the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements?
Answer: The Occupy Wall Street movement was characterized by a considerable support for the government to take responsibility for trying to solve social problems such as crime,poverty,and environmental pollution.The Tea Party movement resulted from pressure due to increasing belief that government can be a hindrance to the solution of many problems and should play only a limited role in attacking them.Some supporters of this movement even promoted the privatization of government services and activities,with businesses and corporations doing many things that government once did.
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Chapter 2: Concentration of Power: Economic and Political Institutions
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Q1) According to the world-system theory,which of the following characteristics of capitalism has led to the emergence of an international stratification system?
A)its emphasis on the achievement of collective goals
B)its ability to create a highly centralized structure for decisions regarding production and distribution
C)its principle of producing goods based on people's needs rather than their purchasing ability
D)its drive to expand and find new markets
Answer: D
Q2) Fight for Animals is an interest group started by a group of college students.This group focuses on reducing the ill-treatment of animals and tries to find families that are willing to adopt strays or abandoned pets.The group uses the resources available for its various advertising and campaigning activities.Fight for Animals is an example of a
A)total institution
B)nongovernmental organization
C)booster club
D)professional association
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Family-Related Problems
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Q1) The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act was passed in the mid-1970s and amended in 1988 to ________.
A)ban the abuse of children by parents
B)help states and communities develop programs for abusive or neglectful parents
C)investigate the causes for child abuse in schools and other educational institutions
D)identify the victims of child abuse and place them in foster homes
Answer: B
Q2) Why are suggestions that children raised by a single parent suffer more problems than children raised by both parents strongly attacked?
Answer: Suggestions that children raised by a single parent suffer more problems than children raised by both parents have been strongly attacked for implying that mothers are not adequate parents or that parents should not divorce.These suggestions have been interpreted as limiting women's choices in life-a stance that is not popular in this era of gender equality.
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Chapter 4: Health and Illness
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Q1) The corporate takeover of hospitals in the United States began with the ________.
A)shift toward community treatment for the mentally ill
B)introduction of third-party medicine
C)privatization of health-care institutions
D)emergence of Medicare and Medicaid
Q2) One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act is to ________.
A)eliminate privatization of health-care services
B)provide health insurance exclusively for people who were not covered under any other insurance programs
C)ensure that all citizens have health insurance so that universal access to the health system would be achieved
D)increase the role played by corporations in deciding the cost and quality of health care provided to insured people
Q3) What are some of the negative effects of industrialization on human health?
Q4) What are the problems resulting from the formation of a medical-industrial complex?
Q5) What are the problems resulting from the free market and profit-making nature of the U.S.health-care system?
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Chapter 5: Education, Science, and Technology
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Q1) Define tracking.How is it done?
Q2) The ________ released a report indicating that schools in the U.S.are failing to prepare students adequately for work-related positions in an increasingly technological society.
A)Civil Rights Project
B)Educational Testing Service
C)Coleman Commission
D)National Center for Education Statistics
Q3) ________ refers to the use of organisms or parts of organisms to make products or carry out tasks.
A)Social reproduction
B)Biotechnology
C)Gentrification
D)Mechanization
Q4) Which of the following is true of large-scale technology?
A)It is often the discovery ground for developing new alternative technologies.
B)It is appropriate to what people can comprehend and relate to.
C)It is less injurious and causes minimal damage to people.
D)It does not alienate people and returns the control of technology to the hands of individuals.
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Chapter 6: Poverty
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Q1) Which of the following is a difference between the Head Start program and WIN (Work Incentive Program)?
A)Head Start is an indirect long-term approach,whereas WIN provides temporary public service jobs.
B)Head Start provides jobs for the homeless,whereas WIN aims to improve the durability of poor workers.
C)Head Start is a direct short-term approach,whereas WIN is an indirect short-term approach.
D)Head Start provides jobs to retired veterans,whereas WIN increases employee motivation.
Q2) Martha,a single parent,finds it difficult to pay for her three children's school tuition with the salary she gets from waitressing.Based on this information,Martha would be considered poor under the ________ definition of poverty.
A)relative
B)absolute
C)cultural
D)comparative
Q3) Explain why social mobility in the United States is mostly short range.
Q4) Describe Herbert J.Gans's suggestions on how poverty can be functional.
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Chapter 7: Race and Ethnic Relations
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Q1) Jeremy,a sociologist,claims that the social and economic position of African Americans in the United States has not improved despite various policies and reforms.Which of the following is an accurate statement that supports Jeremy's claim?
A)The increase in the number of African Americans enrolled in colleges continues to be lower than that of white Americans.
B)The number of blacks holding elected political office has reduced substantially.
C)The number of African Americans in professional occupations has decreased at a much faster rate compared to the number from other minority groups.
D)The ratio of black-to-white income has remained unchanged over the past few decades.
Q2) Based on the study of sociologists Joe Feagin and Melvin Sykes,why are whites less likely to hire African Americans?
Q3) A similarity between prejudice and discrimination is that both ________.
A)arise due to racial differences
B)are based on irrational attitudes toward certain groups
C)affect the majority community in a society
D)result in the establishment of a pluralist society
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Chapter 8: Gender,Sexual Orientation, and Social Inequality
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Q1) The strict policy of viewing homosexuality as incompatible with the mission of the armed services was because of the notion that ________.
A)homosexuals would influence others to adopt the same attitude
B)gays would constitute a security risk and would be a disruptive element in military units
C)homosexuals lack the mental and physical skills required to serve in military units
D)gays can be verbally and physically abusive toward fellow members of the armed services
Q2) Which of the following is true of the biological factors that contribute to specific skill sets among men and women?
A)Greater upper body strength among men may be attributable to low levels of the hormone testosterone.
B)The brain structure of women makes them more adept at spatial-visual tasks.
C)Differences in the organization of the brain may account for why women tend to have better verbal skills.
D)Verbal skills are focused on one side of the brain and spatial-visual skills on the other side for women.
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Chapter 9: Age and Social Inequality
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Q1) Companies feel that younger workers are cheaper than older workers because they
A)are not eligible for company benefits
B)are forced out of work based on their age
C)have fewer professional ambitions compared to older workers
D)place less strain on company resources
Q2) The most important factor in shaping the life span between infancy and very old age is ________.
A)the political structure
B)psychology
C)biology
D)the social structure
Q3) Which of the following situations illustrates the violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?
A)Walter,a 17-year-old,who babysits two of his neighbor's children for a low fee
B)Angus,a 17-year-old,who works on a farm and is paid regular wages
C)Richard,a 16-year-old,who works in his father's garage without protective gear
D)Jeff,a 15-year-old,who works with toxic chemicals without protective gear
Q4) What are the reasons for the economic exploitation of children?
Q5) How do children suffer because of divorce?
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Chapter 10: Crime and Delinquency
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Q1) What measures are needed to fight globalized crime and cybercrime?
Q2) Which of the following is a Part II offense?
A)embezzlement
B)burglary
C)arson
D)motor vehicle theft
Q3) Which of the following is an argument in favor of legalizing victimless crimes?
A)It would result in an increase in the price of drugs.
B)It would lead to an admission that the justice system is effective in controlling these crimes.
C)It would result in lesser secondary crime.
D)It would lead to a decrease in white-collar crimes.
Q4) What are the arguments in favor of legalizing victimless crimes?
Q5) Criminal operations in which several criminal groups coordinate their illegal activities are known as ________.
A)corporations
B)syndicates
C)conglomerates
D)firms
Q6) Define anomie.How does the anomie theory approach crime and delinquency?
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Chapter 11: Alcohol and Other Drugs
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Q1) Which of the following is a fact about drug abuse in the United States?
A)Heavy use of heroin clouds judgment and reduces inhibitions,and this is the prime reason heroin addicts commit crimes.
B)The drug abuse problem in the United States today is of epidemic proportions,with more people using and abusing drugs than ever.
C)Heroin addicts are as likely to be high on alcohol as heroin when they commit crimes.
D)The most serious drug problem that the United States faces is the flow of heroin,cocaine,and marijuana.
Q2) An important property of marijuana is that it_________.
A)produces withdrawal symptoms that are extremely strong
B)acts as a sedative at the doses usually consumed in cigarette form
C)produces hallucinations at extremely low doses
D)attains potency because of its primary psychoactive ingredient,amphetamine
Q3) Narcotics impact a person by _________.
A)stimulating the nervous system
B)increasing the levels of heart activity
C)being mildly addictive
D)producing drowsiness and mood changes
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Chapter 12: Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Trade
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Q1) ________ refers to sexually explicit writings,still or motion pictures and similar products designed to be sexually arousing.
A)Prostitution
B)Pornography
C)Sexual deviance
D)Sexual foreplay
Q2) In the ________ subculture,male prostitutes engage in prostitution as a way achieving sexual gratification as well as making money.
A)juvenile-delinquent
B)retreatist
C)peer-delinquent
D)gay
Q3) Why are some people in favor of legalizing prostitution?
Q4) Explain the typical behavior of crack-addicted women in crack houses.
Q5) Explain how different cultures around the world view sexual behavior.
Q6) What are the three conditions a material has to meet to be considered legally obscene according to the Miller test?
Q7) What are the factors that accounted for a change in women's sexual behavior?
Q8) What is Internet prostitution? What are its advantages and disadvantages?
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Chapter 13: Population Growth and Urbanization
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Q1) The defensible space strategy focuses on ________.
A)spreading poverty evenly around a metropolitan area by developing ghettos so that communities are grouped together
B)the segregation of neighborhoods to promote stability
C)the physical environment of neighborhoods that makes it easier for people to protect themselves against crime
D)reducing tensions between racial groups
Q2) The ________ actively promoted the idea that neighborhoods should be racially segregated.
A)Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)program
B)Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
C)Housing Act of 1949
D)Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Q3) ________ refers to programs to increase home ownership by private citizens in certain neighborhoods by selling them houses at little or no cost.
A)Urban renewal
B)Urban homesteading
C)Demographic transition
D)Suburbanization
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Chapter 14: Environmental Problems
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Q1) Gases such as carbon dioxide and methane contribute to the greenhouse effect by
A)preventing the escape of solar infrared radiation
B)preventing sunlight from reaching the earth's surface
C)reducing the temperature of the earth's atmosphere
D)reducing oxygen levels in water bodies
Q2) Davis and Frank are environmental scientists discussing the factors that have led to the environmental problems faced by the world today.They are most likely to agree with the fact that ________.
A)chlorofluorocarbons in aerosol cans and refrigeration units contribute to ozone depletion
B)gases released into the earth's atmosphere by burning fossil fuels cause temperatures to dip
C)crude oil is the longest-lasting nonrenewable energy source
D)desertification leads to a decline in oxygen levels in water bodies
Q3) What are the economic and social implications of the continuous use of coal as an energy source?
Q4) Why is it that the hydrologic cycle is no longer able to fully cleanse water?
Q5) Why is it difficult to permanently dispose nuclear wastes?
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Chapter 15: Violence, War, and Terrorism
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Q1) James,a sociobiologist,is most likely to agree with the fact that ________.
A)there are few parallels between humans and animals
B)there is direct evidence linking specific genes to particular forms of human behavior
C)genetic tendencies can be overcome by learning and other social forces
D)genetic factors have a limited role in shaping human social behavior
Q2) A preemptive war is one that ________.
A)involves an organized action by some group to rebel against the existing government and to replace it with new political forms and leadership
B)involves norms and values that condone and legitimize the use of violence in resolving conflicts
C)is fought against a nation not about to attack but believed to be a possible threat in the future
D)is fought against a nation that is believed about to attack but has not yet done so
Q3) What are the structural preconditions for violence? When do they exist?
Q4) Why is mobilization important for collective violence to occur?
Q5) What happens when structured preconditions cause people to be frustrated?
Q6) How can the proliferation of nuclear weapons be reduced?
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