BAAS EXAM 1

In order to take effective civic action, it's important to:

Engage with existing social, economic, and political systems.

A goal of colleges and universities in encouraging service-learning and civic engagement is the development of graduates as what?

citizens

To which level of human need does the following statement best relate? "I wish they would invite me to go to lunch."

love and belonging

Intercultural can be thought about as:

Diversity

Most community social service agencies have adequate annual budgets and are fully staffed.

False

According to Tuckman's model of group development, at what stage of group development are group members mostly polite to each other?

Forming

Having the ability to communicate effectively with people from diverse cultures is an example of:

Intercultural competence

Which of the following is an example of constructive conflict?

Listening with empathy

Lack of attention or reckless behavior is an example of which of the following?

Negligence

What does a "single story" refer to?

One person's perspective.

Rigid or unchanging ways of thinking about individuals from other cultures are examples of which of the following?

Stereotypes

It is important to remember that students, faculty, and community partners all have assets, needs, and interests regarding service-learning and civic engagement projects.

True

According to the materials, what is one reason we're losing our ability to listen to other people?

We've become impatient.

Civic engagement is:

Working with others to improve the quality of life in your community.

According to Jenni Luke, leveraging social capital is the key to:

an inclusive future

When you increase your civic capacity you are able to:

apply knowledge and skills to community challenges

Wisdom draws from several different ways of understanding the world, or "knowing." These different types of knowing:

are dependent upon each other.

According to your text, community partner agencies are often working with what kind of agency budgets?

limited

Completing an assignment and earning a grade for it is an example of what kind of goal?

content

How stories are told and who tells them are largely dependent on who:

holds power.

In relation to civic engagement and critical thinking, your starting assumptions and biases affect:

how you approach a problem

According to the module, engagement with the community can: (select all that apply)

increase our longevity improve social trust

One of the stories you learned about was of Stephanie, a first generation college student and daughter of immigrants, who went on to be successful in the entertainment industry. What did she do in high school that increased her social capital and led to her success?

joined a mentoring program

According to the material, race issues are controversial, therefore we:

need to talk about them.

The type of service-learning that will be done in this course is most closely aligned with which of the following?

project based

Groups need to do what to develop trust and closeness?

shared activities

According to the assigned material, being a member of a democracy includes being responsible to yourself and to:

society

Cultural awareness and self awareness includes being aware of which of the following?

socioeconomic status