List five pieces of significant legislation that passed in the last half of the 20th century



What will be an ideal response?


ANS:Education
for all handicapped Children Act (1975), later renamed Individuals with Disability Education Act
Architectural Barriers Act
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, known as Fair Housing Act
Americans with Disabilities Act

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A client enters a social worker's office and is outraged at an interaction that has just taken place with another agency staff member. The client is indignant and demands that the social worker "do something". In this situation, the social worker should FIRST:

A. Explain to the client that it would be best for the client to address the issue directly with the staff member B. Get the staff member so that the client can speak to him or her to resolve the issue immediately C. Tell the client to go to the agency director who is in a position to take action D. Listen to the client's account of the situation

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___________________________ are widely accepted beliefs about females' and males' abilities, personality traits, and behavior patterns

a. Sexual values b. Sexual discrimination practices c. Gender stereotypes d. Gender preferences

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Cultures define roles by _______

A. writing them down B. learning to tolerate them C. setting up expectations of behaviors D. punishing bad behaviors

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The “college sophomore problem” suggests which of the following?

a. It describes researchers' attempt to recruit samples generalizable to society at large. b. It describes researchers' use of a convenient sample that might not generalize to society at large. c. It describes problems using sophomores in research labs as research assistants. d. It describes the overreliance of research with the sole purpose of producing findings applicable to college sophomores.

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