D"s

Question 1

Day-care centers for older adults

Answer 1

Centers that provide activities determined by the needs of the group.

Question 2

DDT

Answer 2

A chlorinated hydrocarbon, synthetic insecticide (now banned) that chemically breaks down and lasts in the soil for decades.

Question 3

De facto discrimination

Answer 3

Discrimination that actually exists, whether legal or not; this type of discrimination often results from powerful informal norms that are discriminatory.

Question 4

Death with Dignity Act

Answer 4

An act passed by Oregon voters in 1994 that allows doctors to prescribe lethal drugs at the request of terminally ill patients who have less than 6 months to live- doctors may only prescribe a legal dose, not administer it.

Question 5

Defense of Marriage Act

Answer 5

Act act passed in 1996 that allows states to refuse to recognize gay marriages performed in other states and prevents one partner in a homosexual relationship from claiming benefits in the event of the other’s death or disability; the act allows states to pass laws against same-sex marriages but does not oblige them to do so.

Question 6

Deinstitutionalization

Answer 6

A movement that resulted when mental health practioners realized that mental hospitals, instead of “curing” the disturbed, were frequently perpetuating disturbed behavior via long-term hospitalization. It is the process of moving people who are dependent for their physical and mental care from residential care facilities into the community.

Question 7

Democratic management

Answer 7

Management of this type systematically allows employee groups to make a number of major decisions.

Question 8

Demonology

Answer 8

A theory that asserts that tose who engage in deviant behavior are possess by the devil.

Question 9

Dependency ratio

Answer 9

THe number of societal members who are under 18 or are 65 and over, compared with the number of people who are between 18 and 64.

Question 10

Developmental disability

Answer 10

A broad term tat includes cognitive disabilities and a variety of other conditions that occur before age 22 and hinder development (epilepsy, infantile autism, cerebral palsey, and some cases of dyslexia).

Question 11

Developmental view

Answer 11

A process of planned social welfare change designed to promote the well-being of the population as a whole in conjunction with a dynamic process of economic development.

Question 12

Deviant subcultures theory

Answer 12

Asserts that some groups develop their own atittudes, values, and perspectives that support criminal activity.

Question 13

Devitalized relationship

Answer 13

A marriage in which the husband and wife lack excitement or any real interest in each other or their marriage.

Question 14

Devolution revolution

Answer 14

Decisions about the provision of key social welfare programs are being transferred from the federal government to the state level.

Question 15

DIdanosine (DDI)

Answer 15

A treatment for adults and children with advanced AIDS who cannot tolerate or are not helped by AZT.

Question 16

Differential association theory

Answer 16

Criminal behavior is the result of a learning process that primarily occurs in small, intimate groups.

Question 17

Discharge planning

Answer 17

Social workers helping clients and their families prepare for returning to the home or to some other facility.

Question 18

Discrimination

Answer 18

Discrimination has two very different meaings; it may have the positive meaning of the power of making fine distinctions between two or more ideas, objects, situations, or stimuli- however, in minority-group relations it is the unfair treatment of a person, racial group, or minority; it is an action based on prejudice.

Question 19

Disengagement

Answer 19

A process whereby people respond to aging by gradually withdrawing from the various roles and social relationships they occupied in middle age.

Question 20

Distal stimulation

Answer 20

A type of infant stimulation that involves looking and talking.

Question 21

Diversion programs

Answer 21

Programs developed to divert first time or minor offenders from entering the criminal justice system; as an alternative, they receive services from community agencies.

Question 22

Double bind

Answer 22

A psychological dilemma in which the receiver of a message gets conflicting interpersonal communications from the sender or faces disparagement no matter what her or his response to a situation is.

Question 23

Doubling time

Answer 23

The rate at which the population doubles in the world; is based on the extent to which the birthrate exceeds the death rate.

Question 24

Down syndome

Answer 24

Children and adults generally experience a moderate to severe level of cognitive disability, their eyes are almond shaped and slanted, and they tend to have a round face.

Question 25

Drag queen/king

Answer 25

A drag queen is a male who impersonates a female for entertainment purposes. A drag king is a female who imperonates a male. Persons who “do drag” may or may not consider themselves transgender.

Question 26

Drift hypothesis

Answer 26

A theory that social class is not a cause but a consequence of mental disorder, and that mentally ill people who have a higher class level tend to drift downward to lowest socioeconmic class because their illness results in a lowered social status and a decrease in earning power.

Question 27

Dual perspective

Answer 27

A concept in which all people are a part of two systems (a) the dominant system, and (b) the nurturing system.