Chapter.5 Evolutionary Classical Theories Exam Prep

Chapter 5: Evolutionary and Structural Functionalist Classical Theories

Test Bank

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 5 Question 1

1) The ideas behind the social Darwinism theory support the foundation of the social work practice.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 5 Question 2

2) Social Work is an applied field and as such does not need theories.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 5 Question 3

3) The English naturalist Charles Darwin is the father of Social Darwinism.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 5 Question 4

4) Functionalists are concerned with societal balance above anything else.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 5 Question 5

5) Theories are

a. lenses social scientists use to examine, evaluate, and interpret social science

b. often used to justify privileges for some members of society

c. often used to justify oppression of some members of society

d. none of the above

e. all of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 5 Question 6

6) Which theory inspired the apartheid system in South Africa?

a. Marxism

b. Neo-Marxism

c. Social Darwinism

d. World Systems theory

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 5 Question 7

7) The Communist party rule in China and Cuba are examples the political application of which theory?

a. Marxism

b. Neo-Marxism

c. Social Darwinism

d. World Systems theory

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 5 Question 8

8) Which term is associated with World Systems theory?

a. Oppression

b. Globalization

c. Independence

d. Function

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 5 Question 9

9) During which time did Structural Functionalism come under attack for its inability to explain social change, inequality, conflict and the power of the wealthy?

a. 1950s

b. 1960s

c. 1970s

d. 1980s

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 5 Question 10

10) The Melting Pot is often associated with

a. a model minority

b. independence

c. division

d. heat

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 5 Question 11

11) Role strain is

a. distress when two or more different roles place incompatible expectations on an individual

b. stress that occurs when contradictory expectations are attached to the same role

c. when couples do not get alone

d. children feels anxious about their homework

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 5 Question 12

12) Role stress is

a. distress when two or more different roles place incompatible expectations on an individual

b. stress that occurs when contradictory expectations are attached to the same role.

c. when fashion changes

d. the stress older people feel about making decisions about retirement

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 5 Question 13

13) Racial groups are:

a. biologically determined

b. socially constructed

c. elected

d. nonexistent

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 5 Question 14

14) Which societal gap would be associated with the Human Capital theory?

a. Gender wage gap

b. Education gap

c. Economic gap

d. All of the above

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 5 Question 15

15) Describe the assimilation theory. Why the concept of straight-line assimilation is not part of the culturally grounded approach.

Feedback:Assimilation theory: a strategy for achieving the societal balance to which functionalists aspire by ultimately eliminating difference. Social workers have historically served as agents of assimilation. Acculturation is describe as an inevitable process and as the first step leading to structural assimilation. Racial/ethnic minorities and immigrants must acculturate in order to acquire a common cultural code for interacting with the majority culture. Straight-line assimilation says the absorption of immigrant cultures into the main stream is inevitable. This paradigm fails to account for the dejection and active suppression of certain groups by mainstream culture that have taken place throughout history as these groups have been forced to assimilate. Critics of assimilation argue that the cost of assimilation outweighs the benefit and they question the assumption that assimilation is inevitable and advantageous. Language can be a barrier to association. The concept of straight-line assimilation is not part of the culturally grounded approach but the pressures towards assimilation and its related concepts provide important insights into the lives of immigrants.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 5 Question 16

16) What is the Melting Pot theory, what are its flaws, and can it be part of the culturally grounded approach?

Feedback:Melting Pot: ethnic and racial groups develop relationships in successive stages that ultimately lead to cultural and social fusion or “amalgamation.” The melting pot describes how combinations of different identities melt into one single identity. This approach underestimates the unidirectional forces at work as mainstream culture pressure members of minority cultures to “melt” into the mainstream. The melting pot theory is applicable to the culturally grounded approach only in terms of its recognition of acculturation and assimilation as two different processes rather than as a basis for understanding differences between ethnic groups.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 5 Question 16

16) Within the Structural Role theory, what is the difference between Role Strain and Role Conflict?

Feedback:Structural Role theory: views interactions among individuals as governed by the role expectation associated with the positions or statuses that they occupy in social situates. Each position has a corresponding role that shapes its individual identity and guide how the individual occupying that position acts. Example: gender roles, gender socialization begin early and children start to adopt and enact social roles early on. Structural role theory has been associated with the problems of role strain and role conflict. Role strain is the stress that occurs when the same role comes with contradictory expectations. Role conflict causes distress when two roles place incompatible expectations on an individual.