SW 315 Exam 1 questions well
answered graded A+ 2025/2026
Ch 5, 12. What is the relationship between oppression and discrimination? - correct answer
✔✔They are closely related, as all acts of oppression are also acts of discrimination. B/C
oppression is the social act of placing severe restrictions on a group or institution. pg. 259
Ch 5, 13. stereotype. - correct answer ✔✔generalizations or assumptions that people make
about the characteristics of all members of a group, based on image. (often wrong) pg.259
Ch 5, 14. racial stereotype - correct answer ✔✔involves differentiating people in terms of color
or other physical characteristics. pg.259
Ch 5, 15. What risks are involved in believing a stereotype? - correct answer ✔✔The danger is
that if people believe the stereotype, they may also feel that other abilities and capacities
(morals, intelligence, etc) are also determined by race. pg.259
CH 5, 16. Explain the idea of majority and minority in terms of society. - correct answer
✔✔"Minority relationships become recognized by the majority as a social problem when the
members of the majority disagree as to whether the subjugation of the minority is socially
desirable or in the ultimate interest of the majority." pg 260
Ch 5, 19. Explain: "There are no clearly delineating characteristics of any race." - correct answer
✔✔No one racial group has any unique or distinctive genes. pg 260
Ch 5, 20. Explain how/why race is "a social concept". - correct answer ✔✔A social definition is
based on the way in which members of society classify each other by physical characteristics. pg
262
,Ch 5, 21. Define/distinguish individual racism and institutional racism (give examples). - correct
answer ✔✔Individual racism: the negative attitudes one person has about all members of a
racial or ethnic group. ex- If a white terrorist were to bomb a black church and kill five black
children (book ex)
Institutional racism: discriminatory acts and policies against racial groups. ex- picture the same
city where the bombing happened, and 500 black babies die each year due to lack of proper
food, shelter, etc bc of poverty and discrimination in the black community. pg 263
Ch 5, 22. Define institutional discrimination and give examples within agencies and
organizations - correct answer ✔✔Institutional discrimination: Unfair treatment of an individual
that is due to the established operating procedures, policies, laws, or objectives of large
organizations ( such as governments, corporations, schools, police depts, and banks)
ex: A mental health agency tends to label nonwhite clients "psychotic" while ascribing a less
serious disorder to white clients. ( lots of example on pg.263)
Explain the six purposes of the Code of Ethics - correct answer ✔✔1. The Code identifies core
values on which social work's mission is based.
2. The Code summarizes broad ethical principles that reflect the profession's core values and
establishes a set of specific ethical standards that should be used to guide social work practice.
3. The Code is designed to help social workers identify relevant considerations when
professional obligations conflict or ethical uncertainties arise.
4. The Code provides ethical standards to which the general public can hold the social work
profession accountable.
5. The Code socializes practitioners new to the field to social work's mission, values, ethical
principles, and ethical standards.
, 6. The Code articulates standards that the social work profession itself can use to assess
whether social workers have engaged in unethical conduct. NASW has formal procedures to
adjudicate ethics complaints filed against its members.* In subscribing to this Code, social
workers are required to cooperate in its implementation, participate in NASW adjudication
proceedings, and abide by any NASW disciplinary rulings or sanctions based on it.
Identify the six core values of the social work profession and the accompanying ethical principle
to which the social workers should aspire. - correct answer ✔✔1. Service - Social workers'
primary goal is to help people in need and to address social problems.
2. Social Justice - Social workers challenge social injustice.
3. Dignity and Worth of the Person - Social workers respect the inherent dignity and worth of
the person.
4. Importance of Human Relationships - Social workers recognize the central importance of
human relationships.
5. Integrity - Social workers behave in a trustworthy manner.
6. Competence - Social workers practice within their areas of competence and develop and
enhance their professional expertise.
Explain "The Code does not specify which values, principles, and standards, are most important
and ought to outweigh others in instances when they conflict." - correct answer ✔✔Each value,
principle, and standard is important, but different ones can apply to different situations. But in
the end they should all be taken into consideration for the final judgment.
Explain "ethical decision-making is a process... simple answers are not always available to
resolve complex ethical issues." - correct answer ✔✔Not every answer to every problem is
easily attainable. Social workers should use the Code as a process to reach their answers.
T.I.M.E. Program - correct answer ✔✔Teach Inspire Mentor Educate
Hatton Elementary School
HOPE Program - correct answer ✔✔Helping Others Providing Essentials
answered graded A+ 2025/2026
Ch 5, 12. What is the relationship between oppression and discrimination? - correct answer
✔✔They are closely related, as all acts of oppression are also acts of discrimination. B/C
oppression is the social act of placing severe restrictions on a group or institution. pg. 259
Ch 5, 13. stereotype. - correct answer ✔✔generalizations or assumptions that people make
about the characteristics of all members of a group, based on image. (often wrong) pg.259
Ch 5, 14. racial stereotype - correct answer ✔✔involves differentiating people in terms of color
or other physical characteristics. pg.259
Ch 5, 15. What risks are involved in believing a stereotype? - correct answer ✔✔The danger is
that if people believe the stereotype, they may also feel that other abilities and capacities
(morals, intelligence, etc) are also determined by race. pg.259
CH 5, 16. Explain the idea of majority and minority in terms of society. - correct answer
✔✔"Minority relationships become recognized by the majority as a social problem when the
members of the majority disagree as to whether the subjugation of the minority is socially
desirable or in the ultimate interest of the majority." pg 260
Ch 5, 19. Explain: "There are no clearly delineating characteristics of any race." - correct answer
✔✔No one racial group has any unique or distinctive genes. pg 260
Ch 5, 20. Explain how/why race is "a social concept". - correct answer ✔✔A social definition is
based on the way in which members of society classify each other by physical characteristics. pg
262
,Ch 5, 21. Define/distinguish individual racism and institutional racism (give examples). - correct
answer ✔✔Individual racism: the negative attitudes one person has about all members of a
racial or ethnic group. ex- If a white terrorist were to bomb a black church and kill five black
children (book ex)
Institutional racism: discriminatory acts and policies against racial groups. ex- picture the same
city where the bombing happened, and 500 black babies die each year due to lack of proper
food, shelter, etc bc of poverty and discrimination in the black community. pg 263
Ch 5, 22. Define institutional discrimination and give examples within agencies and
organizations - correct answer ✔✔Institutional discrimination: Unfair treatment of an individual
that is due to the established operating procedures, policies, laws, or objectives of large
organizations ( such as governments, corporations, schools, police depts, and banks)
ex: A mental health agency tends to label nonwhite clients "psychotic" while ascribing a less
serious disorder to white clients. ( lots of example on pg.263)
Explain the six purposes of the Code of Ethics - correct answer ✔✔1. The Code identifies core
values on which social work's mission is based.
2. The Code summarizes broad ethical principles that reflect the profession's core values and
establishes a set of specific ethical standards that should be used to guide social work practice.
3. The Code is designed to help social workers identify relevant considerations when
professional obligations conflict or ethical uncertainties arise.
4. The Code provides ethical standards to which the general public can hold the social work
profession accountable.
5. The Code socializes practitioners new to the field to social work's mission, values, ethical
principles, and ethical standards.
, 6. The Code articulates standards that the social work profession itself can use to assess
whether social workers have engaged in unethical conduct. NASW has formal procedures to
adjudicate ethics complaints filed against its members.* In subscribing to this Code, social
workers are required to cooperate in its implementation, participate in NASW adjudication
proceedings, and abide by any NASW disciplinary rulings or sanctions based on it.
Identify the six core values of the social work profession and the accompanying ethical principle
to which the social workers should aspire. - correct answer ✔✔1. Service - Social workers'
primary goal is to help people in need and to address social problems.
2. Social Justice - Social workers challenge social injustice.
3. Dignity and Worth of the Person - Social workers respect the inherent dignity and worth of
the person.
4. Importance of Human Relationships - Social workers recognize the central importance of
human relationships.
5. Integrity - Social workers behave in a trustworthy manner.
6. Competence - Social workers practice within their areas of competence and develop and
enhance their professional expertise.
Explain "The Code does not specify which values, principles, and standards, are most important
and ought to outweigh others in instances when they conflict." - correct answer ✔✔Each value,
principle, and standard is important, but different ones can apply to different situations. But in
the end they should all be taken into consideration for the final judgment.
Explain "ethical decision-making is a process... simple answers are not always available to
resolve complex ethical issues." - correct answer ✔✔Not every answer to every problem is
easily attainable. Social workers should use the Code as a process to reach their answers.
T.I.M.E. Program - correct answer ✔✔Teach Inspire Mentor Educate
Hatton Elementary School
HOPE Program - correct answer ✔✔Helping Others Providing Essentials
