Midterm SW 3712

Social Justice

All humans have a right to live fulfilling lives, which requires access to appropriate resources, decision making opportunities, and freedom from fear of persecution.

What is "ADA"

Americans with Disabilities Act

Feminist Theory

Argues that patriarchal society, which gives power to men, perpetuates the problem of violence against women and children.

Spirituality

Be seen as one aspect within the biopsychosocial view of an individual

Levinson's- Late adulthood (60-65)

Changes such as retirement, becoming a grandparent and approach an old age whose contours are based on personal and societal expectations

posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Characterized by several intrusive and distressing symptoms; recurring dreams, memories or flashbacks, persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the traumatic event, problem with cognition or mood, changes in behavior such as increased aggression or exaggerated startle response.

Distributive Justice

Concerned with what a society "owes" its members.

Schizophrenia symtoms

Delusions, hallucinations, flat affect, disorganized and meaningless speech and behavior.

Intersectionality

Describes the meaning and consequences of multiple categories of social group membership. Based on race, gender, class, sexual orientation, ability status, immigration status, age.

Traditional thinker

Group of people who after many generation of living together or in close proximity, have developed a common gene pool

Levinson's- Middle adulthood (40-45)

Have established themselves in their families and careers or middle adulthood, questioning what it means to grow old, assessing whether choices made previously are satisfying

Ecological theory

Includes the aforementioned factors in explaining domestic violence as well as other factors, such as genetic disposition to violent behavior and other problems such as poverty, unemployment, and shifting gender roles.

Racism

Involves stereotyping people based on their race. They tend to be negative and they are generalized to all people in a racial category.

Trauma

Is defined as any experience that is emotionally distressing enough to overwhelm and individual's ability to cope, often leaving the individual feeling powerless.

Social learning and family systems theories

Maintain that violence is cyclical and that the tendency t use violence in intimate relationship can be passed from generation to generation.

Tertiary type of oppression

Perpetrated by members of an oppressed group when they seek acceptance by supporting the dominant group's oppressive acts.

Primary type of oppression

Perpetrated by the dominant group directly against an oppressed group.

Race

Refers to biological difference among groups of people. To differentiate among people and group based on skin color and visible, physical characteristics.

Health Imparities

Refers to difference in health among segments of the population that occur by class, race, gender, education, income, age, immigrant status, or sexual orientation

privilage

Refers to the advantages that a dominant group in society has.

Peck's - Emotional flexibility versus emotional impoverishment

Shift emotional investment outside of the immediate family which allows people to absorb and adjust losses they will face as they age

What is "SCHIP"

State Children's Health Insurance Program

Sexism

Stereotyping and generalizing about women and men and treating them in particular ways based on these stereotypes.

prejudice

Tends to be more a cognitive process than a behavioral one. Refers to the attitudes, beliefs, and stereotypes that a person holds about others.

Stagnation

The lack of psychological growth, which includes being self-centered, seeking pleasure at the expenses of others, and having difficulty seeing beyond one's own needs.

Discrimination

The prejudgment and negative treatment of people based on identifiable characteristics such as race, gender, religion, or ethnicity.

Oppression

The social act of placing severe restrictions on an individual, group or institution

Generativity

The willingness to care about the people and things one has produced as well as commitment to protecting and enhancing the conditions of one's society

Peck's - Socializing versus sexualizing

Transition away from younger adulthood, when finding a mate and creating a family were key tasks (focus on companionship)

Why is it important to understand microaggression?

Using these constructs along with the theories on racism, discrimination, and oppression presented earlier, social workers can work to define, recognize, deconstruct, disrupt, and transform the meaning and messages behind microaggression.

"Emerging Adulthood"

Which addresses the development process of people between adolescence and the mid-twenties in industrialized countries.

The age of instability

Young adult make frequent changes in jobs, partners, living arrangements and educational goals.

Age of identity exploration

Young adults are exploring their interests and considering their choices in work and relationships.

Age of self-focus

Young adults experience a great deal of independence without obligations.

age of possibilities

Young adults have a great deal of hope that one day they will reach adulthood and achieve the goals they envision for themselves

Institutional racism

actions that occur in social institutions

Intersectionality (Crenshaw)

analytic sensibility, a way of thinking about identity and its relationship to power, all face vulnerability that reflect the intersections of racism, sexism, class oppression, transphobia, able-ism

Microassault

are deliberated, conscious biased, derogatory messages sent to target groups, either interpersonally or through the environment. The messages can be subtle or explicit such as name-calling, acts of violence, avoidant behaviors, telling or laughing at jokes, or discriminatory practices meant to harm those in the target group.

Microaggression

are intentional and unintentional derogatory insults and slights that are communicated verbally, behaviorally, or through the environment to people of target groups.

Microinsult

are more subtle, unconscious slights that take place interpersonally or through the environment. These convey hidden messages meant to insult and demean the target person or group. Ex: assuming that a Hispanic young man seen running down a street has just committed a crime.

Environmental Microaggression

are the demeaning and threatening messages that are communicated to marginalized groups through interpersonal interactions, but they are embedded in our policies, institutions, and culture.

Peck's - Mental flexibility versus mental rigidity

challenges of maintaining open mindedness and emphasizing problem solving

Age of feeling in-between

feeling neither between adolescence and adulthood

Effects for minority population

higher rates of untreated chronic illness and mortality for these groups.

5 features with mental health implications

identity exploration, instability, self-focus, feeling in between, age of possibilities.

Secondary type of oppession

perpetrated by people who remain silent in the face of, and benefit from, oppression by others.

Peck's - Valuing wisdom over physical power

recognize strength is no longer the only or primary way to create action and change

Individual (interpesonal) racism

refers to personal or one-on-one actions between two or more people.

Environmental racism

stems from institutional and structural policies and practices that deferentially impact the health and living conditions of racial and ethnic group,

Levinson's - Early adulthood (17-22)

transition from adolescence to adulthood, people must begin dealing with the tasks of establishing an adult identity. Decisions about work, education, relationship, and independence

Microinvalidation

unconscious messages that are meant to exclude or negate the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of the target groups.