Social Work Research Quiz 1

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Scientific Method

Back 1

-Everything is open to question

-Open mind

-Knowledge is tentative and subject to refutation

-Empirical

-Systematic/orderly and comprehensive

-Representativeness of the sample - larger better

-Procedures well specified

-Pursuit of objectivity

-Replication

Front 2

Ways of Knowing other than Scientific Method

Back 2

-Personal experience

-Tradition

-Authority

-Common sense

-Popular media

Front 3

Inaccurate observations

Back 3

Not being discriptive in your observations and thinking that we have seen something that is not true

Front 4

Overgeneralization

Back 4

Generalizing a population; instead repeat the study to make sure you recieve the same results

Front 5

Selective Observation

Back 5

Choosing to look only at things that are in line with our own preferences or beliefs

Front 6

Ex Post Facto hypothesizing

Back 6

Developing hypotheses to fit observed data.

Front 7

Ego involvement in understanding

Back 7

Practitioners are less likely to see the way their own ego involvement impedes practice. Rather than scientifically reexamining the effectiveness of our approaches to practice (which we may like because we are used to them and have special expertise in them), we may tenaciously engage in selective observation, ex post facto, and other efforts to explain away evidence that suggests our approaches may be ineffective.

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Premature closure of inquiry

Back 8

Refusing to consider evidence that their favoured inventions, programs or policies are not as effective as they believe they are. It halts attempts to understand things before understanding is complete.

Front 9

Pseudoscience

Back 9

a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method.

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Paradigm

Back 10

Model or framework for observation and understanding, which shapes both what we see and how we understand

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Positivist Paradigm

Back 11

emphasize objectivity -> objective reality that can be measured. can quantify needs of people in poverty.

Front 12

Social Constructivist Paradigm

Back 12

multiple realities-> swedish frail old people and what health meant to them. A qualitative interview. Words rather than numbers with a diverse perspective.

Front 13

Postmodernism

Back 13

there is no new reality. just copies of old realities. example would be uptown funk and how bruno mars copied james brown and recycled a trend.

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Practice Model

Back 14

Guides to help practitioners synthesize theories and organize their thinking around interventions

- Cognitive behavioral

- Task centered

- 12 step program

- Evidence based Practice

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Evidence Based Practice

Back 15

EBP is a process in which the practitioner combines well-researched interventions with clinical experience, ethics, client preferences, and culture to guide and inform the delivery of treatments and services.

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Steps of EBP

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Step 1)

Formulate a question to answer practice needs

(SNCIAO)

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Step 2)

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2) Search for the evidence

Front 18

Step 3)

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3) Critically appraise the relevant studies you find

Front 19

Step 4)

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4) Determine which evidence based intervention is most appropriate for your particular client system

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Step 5)

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5) Apply the evidence based intervention

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Step 6)

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6) Evaluation and feedback

Front 22

Integrative Model of EBP

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