Human Services Final Exam Chapters 9-15

The Association of the Jewish Family Services and Children's Agencies (AJFSCA) acts as a(n)

an umbrella agency for all Jewish human services agencies throughout the world.

Victim-Witness Assistance departments often

are a component of a county's prosecutor's office.

Religiousness is commonly defined as , whereas spirituality is often defined as

as having a social experience grounded in traditional religion; an independent relationship with a deity.

Globalization is defined

as the increase in international connectedness among all countries, and consequently, all people.

Fundamental attribution error is a tendency for people to attribute causality of events and circumstances incorrectly due to _____.

bias

Bias-based bullying is defined as

bullying based on a federally protected characteristic

A population in rural communities warranting special attention due to decreasing longevity is

middle-aged Caucasians, particularly women

The hospice team is

multi-disciplinary by design.

All of the following is true for most homeless single mothers, except

multiple children with more than one father

The hospice movement challenged the treatment provided by the traditional medical community that often

often neglected the psychosocial and spiritual needs of the dying patient.

A 2015 study found that pregnant women living in rural communities had to travel _____each way for prenatal care

one to two hours

The dynamic of the younger population leaving small towns for better opportunities in the cities, is called

out-migration

Examples of positive religion include

perceiving God and a faith community as supportive rather than a source of judgment.

Feagin's study in 1975 found that the majority of those in the United States attribute poverty and homelessness to

personal failures such as having a poor work ethic, and poor money management skills.

Human service professionals provide which of the following service in a hospital setting?

provide information and referrals for patients

School social workers tend to provide while school counselors tend to provide

psychosocial counseling; academically related counseling

Rurality refers to

rural culture

When rural communities evolve in urban areas, they are often called

rural enclaves

Someone with an external locus of control has a tendency to

see outside factors as responsible for the events in their lives.

Yoder, Whitbeck and Hoyt's 2001 study of 600 runaway youth found that the chief reason why adolescents chose to live on the streets rather than remaining in their family home was

sexual abuse

Clients who are being hurt by their negative views of God

should not be challenged to change their views within the context of the counseling relationship, if their perspectives are theologically-based.

The word Islam means

submission

The first hospice in the United States in 1974 was funded by

the National Cancer Institute.

Despite considerable research existing to support of structural causes of poverty, a 1995 survey revealed that there was an increase in mainstream society's tendency to blame ____for their poverty.

the poor

Treating men who have been sexually assaulted is similar in some respects to serving the female survivor population except that

the shame men feel tends to be more focused on their gender identity as males.

Maslow believed that people are motivated to get what needs met before others?

their most basic physiological needs

The Islamic Social Services Association (ISSA) acts an umbrella organization for all Muslim human services agencies in the United States and Canada. The ISSA provides

training and educational services, as well as a network linking and equipping Muslim communities.

The intervention model that is based upon a Native American concept that addresses the interconnectedness of everything in life is called the

Healing Forest Model.

The Disabilities Education Act (Public Law 94-142) required that public schools provide

"free and appropriate" public education to all school-aged children between the ages of 3 and 21, regardless of their disability.

Those who live in motels, automobiles, abandoned buildings, and frequently "double up" with friends or relatives on a temporary basis are often referred to as the

Hidden homeless

Intimate partner violence resulted in how many injuries per year?

1.3 million

A recent study found that just over ____ U.S. students reported being victims of cyberbullying

1.5 million

Approximately ___ percent of the U.S. population live in rural communities.

15%

UNAIDS (2008) estimates that approximately children have been orphaned by AIDS.

17.8 million

According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) there are approximately displaced people who have been forcibly removed from their homes and communities.

42 million

When homelessness is defined using the federal definition there are on average individuals who experience homelessness on any given night in the United States in 2015.

546,708

The CDC estimates that one in ___ women and one in ____ men in the US report having been a victim of some form of intimate partner violence in 2010.

5; 7

The life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa has dropped from- to

61; 35

A recent study found that just over ____U.S. students reported being victims of bullying while at school

7 million

Approximately percent of LGBTQ+ students admit to having been verbally abused at school.

75

Approximately percent of sexual assault victims know their assailant.

75

Myths about rapists include

men just cannot control their sexual desires.

Of the 120 million children forced into full time labor, the majority reside in

Africa.

The first Hospice, St. Christopher's Hospice of London, in 1967, was started by

Dame Cicely Saunders.

A core value of the hospice philosophy is that each person has the right to

Die without pain

In 2014 about two-thirds of cities in the United States reported _________ in requests for food and emergency shelter.

Increases

) Every student identified for special education services has a written educational plan detailing designated educational support services, goals and expected outcomes. This plan is called a(n)

Individualized Education Plan (IEP).

Civilians who flee conflict but remain within the country are considered

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS)

The irrational fear and hatred of Muslims is called

Islamophobia

The only group to experience an increase in HIV diagnoses in 2009 was

Latino

The first to coin the phrase the cycle of violence to describe the pattern of interpersonal violence in intimate relationships was

Lenore Walker.

The Violence Against Women Act established policies and mandates for how states were to handle domestic violence cases, including all but which of the following?

Mandating counseling for victims

Some of the poorest rural communities are in the

South

The transcribed collection of Jewish oral tradition is called the

Torah

The rate of homelessness began to increase between 1970 and 1980 due to

a decrease in affordable housing.

Several studies have shown that personal religiousness and spirituality have been linked to

a decrease in depression and an increase in greater social support

The jealousy and possessiveness often exhibited by perpetrators of domestic violence are frequently rooted in

a fear on the part of abusers that they will be abandoned, taken advantage of and humiliated, as many were in their childhoods.

_______ of all rural children living in rural families live far below the federal poverty line

almost all

Mindfulness traditions focus on

cultivating an accepting awareness and enhan ced attention to present moment experiences

Teenage pregnancy has ___ in recent years.

declined

Human service providers in rural communities are often

discouraged from living within the communities they serve

Human services professionals who work in practice settings dealing with domestic violence, sexual assault, gang activity, and criminal justice agencies such as police departments, probation, state, and county prosecutors, and within correctional facilities such as jails and prisons, are considered

forensic human service workers.

Ebola and malaria are examples of

health pandemics

Challenges in small towns include all but which of the following

high rates of domestic violence

The roots of poverty in many countries are often rooted in

histories of Colonialism

Most abusive relationships begin in a

honeymoon-like state.

Research suggests that pregnancy ______ the risk of violence for women who are vulnerable to abuse.

increases

HUDs Section 811 housing program is designed for

individuals with disabilities (including mental illness)

At the root of the problem of child exploitation is economic injustice rooted in generations of

inter-country exploitation.

Well-meaning but misguided counselors are often uncomfortable when confronted with a client's intense emotions of sadness and anger, and in an attempt to alleviate this pain and their own discomfort attempt to

make the client feel better by pointing out the positive side of a crisis too quickly.

There has been a recent surge in interest in developing human services programs within mosques and Islamic centers across the United States in response to growing concerns about:

marriage, family, and Islamophobia

Urban schools often experience an increased incidence of all but which of the following

violence specifically against teachers

Most victims of domestic violence do their best to___ in order to avoid an explosive episode by their abusive partner.

walk on eggshells