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30 Cards in this Set
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Social welfare
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A system of programs, benefits, and services that help people meet the social, economic, educational, and health needs that are fundamental to the maintenance of society
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Social work
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The professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning; the creation of societal conditions favorable to this goal
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Race
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A way of categorizing people by virtue of their skin color, facial features, hair texture, and genetic markers
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Ethnicity
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A shared national origin or ancestry and shared cultural characteristics
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Culture
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Patterns of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that are transmitted to succeeding generations; the customary beliefs, social forms, and material characteristics of a group
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Sexual orientation
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A way of categorizing people by virtue of their feelings of physical attraction to members of a certain sex
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Stigma
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An attribute for which someone is considered bad, unworthy, or deeply discredited
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Stereotype
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A standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or assumption
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Discrimination
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Denying rights, access, or opportunity to others based on their perceived group membership. When discrimination becomes prevalent within communities and organizations, it becomes institutionalized
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Ethnocentrism
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Using the values of one’s own culture as a framework for judging others or other cultures
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Systems theory
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The theory that organisms and organizations are composed of interrelating elements. As those elements interact, they form an entity that is greater than the sum of its parts
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Ecosystems perspective
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A social work approach that focuses on how people interact and cope with micro, mezzo, and macro systems in their social and physical environment
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Target system
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The system (or element of a system) that should be changed or influenced in order to achieve one’s goals
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Client system
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the individual, family, organization, or community that will benefit from social work intervention
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Strengths perspective
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Focus on a person’s perceived strengths and talents, rather than perceived weaknesses or disabilities
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Residual view of social welfare
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The belief that people are ultimately responsible for meeting their own needs, and social welfare services or benefits should only be provided as a last resort
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Institutional view of social welfare
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The belief that one of the functions of society is to provide social welfare benefits and services, and all members of society are entitled to those benefits and services
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Developmental view of social welfare
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The belief that social welfare programs and services should be evaluated on the basis of their overall or long-term impact on the economy
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Self-determination
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The right of an individual to make his or her own decisions
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Critical thinking
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the process of applying scrutiny, analysis, questioning, and logic to determine the truth or accuracy of a statement
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Advocacy
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To seek change or redress on behalf of an individual, group, or organization
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Empowerment
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Developing the capacity of people and organizations to understand their environment, increase their personal and socioeconomic power, and achieve greater equity and social justice
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Micro practice
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Social work targeted towards individuals and families
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Mezzo practice
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Social work targeted towards groups or organizations.
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Macro practice
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Social work targeted towards communities and governments
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Economic justice
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The distribution of resources in a fair and equitable manner
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Social justice
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The provision of equal rights, protection, opportunities, and obligations to all members of a society.
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Medical model
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An early social work approach that views a person’s problems as internal to that person. Under the medical model, the presenting problem can be diagnosed and a course of treatment can then be applied.
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Poverty threshold
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Measure developed by Mollie Orshansky in 1960 based on minimum food consumption standards for families of different types; official US standard for determining incidence of poverty nationwide
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National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
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The major professional association for social workers in the United States, established in 1917 as the National Social Workers’ Exchange. Currently, the NASW has over 140,000 members.
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