Chapter.4 Verified Test Bank Disability and Social Identity

Chapter 4

Test Bank

1. According to the text, which of the following is a necessary element of culture?

a. Transmission by families

b. Shared language

c. Societal acceptance

d. Local geography

2. According to the text, which of the following is a necessary element of culture?

a. Common identity

b. Local community support

c. Government sanction

d. Shared ethnicity

3. Which of the following have been important means of conveying Disability culture?

a. Hospital rehabilitation programs

b. Special education programs

c. Telethons that raise money for d/Disability groups

d. Centers for independent living

4. Which of the following is not an element of the social minority model of d/Disability?

a. People with disabilities comprise a minority group.

b. Society disables people with impairments.

c. Individualized treatment of physical/emotional problems is critical.

d. Disability problems are best addressed by addressing social barriers.

5. Which of the following is reflective of the social minority model of d/Disability?

a. Individual control over one’s life

b. Residential institutions for people’s safety

c. Expansion of charities to enhance people’s incomes

d. Its tenets justified disability genocide in Nazi Germany

6. Which of the following statements best reflects the text’s assessment of films such as Tropic Thunder, A Fish Called Wanda and the Academy Award-winning film Million Dollar Baby?

a. They raise sensitivity to the obstacles faced by people with disabilities.

b. They promote stereotypes of disability.

c. They provide example of persons with disabilities overcoming obstacles.

d. They reflect the social minority model of disability.

7. Marxism and feminism share which of the following characteristics?

a They both advocate overthrowing the bourgeois class.

b. They both embrace disability as diversity.

c. They both decry sexism.

d. They both address power differentials between dominant and nondominant people.

8. According to the text, how are the transmissions of disability culture and minority ethnic culture similar?

a. Families are a primary means of transmission.

b. Local communities support culture in the face of societal devaluation.

c. They have developed positive identity in the face of oppression.

d. They promote homogenous cultural identities with little divergence.

9. The text’s discussion of d/Disabled people in Africa illustrates

a. how lack of modern technology impedes development of disability identity.

b. differences in culture between developed and developing countries.

c. the universal way in which disability culture is developed.

d. the impact that the US independent living movement and disability role models have had in developing countries.

10. Which of the following best reflects the text’s approach to the economic empowerment of people with disabilities?

a. Increasing charitable contributions is a valuable means of promoting self sufficiency.

b. Increasing social services promotes self determination.

c. Investing in people with disabilities is empowering.

d. None of the above.

11. The text’s discussions of Europeans’ colonization of India and North America emphasizes:

a. The benefits of modernization on quality of life of indigenous people.

b. How indigenous people gained from the introduction reading and math concepts.

c. How colonizers adopted indigenous culture and traditions.

d. The survival of indigenous cultures in the face of attempts to eradicate them.

12. Which best describes the film “Crip Camp?”

a. It documents the development of d/Disability identity and pride.

b. It documents the positive impacts of human service professional interventions.

c. It documents the damage of exclusion and stereotyping youth.

d. None of the above.

13. In general, colleges and universities in North America

a. Have embraced Disability identity and culture

b. Provide disability student supports comparable to ethnic student supports.

c. Marginally support d/Disability as diversity.

d. Actively discriminate against d/Disabled students.

14. Disability artists like Laura Hershey and Cheryl Marie Wade emphasize

a. The importance of using affirming terms such as “differently abled.”

b. Disability uniqueness and pride.

c. Integrating and mainstreaming d/Disabled people by society.

d. Strategies to fit into nondisabled society.

15, Which of the following are a primary emphasis of the cultural perspective of Disability?

1. Incorporating Disability into homogenous society.
2. Overcoming limitations and finding strengths.
3. Social services and supports
4. Civil rights

16. Which of the following is a manifestation of developing Disability culture?

a. Disability Studies academic programs

b. Disability history projects

c. Disabled artists and performers

d. All of the above

17. The 1998 Gallaudet University uprising occurred because

a. Students and supporters demanded the appointment of the University’s first Deaf president.

b. The board was replacing a Deaf president with a hearing president.

c. Students and supporters demanded American Sign Language be taught.

d. Students demanded better oral based education.

18. The 504 and ADA demonstrations are examples of

a. Disabled people demanding societal access

b. Disabled people demanding better social services

c. Disabled people demanding better health care

d. Disabled people demanding increased government benefits

19. Which of the following best describes the focus of Disability Studies academic programs?

a. They emphasize habilitation and rehabilitation.

b. They prepare d/Disabled people for human service careers

c. They combine special education and vocational rehabilitation

d. They teach about d/Disability as diversity.

20. The 1982 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

a. Focused primarily on people with disabilities

b. Made disability and other forms of discrimination illegal

c. Ignored the rights of disabled people

d. Prioritized the rights of disabled people over other devalued groups

Short Answer/ Essay Questions

1. Briefly discuss the manifestations of emerging Disability culture that has been developing in the last generation.

Sample answers (examples): Demonstrations and demands for d/Disability rights laws and policies. Proliferation of d/Disability artists and performers. More people being open about their impairments/ disabilities. Disability Studies academic programs. Centers for Independent Living.

1. What are two ways that Disability and LGBT culture and identity differ from ethnic cultures and identities?

Sample

1. Briefly explain similarities in how oppression and devaluation have contributed to shared group identities across diverse Native American tribes/nations and diverse Disability groups.
2. Compare and contrast the approaches of traditional health care and social services organizations with the approaches used in Independent Living.
3. Briefly discuss the long-term effects of Camp Jened/ Crip Camp.