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70 Cards in this Set
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All of the following are essential personal qualities for a helping professionals except..
a. genuineness b. hopefulness c. technical skills d. concern |
technical skills
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What is not a characteristic of generalist social workers?
a. the utilize generic practice processes to organize their work with client systems b. they recognize the potential for change at multiple system levels c. they view human behavior in the context of the social environment d. they separate direct practice from social policy and research activities |
They separate direct practice from social policy and research activities
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Lee is employed by Family and Child Counseling as a generalist social worker. Lee will be expected to..
a. work exclusively with individual families and children b. have a job description which excludes policy concerns. c. understand problems in context and consider interventions at all system levels d. leave research concerns to specialists |
Understand problems in context and consider interventions at all system levels
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Jolene is working on a planning effort to coordinate service delivery for homeless women and children. Ogden is a counselor with the Homeless Coalition. Sarah, a legislative advocate, is concerned with social policy development regarding homelessness. Evaluate their activities in relation to the purpose of social work.
a. only ogden reflects the true social work purpose b. jolene and sarah's work reflects social work purpose c. sarah's work, while concerned with social justice, is tangential to social work purpose d. jolene, ogden, and sarah all reflect the purpose of social work in their work activities |
Jolene, Ogden, and Sarah all reflect the purpose of social work in their work activities.
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Which of the following represents the social work view of personal troubles and public issues?
a. troubles occur within the character of the individual b. the solutions for personal troubles and public issues reside in separate realms c. public issues are in the public domain and have no bearing on personal troubles d. private troubles translate into public issues. |
Private troubles translate into public issues
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Which of the following is directly related to the stated purposes of social work?
a. linking clients with needed resources b. the solutions for personal troubles and public issues reside in separate realms. c. public issues are in the public domain and have no bearing on personal troubles d. all of the above |
all of the above
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As described by Brill, universal basic needs include all the following growth and development areas except..
a. physical needs b. existential needs c. social needs d. spiritual needs |
existential needs
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In regard to Maslow's concept of human needs, which of the following statements in false?
a. developmental status affects the particular array of needs experienced by individuals b. individual needs must be considered in the context of the global community c. the physical environment can have a disabling affect on a person's sense of competence d. cultural factors are unrelated to human strengths and needs |
Cultural factors are unrelated to human strengths and needs
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Gerry feels much safer in the shelter than on the streets, and her constant worry about food has dissipated with the assurances of regular meals, but she still feels worthless because of her homeless status. According to Maslow, which motivational needs are most likely predominant?
a. physiological needs b. security needs c. self-actualization needs d. esteem needs |
esteem needs
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According to Maslow's hierarchy, identify the correct ascendancy of needs beginning with most fundamental
a. physiological, esteem, security, self actualization b. security, physiological, self-actualization, esteem c. physiological, security, belonging, esteem d. self-actualization, esteem, belonging, physiological |
physiological, security, belonging, esteem
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Which is the first of the internationally binding agreements on human rights?
a. international covenant on civil and political rights b. convention on the rights of the child c. universal declaration of human rights d. international convention on the elimination of all forms of ravial discrimination |
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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What prevails when all members of a society share equally in the social order, secure and equiptable consideration of resources and opportunities, and enjoy their full benefit of civil rights and civil liberties.
a. environmental competence b. social justice c. cultural competence d. universal basic needs |
Social Justice
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The ____ institution functions as a structure for the distribution and exercise of power; whereas the ____ institution provides a vehicle for the production and distribution of goods and services.
a. economic; political b. political; economic c. political; social welfare d. social welfare; economic |
Politial; economic
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Sue upholds the view that social welfare programs and services should be available to all persons as a citizen right. her view of social welfare is classified as a(n) ____ view
a. institutional b. substitutive c. supportive d. residual |
institutional
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From the view of social work, what is the least accurate description of social welfare?
a. social welfare is a citizen right b. social welfare is a social institution c. social welfare incorporates diverse public and private social service initiatives d. all social welfare recipients are poor |
all social welfare recipients are poor
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Working for an agency that provides services for older adults, Antonia most likely works in the field of practice called...
a. health care social work b. family services c. gerontological social work d. mental health |
gerontological social work
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which of the following views of the relationship between social work and society emphasizes the context of social functioning?
a.social work as an agent of social control of behalf of society b. social work as a reformer of society c. social work as separate from society d. social work as an intermediary between individuals and society |
Social work as an intermediary between individuals and society
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according to the conflict model of society, social workers..
a. exercise control over certain societal members b. confront justive c. resolve conflicts d. socialize deviants |
confront injustice
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Mary walker's social work position can be described as an agent of society. of the following, who is most likely her client?
a. ann, who needs info about community resources b. dinah, who is depressed and lonely c. ralph, who is a court mandated client d. a neighborhood group seeking consultation about community development |
ralph, who is a court mandated client
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empowerment is best described as..
a. a sense of personal competence b. having personal and sociopolitical dimensions c. a sociopolitical influence d. a sense of being in control |
a sense of personal competence
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to which system level can empowerment be applied
a. individual citizens b. organizations and neighborhoods c. political structures d. all system levels |
all system levels
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celia is writing a paper on empowerment. which of the following characteristics is she least likely to emphasize in her section on implications for social work?
a. a view of social workers as experts b. an orientation toward strengths and competence c. an emphasis on working collaboratively with clients d. an understanding of the links between personal and political power |
a view of social workers as experts
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James is a social work student who is learning that empowerment refers to..
a. a radical political position unrelated to current social work practice b. a process c. an outcome d. both a process and an outcome |
both a process and an outcome
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Jake wants to apply what he is learning about empowerment to his volunteer agency work. he should do all of the following except...
a. work in partnership with his client b. focus on strengths of the client system c. view the client as having potential d. focus primarily on maladaptive functionint |
focus primarily on maladaptive functioning
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Latisha uses empowerment as the foundation of her social work practice. Which of the following will she most likely emphasize?
a. clients' maladaptive functioning b. the links between personal and political power c. expert professional knowledge d. the status quo |
the links between personal and political power
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T/F The international definiton of social work incorporates elements of social change, but does not emphasize human rights and social justice.
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false
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T/F Achieving professional identity involves career-long learning
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True
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T/F generalist social workers separate direct practice from social policy activites
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false
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T/F With respect to the interplay between personal troubles and public issues, social workers most likely believe that person troubles most often originate within individuals themselves
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false
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T/F Social welfare involves services and programs aimed only at persons who are poor
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false
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T/F fields of social work practice are limited to the areas of mental health and child welfare
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false
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T/F as agents of society, social workers typically work with voluntary clients
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false
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T/F Empowerment presumes that the social workers plays the primary role in the process by defining the problem, selecting the desired outcome, deciding on a course of action, and evaluating the end result
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false
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T/F the orientation of empowerment activities is to focus on client deficits and maladaptive functioning
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false
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T/F policy practice provides the context for empowering individuals, family, and other human systems by increasing their social competence
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true
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The organization founded by S. Humphreys Gurteen to deal with the chaos and indiscriminate charity of relief practices in Buffalo New York was the..
a. first US charity organization society b. the association for improving the condition of the poor c. the national conference of charities and correction d. the new york society for the prevention of pauperism |
first US Charity Organization Society
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If you were a "friendly visitor" in a charity organization society, you would most likely..
a. access public funds for families in distress b. act as a model of moral character c. believe that charity represented respectful support for families d. not be concerned about investigations and scientific procedures |
act as a model of moral character
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Which prominent Charity Organization Society leader wrote What Is Social Casework?
a. jane addams b. mary richmond c. grace abbott d. sophinisba breckenridge |
mary richmond
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Many social work historians point to the activites of the Charity Organization Society as the origin of..
a. group work b. community organization c. casework d. generalist social work |
casework
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The settlement house movement began in London when Barnett established...
a. hull house b. the neighborhood guild c. toynbee hall d. andover house |
Toynbee Hall
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___ is an early pioneer to the Settlement House Movement
a. mary richmond b. harriett bartlett c. florence hollis d. jane addams |
Jane Addams
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Settlement House work was characterized by...
a. friendly visiting b. welfare distribution c. a combination of social services and social advocacy d. scientific philanthropy |
a combination of social services and social advocacy
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The first Black settlement house in the United States was founded by...
a. Janie porter barrett b. lugenia burns hop c. sarah fernandis d. mary eliza church terrell |
Sarah Fernandis
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Who is generally known for initiating a specialty in psychiatric social work?
a. harry hopkins b. frances perkins c. lester granger d. mary jarrett |
Mary Jarrett
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All of the following factors fostered a more individual focus in social work except...
a. the american red cross's efforts to address psychological aftermath of world war I through work with families b. the popularity of freud's psychodynamic perspective c. the impact of unemployment and poverty resulting from the great depression d. the mental hygiene movement |
the Mental Hygiene Movement
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___ was a policy maker who was instrumental in drafting the Social Security Act of 1935
a. harry hopkins b. whitney young c. grace coyle d. eduard lindeman |
Harry Hopkins
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Who is well known for long-standing leadership in the Urban League
a. sarah fernandis b. lester granger c. eduard lindeman d. frances perkins |
Lester Granger
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You are writing a report on Bertha Capen Reynolds. Which of the following activities will you include in your report?
a. her work as secretary of labor b. her emphasis on consumer involvement in directing social services c. her advocacy for small group interaction as a vehicle for social change d. her activities in the charity organization society |
her emphasis on consumer involvement in directing social services
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___ was an early leader in social group work
a. grace coyle b. eduard lindeman c. mary jarrett d. grace abbott |
Grace Coyle
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___ was an outspoken, radical social worker whose psychiatric social work roots led to a position at Smith College, and later, work with the national maritime union
a. ernest greenwood b. whitney young c. bertha capen reynolds d. grace coyle |
Bertha Capen Reynolds
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The phrase "person in his situation" was coined by..
a. mary richmond b. florence hollis c. harriet bartlett d. jane addams |
Florence Hollis
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Which of the following activities would you be least likely to find in a review of Whitney Young's contributions to social work?
a. coining the phrase "person-in-situation" b. participating in social activism c. providing leadership to NASW d. receiving the medal of freedom from president lyndon b johnson |
coining the phrase "person-in-situation"
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The 1960s was significant for social work because of
a. the war on poverty b. the new deal c. the charity organization society d. freudian psychoanalysis |
The War on Poverty
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The ecosystems approach ___
a. considers transactions between people and their physical and social environments b. is a facet of freud's psychoanalytic perspective c. focuses on individuals, but not their environments d. focuses solely on the physical and social environment |
considers transactions between people and their physical and social environments
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delivered at the baltimore conference on charities, Flexner's 1915 speech...
a. applauded the profession status of social work b. characterized social work as having a method common numerous fields of practice c. recognized a specific aim for social work leading to a highly specialized education d. generated activities so social work could meet the stated criteria of a profession |
recognized a specific aim for social work leading to a highly specialized education
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Assessment of professional status in terms of power and control involves each of the following factors except..
a. legitimate professional authority b. membership solidarity c. a sanctioned monopoly d. a salary scale |
a salary scale
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NASW stands for the..
a. national association of social welfare b. national association of social workers c. national academy of social work d. national assistance for social workers |
National Association of Social Workers
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The largest social work organization in the world is the...
a. american association of social work b. american association of social work research and practice c. national association of social workers d. social welfare association of america |
National Association of Social Workers
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Which of the following is the standard setting and accrediting organization for social work education?
a. NASW b. IFSW c. CSWE d. COS |
CSWE
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The common base of practice includes all of the following except..
a. knowledge b. skills c. research d. values |
research
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T/F Graham Taylor founded Hull House
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false
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T/F The activities of the Public Welfare Movement in the 1930s were a major factor in increasing social work's emphasis on treating of individuals.
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false
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T/F Eduard Lindeman was a community organization leader whose vision was to apply psychoanalytic thinking to community organizing
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false
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T/F Current definitions of social work incorporate two simultaneous activities for social workers: counseling and therapeutic intervention.
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false
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T/F Social workers were gratified when Flexner proclaimed social work was a profession
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false
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T/F Professional organizations are important sources of professional identity
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true
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T/F Professional social work organizations began in response to the call for professionalism
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true
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T/F All early social work leaders agreed that social work education ought to emphasize practical training rather than university based education
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false
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Social work values focus only on values relating to professional behavior
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false
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Liberal arts courses, such as philosophy, have no bearing on social work education.
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false
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