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UNT PSCI 2305 Final Exam Questions and Answers -Graded A
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UNT PSCI 2305 Final Exam Questionsand Answers
Goal of Social Policy - Answer -Promoting equality of opportunity, assisting the poor,
and to alleviate poverty
Equality of Opportunity - Answer -A widely shared American ideal that all people should
have the freedom to use whatever talents and wealth they have to reach their fullest
potential.
19th century American Welfare - Answer -state began when a largely private system of
charity collapsed in the face of widespread economic destitution. The system was
mostly private until 1935.
Social Security - Answer -A contributory welfare program into which working Americans
contribute a percentage of their wages and from which they receive cash benefits after
retirement or if they become disabled.
Social Security act of 1935 - Answer -created contributory and noncontributory.
Retirement benefits for primary worker. Benefits for- survivors, retiree's, and disability.
Paid by SS taxes on employees and employers. Known as the third rail of US politics.
62 million get SS benefits.
Contributory programs - Answer -social programs financed in whole or in part by
taxation or other mandatory contributions by their present or future recipients.
Noncontributory programs - Answer -social programs that provide assistance to people
on the basis of demonstrated need rather than any contribution they have made
Indexing - Answer -periodic process of adjusting social benefits or wages to account for
increases in the cost of living.
Means-tested - Answer -a procedure by which potential beneficiaries of a public-
assistance program establish their eligibility by demonstrating a genuine need for the
assistance.
In-kind benefits - Answer -noncash goods and services provided to needy individuals
and families by the federal government
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