SWK350 Quiz 1

The systems theory concept of _____ is defined as many different means to the same end.

Equifinality

In order to solve problems involving organizations or communities, mastery of both micro and mezzo level skills are necessary.

true

In the context of social work, inferences, speculation, and labels about people are risky at all times.

true

Interface is the point where interaction between an individual and the environment takes place.

true

It is best to adopt a seating arrangement that forces eye contact between a social worker and his or her client.

true

It is important that social workers freely share their feelings and life experiences to connect effectively with their clients in the first meeting.

true

One of the pitfalls to critical thinking described in the text is the reliance on personal experience and testimonials.

true

One of the risks of using e-mail communication and other electronic forms of communication is the often short time span between a thought and its electronic transmission.

true

Policy in its simplest form might be thought of as rules.

true

Policy practice may concern advocacy on behalf of relatively powerless groups.

true

Social relationships and social networks influence social workers.

true

Social workers are obligated personally, morally, ethically, and legally to reflect high standards of professionalism in all aspects of service activities.

true

Social workers must ask questions about the validity, reliability, and relevance of information that might guide the nature and quality of our service.

true

Social workers must not only possess sophisticated knowledge and expertise; we must also expect that we can make a difference as well.

true

Social workers tend to view person-in-environment, person-and-environment, or person-in-context as the basic unit of attention.

true

Teenage clients lose respect for social workers who engage with them in an informal manner.

true

The National Association of Social Workers' Code of Ethics includes the social worker's ethical responsibility to colleagues.

true

The action system is the individual who initiates the planned change process.

true

The concept of a dramatic triangle that includes the roles or positions of persecutor, victim, and rescuer is apparent in most cultural mythologies.

true

The contract is the final substep in the planning process.

true

The foundation for generalist practice always involves knowledge, skills, and values.

true

The importance of culturally sensitive communications has decreased in the past few years.

true

When interviewing an adult in an office setting, social workers should place the chairs so that they create an angle of between 90 and 135 degrees.

true

While talking to clients, social workers should not display inappropriate or disproportionate emotions.

true

You should always share your opinions or hypotheses during the early stages of discussions with your client.

true

In the context of social work service, integrity suggests:

trustworthiness

If a client favors auditory language, the social worker can increase the probability of being understood and valued with the use of words like:

"hear," "loud," or "noise."

Which of the following is an accurate example of positive peace?

A nation has friendly relations with its neighbors and has set up many trade links with foreign countries

Which of the following is an accurate example of positive peace?

A nation has friendly relations with its neighbors and has set up many trade links with foreign countries.

In the context of social workers, which of the following practices is likely to improve the quality and the effectiveness of the process of helping clients?

Acquiring systematic evaluative feedback from clients

In addition to integrity, professionalism among social workers involves a sophisticated level of:

self-understanding and self-control.

All of the following were listed in the text as traps to avoid by using critical thinking except:​

Extensive analysis of data

Maintaining a relatively stable, constant state of equilibrium or balance is the definition of the _____ concept in systems theory.​

Homeostasis

All of the following occur during the planning phase of the Generalist Intervention Model except:​

Identifying client strengths

Which of the following statements is true of the social work mission?

It includes radical and, in some contexts, revolutionary aspirations.

Which of the following statements is true of a social work skill?

It is a circumscribed set of discrete cognitive and behavioral actions that are consistent and congruent with research-based knowledge.

Which of the following is a risk associated with a phase-to-phase or stage-to-stage approach to social work?

It overlooks the fact that sometimes work usually undertaken in one phase emerges in another.

Which of the following is NOT true about general systems theory?

Major terms include person-in-environment, interface, and adaptation

Which of the following is a major problem associated with multiplistic thinking?

Opinions, positions, claims, and arguments are not all equally valid, reasonable, or relevant.

The text defines _____ as the ability of an individual, family, group, community, or organization to recover from adversity and resume functioning even when suffering serious trouble, confusion, or hardship.

Resiliency

Which of the following is NOT a common error that social workers tend to make when first developing skills in active listening?

Responding to facts, thoughts, and ideas as well as feelings and emotions

According to the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers (2008), which of the following is an accurate ethical principle?

Social workers should base practice on recognized knowledge, including empirically based knowledge, relevant to social work and social work ethics.

Which of the following statements is true?​

Sometimes conflict is necessary for macro-system changes

In the context of social workers, which of the following is a fundamental aspect of professionalism?

The expertise of social workers

In the context of social work, which of the following statements is true?

The social work mission involves the elimination of "discrimination, oppression, poverty, and other forms of social injustice."

Social welfare policy competency area includes:​

The laws and regulations that govern which social programs exist, what categories of clients are served, and who qualifies for a given program

In the context of professionalism among social workers, what is the fundamental attribution error?

The overvaluing of personal and the undervaluing of social and environmental factors in the analysis of human behavior is referred to as the fundamental attribution error.

In the context of social work practices, which of the following skills supports the engagement competency?

The preparing, beginning, and exploring skills

Which of the following statements is true of professional social workers who engage in scientific inquiry and critical thought?

They realize that their ideas, beliefs, or judgments are subject to error.

The ecological term of _____ is defined as the active, dynamic interactions and communication people have with others in their environment.​

Transactions

Professionalism in social work involves all of the following fundamental aspects EXCEPT:

a privileged status and prestige in society.

A generalist practitioner performing the role of _____ steps forward and speaks out on behalf of clients in order to promote fair and equitable treatment or gain needed resources.​

advocate

The NASW Code of Ethics addresses the social worker's ethical responsibilities to:​

all of the above

Social work fields of practice include _____ social work.

all of the above (police, forensic, occupational)

_____ threatens the validity of a research study because the people who drop out of the research may differ from those who remain.

attrition

A generalist practitioner performing the role of _____ links client systems to needed resources.​

broker

Amelie is a social worker who has many clients. She knows that there are several biases, assumptions and logical fallacies in the way she deals with her clients' problems. Though she is aware of these flaws, she does not try to improve her critical thinking abilities. According to Paul and Elder's critical thinking stages, Amelie is in the _____ stage.

challenged

As a social worker, you demonstrate integrity when you:

change your mind when credible evidence challenges previously held beliefs.

_____ involves "the propensity and skill to use reflective skepticism when engaged in some specific activity" (McPeck, 1990, p. 3).

critical thinking

______ requires the ability to carefully evaluate the validity of an assumption and even of a so-called fact.​

critical thinking

_____ is the awareness, knowledge, understanding, sensitivity, and skill needed to conduct and complete professional activities effectively with people of diverse cultural backgrounds and ethnic affiliations.

cultural competence

In the context of evidence-based practice, the search involves:

discovery and storage of located resources.

The Council on Social Work Education requires which of the following competency areas? ​

diversity

Unlike research-based articles, authority-based articles:

do not carry the same degree of scientific credibility

In technical terms, _____ is "the study of the relationships among organisms as well as the relationships between them and their physical environment" (Collin, 2004, p. 69).

ecology

In the context of professional social work, the general purpose of attending is to:

encourage clients to express themselves fully and freely.

_____ is a form of listening that involves some talking.

encouraging

The natural power of active involvement between people and their environments is the definition of which of the following ecological terms?​

energy

Which of the following is a phase of social work practice outlined in the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards?

engage

Incorporated in the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (Council on Social Work Education, 2015) graduates of accredited social work programs should be able to:

engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice

Incorporated in the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (Council on Social Work Education, 2015) graduates of accredited social work programs should be able to:

engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice.

3. The use of a person-in-environment perspective encourages a phenomenon called blaming the victim.

false

5. Social workers view the social work skills as technical activities to complete, robotlike, at exactly the same relative time and in precisely the same way with all clients and all situations.

false

As the study of human well-being has evolved, theoretical models and evaluation measures have become more discipline specific.

false

Assessment in generalist social work practice should emphasize and focus only on the micro level of practice.

false

Competency is defined in the text as the capacity to adjust to surrounding environmental conditions.

false

In social work practice, supervision and consultation are generally synonymous terms.

false

In the context of the phases of social work practice, the ending skills support the engagement competency.

false

In the macro social environment, political forces are values and beliefs held by people in the social environment that are strong enough to influence people's activities, including how government is structured or restricted.

false

In the planning step of the planned-change process, primary goals should be established before translating problems into needs.

false

It is best to abruptly end the worker-client relationship instead of discussing the upcoming ending so time isn't wasted on talking about how this will affect the client.

false

Personality characteristics, such as introversion and extraversion, are not influenced by external circumstances.

false

Political ideology refers to people's status or ranking in society with respect to such standards as relative wealth, power, prestige, educational level, or family background.

false

Self-understanding and self-control are outcomes that can be completed prior to starting social work.

false

Skills for working directly with families lie somewhere between the mezzo and macro levels of practice.

false

Social justice is defined as distribution of resources in a fair and equitable manner.

false

Social workers understand that even though situational factors may override personal characteristics, strongly moral and conscientious people do not take immoral or illegal action.

false

The Generalist Intervention Model involves only the macro system as a target of change.

false

The authors of the text prefer the term "problem-solving" approach, as opposed to planned change.

false

The critical thinking method described in the text is called the Triple C approach.

false

The dynamic concept in the systems model refers to people with exuberant personalities.

false

The ecological perspective is much more useful for social work than systems theory.

false

The two factors involved in resiliency are risk factors and vulnerability factors.

false

Workers who adhere to the NASW Code of Ethics are never confronted with ethical dilemmas.

false

Maintaining a relatively stable, constant state of equilibrium or balance is the definition of the _____ concept in systems theory.​

homeostasis

Insult, ridicule, shame, discrimination, domination, oppression, slavery, apartheid, exclusion, bullying, and other forms of personal social, economic, and environmental injustice are all examples of:

indirect violence

The systems theory concept of _____ is defined as energy, information, or communication flow received from other systems.​

input

In the context of professional social work, _____ involves factual knowledge of cultural similarities and differences among those involved in an exchange.

intellectual understanding

The mutual reliance of each person on each other person is the definition of which of the following ecological terms?​

interdependence

According to Perry's model of intellectual development, _____ often make claims based upon an assumption that perspectives cannot, and perhaps should not, be judged by others or by external standards.

multiplistic thinkers

_____ is one of the "big five" or OCEAN personality factors.

neuroticism

According to The Oxford English Dictionary (Online), a _____ is a "vocation or calling, especially one that involves some branch of advanced learning or science."

profession

Active listening involves all of the following steps EXCEPT:

repeating

Which of the following curriculum areas is required for baccalaureate accreditation by the Council on Social Work Education?​

research

_____ means social workers should use the approaches and interventions in their practice that research has determined are effective.

research-informed practice

​ The text defines _____ as the ability of an individual, family, group, community, or organization to recover from adversity and resume functioning even when suffering serious trouble, confusion, or hardship.

resiliency

For social workers, _____ involves the "confidence in their ability to execute specific skills in a particular set of circumstances and thereby achieve a successful outcome" (Holden, Meenaghan, Anastas, & Metrey, 2001, p. 116).

self-efficacy

The common factors that are important for the effective working relationships between social workers and their clients are:

separate from the effects of specific intervention approaches and techniques employed by social workers.

Mezzo-level skills involve working with: ​

small groups

Rhonda, a social scientist, is invited to a talk show. In the show, Rhoda claims that the children of well-educated and rich parents are likely to be wealthier than those children whose parents are poor and not educated) She says that children from economically sound families are comparatively more hardworking. She neglects the economic and social factors that cause the disparity and holds that poor people suffer because of their laziness. In this case, Rhonda's claim is an example of _____.

the ultimate attribution error

Identify a factor that tends to promote an establishmentarian orientation that favors the status quo and may interfere with a social worker's mission as a social-change-focused professional.

threat of job loss

A common error social workers make in talking and listening is avoiding the use of jargons while talking to clients.

true

A logical fallacy is an argument that is usually psychologically persuasive but logically weak.

true

An advantage of dualistic thinking is that it considers a variety of useful perspectives and innovative solutions.

true

Because of the emphasis on person-in-environment, social workers recognize that situations and circumstances strongly influence human experience and action.

true

Effect size statistics are especially useful when attempting to determine the efficacy of an intentional intervention such as a psychosocial program or practice, or a drug or medical procedure.

true

Employment of critical thinking skills is one concept of generalist practice.

true

Equifinality refers to the fact that there are many different means to the same end.

true

Evaluation is the second critical thinking dimension contained within Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Learning Objectives.

true

Evaluation of implementation is critical for accountability.

true

Failure to keep abreast of findings from emerging research studies and reluctance to engage in relevant professional development activities may constitute a breach of ethics.

true

Fuller used the term rankism to refer to the uses and abuses of power by those of higher rank in relation to those of lower rank.

true

Homeostasis refers to the tendency for a system to maintain a relatively stable, constant state of equilibrium or balance.

true

According to Nathan and Gorman, Type 6 Studies are the most rigorous research studies and involve a randomized, prospective clinical trial.

ture

To communicate effectively in written communication, a professional social worker should:

use relatively short sentences.

If you use words such as "see," "view," and "perceive" with people who favor a(n) _____ language mode, you are likely to increase the probability of being understood and valued by them.

visual

The systems theory concept of _____ is defined as many different means to the same end.​

​Equifinality

_____ means social workers should use the approaches and interventions in their practice that research has determined are effective.​

​Research-informed practice