Intro to Social Work - Midterm Study Guide

In January 2015, the average monthly Social Security benefit for retired workers was _____.

$1,328

According to Kornblum and Julian (2012), it is estimated that people age 65 or older will make up approximately _____ of the world population by 2023.

18%

The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in _____.

1990

​According to the research conducted by ProQuest (2014), the median income of female-headed families is about _____ percent of the median for families with two parents present.

45

According to ProQuest (2014), the life expectancy for White males is approximately _____ years greater than that for African American males.

5

According to the Social Security Administration (2014d), Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance covers about _____ percent of all workers in the United States.

90

What happened after feudalism's demise in England?

A law was passed restricting the unemployed from moving about.

A practitioner who speaks out on behalf of clients to promote fair and equitable treatment or gain needed resources is known as a(n) _____.

Advocate

​A practitioner who speaks out on behalf of clients to promote fair and equitable treatment or gain needed resources is known as a(n) _____.

Advocate

​In the context of empowering people in poverty, all of the following are true except that:

All poor people have positive role models

_____ were institutions in England where the impotent poor were placed and provided food and shelter.

Almshouses

The text states that _____ hold nature as extremely important for they realize that they are but one part of a greater whole.

American Indians

Which of the following statements is true of the health-care system in the United States?

Americans pay 50 percent more for their prescription drugs than people pay for them in other developed nations.

In the context of the planned-change process, _____ refers to the process of determining the extent to which a given intervention was effective in achieving its goals.

Assessment

​The _____ stage of the planned-change process involves the investigation and determination of variables affecting an identified problem or issue as viewed from micro, mezzo, or macro perspectives.

Assessment

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Act was passed during the presidency of _____.

Bill Clinton

With some _____ disorders, people experience primarily manic episodes characterized by abnormally elevated levels of emotion, feelings of euphoria, a grandiose sense of self, excessive movement or talkativeness, extreme irritability, and poor judgment .

Bipolar

is the umbrella term for physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, and neglect.

Child Maltreatment

_____ is the traditional term for the network of policies and programs designed to empower families, promote a healthy environment, protect children, and meet children's needs.

Child Welfare

the failure of a parent, guardian, or other caregiver to provide for a child's basic needs

Child neglect

Murphy and Sheldon are co-workers in the same unit. The evening before a presentation, Sheldon accidentally tears a few sheets of Murphy's report while arranging documents for the presentation. Sheldon admits the incident to Murphy. Due to her dislike of Sheldon, Murphy overreacts by disgracing Sheldon in front of the whole office. According to the NASW Code of Ethics, this is a violation of the ethical responsibility to:

Colleagues

The treatment of people with developmental disabilities during the 1970s and early 1980s involved a(n):

Community based approach

In the context of deinstitutionalization, the intent of _____ is to place people in the least restrictive setting possible.

Community-based residential facilities

_____ is related to the ethical principle that a social work practitioner should not share information provided by a client or about a client unless that practitioner has the client's explicit permission to do so.

Confidentiality

In the context of the roles of social workers, _____ refers to the linkage of clients to needed resources.

Consultancy

In the context of themes that provide successful conditions for women's empowerment within a group setting, which of the following accurately describes validation?

Contemplation

On the continuum of care, which of the following is the most restrictive placement for children?

Correctional Facility

The _____ is an organization that develops guidelines for the social work curriculum in social work education.

Council on Social Work Education

In the context of micro-practice roles, a(n) _____ role, social workers follow the planned-change process and help clients develop solutions to problems.

Counselor

Among Mexican Americans and other Central and South Americans, _____ are healers who use a range of treatments, such as herbal remedies, inhalation, sweating, massage, incantations, and ritual cleansing.

Curanderos

Which of the following is not one of the three primary arenas of life that policies serve to synchronize?

Customs or environment

_____ provides alternative child care for children so parents can attend to their own needs go to work and practice newly learned skills.

Day Care

The ratio of the number of workers paying taxes into Social Security to the number of recipients of Social Security benefits is called the _____.

Dependency Ratio

Which of the following is true about inpatient mental and psychiatric hospitals?Which of the following is true about inpatient mental and psychiatric hospitals?

Depending on the problem, the time period clients reside in the facility might be as short as days and as long as a lifetime.

In the _____ that was used during the 1970s and 1980s, emphasis was placed not on the individual as a unique personality but rather on the assessed level of need and the designated services available to address that need.

Developmental Model

Among the six core values of the NASW Code of Ethics, ____ is described as holding in high esteem and appreciating individual value.

Dignity and Worth of Person

According to the NASW Code of Ethics, which of the following is not part of a social worker's ethical responsibilities to clients?

Disclosing all information about the consultation

______ is the act of treating people differently based on the fact that they belong to some group rather than on merit.

Discrimination

As a result of _____ and her followers' efforts, over 30 state mental hospitals were established during the mid-1800s.

Dorothea Dix

Charity organization societies:

Efficiency and Criticism

The _____ is considered the first piece of legislation establishing coherent, consistent public support for needy people through local taxes.

Elizabethan Poor Law

One of the dimensions involved at the engagement stage of the planned-change process is _____ that involves not only being in tune with how clients feel but also conveying to them in a sincere and open manner that workers understand how they feel.

Empathy

The _____ stage of the planned-change process is the initial period when practitioners orient themselves to the problem at hand and begin to establish communication and a relationship with others also addressing the problem.

Engagement

Which of the following is a primary underlying principle of the strength's perspective articulated by Saleebey?

Every environment is full of resources

Which of the following is not a strategy for social workers to increase their sensitivity to older adults?

Explore literature about discouraging older adults with a terminal illness from talking about their negative feelings

​A practitioner who guides a group experience is known as a(n) _____.

Facilitator

A social worker is allowed to impose his or her own values on a client if it will be beneficial to that client.

False

A special kind of virus that invades normal cells and causes them to reproduce more of the virus rather than reproduce themselves like other normal cells is called a rhinovirus.

False

A survey of nonretired workers indicated that the average age of planned retirement was 55 (Carroll, 2008).

False

About 20% of people age 65 and older experience dementia to the point at which they can no longer look after themselves.

False

According to ProQuest (2014), in the United States, about 40% of single women with children under age 6 work outside the home.

False

According to the research conducted by Dixon (2009), it is estimated that 10,000 West and Central African children are sold into slavery each year.

False

An ongoing task for social workers is to identify their personal values and distinguish between those and their professional values.

False

Child neglect occurs when a child younger than 18 years of age has experienced an injury or risk of an injury as a result of having been hit by a parent or parent-surrogate.

False

Cognitive disabilities include cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy.

False

Diseases such as cholera and typhoid that posed a serious health concern have now been completely eradicated.

False

Dorothea Dix was an advocate for the American Indian assimilation into the mainstream culture in the United States.

False

In the consumer-centered approach, social workers should make assumptions about their client and his or her disabilities to avoid asking questions when they do not understand something.

False

In the context of community empowerment for people with intellectual disabilities, athletic programs, Special Olympics, and summer camps are examples of respite care programs.

False

In-kind benefits involve providing eligible clients with prescribed amounts of money based on what the policies governing the program allow.

False

It has been found that casual contact with HIV-infected persons is highly dangerous and results in the transmission of the deadly disease.

False

Only women can be feminists.

False

Psychotherapy is a treatment process that is used by both bachelors in social work and masters in social work.

False

Sexual harassment is a subcategory in the NASW Code of Ethics that is found only under the social workers' ethical responsibility to clients.

False

Supervision is the act of seeking help from someone with expertise in a subject to devise a plan or solve a problem.

False

The Dawes Act resulted in American Indians regaining 75% of their land.

False

The Family and Medical Leave Act was passed during George W. Bush's presidency

False

The United States is the most common destination for victims of human trafficking.

False

The comprehensive assessment of a patient's abilities and needs and the development of a plan to facilitate the transition of that patient from the hospital to a community setting are referred to as hospice planning.

False

The fringe economy refers to President Barack Obama's stimulus plan.

False

The vast majority of older adults reside in nursing homes.

False

Today, the preferred terms used to define people with a disability are "retarded," "handicapped," and "disabled."

False

Under the Freedmen's Bureau, over 25% of eligible African Americans were allocated property.

False

Universality is the idea that social welfare benefits should be available exclusively to those who can demonstrate need through established eligibility criteria.

False

​Supervision is the act of seeking help from someone with expertise in a subject to devise a plan or solve a problem.

False

Hospice care is the placement of children in the home of a relative, close family friend, godparents, or tribe or clan member when the children's parents are unable to provide care.

False, Kinship Care

One of the goals of _____ is to prevent unnecessary out-of-home placement of children.

Family preservation services

The term _____ refers to the process of giving people information, positive or negative, about their performance or behavior.

Feedback or empathy

Which of the following topics is discussed in the section of the text about social workers' ethical obligations to help people at the macro level?

Forming an affirmative action policy

The third step of the Triple-A critical thinking process used in social work practice involves:

Frojeostern

The term _____ refers to the aging of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people.

Gayging

​A _____ establishes a new way of looking at the world, with women and their issues becoming the focus.

Gender lens

​_____ means that workers continue to be themselves while working to accomplish goals in their professional role.

Genuineness

Which of the following statements is true of the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)?

HIV can be transmitted through anal or vaginal intercourse with an infected partner.

All of the following are true regarding the Reverend Charles Loring Brace except that:

He was one of the founders of Hull House

The five broad components that need to be explored in order to understand any social policy include all of the following except:

How the social program was developed

_____ is the transfer of people across international boundaries to enslave them in some way, usually involving forced labor or sexual exploitation.

Human Trafficking

____, which means being overly alert for possible dangers, is one of the issues that might be addressed when veterans try to reintegrate into society after returning home from war.

Hypervigilance

The _____ halted Asian immigration almost altogether, a state of affairs that lasted until 1968.

Immigration Act of 1924

Among the six core values of the NASW Code of Ethics, the _____ is described as valuing the dynamic reciprocal interactions between social workers and clients, including how they communicate, think and feel about each other, and behave toward each other.

Importance of human relationships

The trend of the mammoth growth in manufacturing and technology that occurred in the United States between the Civil War and the early 20th century was called:

Industrialization

According to the NASW Code of Ethics, which of the following is considered a social worker's ethical responsibility to colleagues?

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Which of the following is a primary principle involved in conservatism?

It is each individual's responsibility to work and succeed

Which of the following is true of electroconvulsive therapy?

It provides a permanent cure for people who experience some types of severe mental disorders and don't respond to other treatment modalities.

​Which of the following is true of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program?

It was set up by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.

​_____ was a program that recruited impoverished youths ages 16-24 from disadvantaged urban and rural communities, and provided them with residential training, employment, and work skills.

Job Corps

The licensure for clinical social work practice requires:

LMSW

The _____ established the residency requirement in England that needed potential aid recipients to prove that they had dwelled in some location for some designated time before they could receive assistance or benefits from the political body governing that location.

Law of Settlement

If a person is trying to encourage public officials to vote for a bill before Congress that would benefit his or her clients, the person is involved in:

Legislative Advocacy

Condy and Hily currently reside at the Loving Arms homeless shelter. They begin a discussion about the state of social welfare programs in the country when Hily says, "It is the society's responsibility to help people cope with the unstable and challenging environment." Condy nods her head and replies, "Your beliefs make you a(n) _____."

Liberal

_____ is the philosophy that the government should provide minimal interference in people's lives.

Liberalism

​Abraham is a social worker at Cordia County Social Services. He notices that some of his clients find it difficult to get to their physical therapy clinic due to transportation issues. Abraham petitions before the local county board, on behalf of the agency, to purchase a van for the county residents with physical disabilities. This scenario is an example of a _____ intervention.

Macro-Level

_____ is the condition of having less power and being viewed as less important than others in a society because of belonging to some group or having some characteristic.

Marginalization

The role of a (n) _____ is to resolve arguments or disagreements among individual, family, group, organizational, or community systems in conflict .

Mediator

​Which of the following programs falls under the umbrella of public assistance?

Medicaid

​_____ is a public assistance program funded by federal and state governments that pays for medical and hospital services for eligible people who are unable to pay for these services and are determined to be in need.

Medicaid

​_____ was created by the Health Insurance for the Aged Act, and it consists of Parts A, B, C, and D.

Medicare

Cinco de Mayo is celebrated as the day:

Mexican army's May 5, 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla

Social work with families combines _____ practice because it involves a small group linked by ties of an intimate nature.

Micro and Mezzo

At the _____ level, social workers address mental illness through case management, counseling, and intensive psychotherapy for chronically (long-term) mentally ill people.

Micro level

The term _____ refers to the belief that every person, even those with the most severe disabilities, should have life conditions and behavioral patterns that are as close as possible to those ordinarily experienced by others in the social and physical environment .

Normalization

_____ are trained paraprofessionals, sometimes volunteers, who go into the home, serve as positive role models for behavior management and parent-child relationships, and provide someone for the parents to talk to.

Parental Aides

The word Islam is derived from the Arabic word meaning:

Peace

A means test is a systematic evaluation of how effectively a policy addresses the targeted problem or issue, meets people's needs, and achieves its goals.

Policy Analysis

People who are at greater danger of deprivation and unfair treatment because they share some identifiable characteristic that places them in a diverse group are referred to as:

Populations-at-risk

Samantha is a child care worker in a residential treatment center. She observes Adolf, a nine-year-old resident, do his routine chores and says, "Hey, Adolf, you are doing a really good job. Keep it up!" In this scenario, Samantha has used _____ to motivate Adolf to continue doing his chores on time.

Positive reinforcement

Under social workers' ethical responsibilities to clients, _____ is the condition of being free from unauthorized observation or intrusion.

Privacy

​All of the following are aspects of professionalism except:

Proper Grooming?

The National Association of Social Workers fulfills all of the following purposes except:

Provide Accreditation

____ are medical doctors with additional training in psychiatry and are the only professionals who can prescribe psychotropic drugs .

Psychiatrist

_____ is a government program providing assistance for older adults, dependent children in single-parent families, children with disabilities, and people who are blind.

Public Assistance

_____ refers to a category of people who share a common descent and genetic origin and implies a greater genetic determinant.

Race

​Fallacies that can trick people into false beliefs include all of the following except:

Relying on evidence based practice

_____ is a program that offers temporary provision of care so that the regular caregivers have some time away from child care responsibilities.

Respite care

_____ is a chronic condition in which a person's immune system attacks the joints, causing pain, inflammation, stiffness, swelling, and deterioration.

Rheumatoid arthritis

Which of the following is true of the decision made in the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

Ruled that segregation of races in the public schools is unconstitutional.

_____ is a severe mental disturbance characterized by delusions and hallucinations with an inability to participate in goal-directed activities.

Schizophrenia

_____ concerns how the primary aging process can either be hastened or slowed by lifestyle and behavior.

Secondary Aging

Sanchez is a consultant at a vocational training agency. Desdemona is one of his clients seeking admission into a technical course. Sanchez knows Desdemona is not very adept at technical subjects. Therefore, he does not give her details about her preferred technical courses. Instead, he recommends that she take up a non-technical course, such as sales and marketing, with an agenda to fill up the vacancies in those courses. Sanchez has exhibited a violation of:

Self- Determination

A key concern for military social workers is the basic ethical concept of _____ on the part of individual soldiers versus the needs of fellow soldiers and the military operation itself.

Self-Determination

The final phase of the social welfare policy development and implementation process is the:

Service provision by workers in agency settings

_____ is a government program providing benefits related to certain designated risks assumed by working people.

Social Insurance

_____ involves the idea that in a perfect world all citizens would have identical rights, protection, opportunities, obligations, and social benefits, regardless of their backgrounds and membership in diverse groups.

Social Justice

Social workers' ethical responsibilities to the broader society include:

Social and political action

Which of the following is a basic concept inherent in the residual perspective on social welfare policies and programs?

Social welfare policies and programs should be reactive, solving problems only after they occur

The _____ was a policy of supplementing the income of all poor people so everyone would have a minimum income necessary for survival.

Speenhamland System

One of the barriers to receiving mental health services is _____, which refers to feelings of shame and reproach upon one's reputation

Stigma

The Great Depression was initiated by the _____ of 1929.

Stock Market Crash

​_____ is a federal public assistance program that is funded by general tax revenues.

Supplemental Security Income

The purpose of _____ is to provide external assistance to enhance family functioning while children remain in the home.

Supportive Services

​_____ fight off diseases invading the body.

T-cells

​Which of the following is considered an economic explanation for poverty in the society?

Technical programs needing a certification.

​The _____ is often referred to as Obamacare.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

All of the following are attributes that characterize people with developmental disabilities except:

The disability occurs after the age of 35

A _____ home serves a child who requires a relatively restrictive environment with structured behavioral management for therapeutic purposes.

Treatment Foster Care

A blended family is any nontraditional configuration of people who live together, are committed to each other, and perform functions traditionally assumed by families.

True

Ageism involves harboring negative images of and attitudes toward people simply because they are older.

True

Autonomy is a strategy of empowerment for older adults to help them live as independently as possible.

True

Confidentiality means more than not revealing information about clients to others. It also involves not asking for more information than is necessary, as well as informing clients about the limitations of confidentiality within an agency setting.

True

Economic deprivation is the condition of having inadequate or unjust access to financial resources.

True

Grievance processes are administrative procedures designed to ensure that clients or client groups who have been denied benefits or rights to which they are entitled get equitable treatment.

True

Health care insurance policies often do not include nonheterosexual partners.

True

In June 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all states must legalize gay marriage

True

In colonial America, people with mental illness were placed in almshouses, clustered with the poor and people with other disabilities.

True

In the context of social workers' ethical responsibility to clients, the goal of self-determination involves assisting clients in making the best, most informed choices possible.

True

In the context of the planned-change process, termination refers to the end of the professional social worker-client relationship .

True

Many congenital mobility disabilities are also considered developmental disabilities.

True

One of the ways in which social workers practice in the mental health macro arena is by functioning as managers and administrators in mental health agencies and striving to improve policies and service provision in collaboration with colleagues and clients.

True

Only masters in social work (MSWs) are employed in mental health settings.

True

People with an ethnocentric worldview perceive their own race, ethnic background, or cultural values as being better than that of others.

True

Policies can change in response to modifications in values.

True

Public health initiatives include encouraging lifestyles that contribute to good health, conducting research about factors affecting health such as diseases and injuries, and identifying and managing infectious diseases.

True

Religion implies membership in a spiritual organization with customs, traditions, and structure.

True

Social workers and the National Association of Social Workers have historically served as significant forces in advocating for improved health-care legislation, policies, and resources.

True

Social workers must pay special attention to social welfare policies because some policies are unfair and therefore must advocate for them to be changed.

True

Social workers must use critical thinking to resolve ethical issues.

True

Social workers' overall demeanor—including their ability to convey warmth, empathy, and genuineness, concepts related to nonverbal behavior—can enhance the engagement process.

True

Some wealthy people find that having a social class of poor people is useful because the poor people can do the dirty work for the rich.

True

The Five-E approach to policy analysis also considers how effective a policy has been in accomplishing what it intended to accomplish.

True

The Five-E approach to policy analysis also includes policy efficiency.

True

The Indian Removal Act resulted in thousands of American Indians being taken from their own lands and relocated to distant reservations.

True

The NASW Code of Ethics emphasizes that social workers should not have sexual relationships with current clients, clients' relatives, or others personally involved with clients.

True

The NASW Code of Ethics includes the dignity and worth of the person as one of its core values.

True

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010 under the presidency of Barack Obama.

True

The aim of cognitive therapy is to help clients identify their unproductive and negative thoughts, evaluate their thought patterns, and alleviate inaccurate perceptions about self, others, or circumstances .

True

Until the late 1960s, community treatment and public policy emphasized individual pathology.

True

​A counselor is a generalist practitioner who coordinates people by bringing them together and organizing their performance.

True

​Believing that something is right if it's written down is a fallacy trap.

True

​Generalist practice requires the assumption of a wide range of professional roles.

True

​In American middle-class culture, direct eye contact is usually considered a sign of interest and presence, and a lack thereof is interpreted as being evasive .

True

​Medicare is a social insurance policy.

True

​One of the many functions of social workers include helping patients understand and interpret technical medical jargon.

True

​People who experience frequent failure and deprivation may quit trying to achieve in the system.

True

​Sexism refers to any preconceived notions about a person based solely on gender .

True

​The Self-Determination Movement maintains that people with disabilities have the same right to make decisions about themselves and direct their own lives as people who don't have disabilities; this includes their right to seek and choose services .

True

A major step forward in the development of protective services was the _____ that was first held in 1909.

White House Conference on Dependent Children

How is Social Security discriminatory toward women?

Women who have been homemakers are entitled to only half of what their husbands' receive.

As of this date in time, only two industrialized countries have established a national health insurance plan.

false

It is a fact that the more severe a physical disability is, the less intelligent the person.

false

Organizations that provide a wide range of health-care services for participants and employers who typically pay an established monthly fee for services are called _____.

health maintenance organizations (HMO's)

A 1990 amendment to the 1987 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act:

mandated that homeless children be able to attend school even when prior educational records and verification of residency are unavailable.

According to ProQuest (2014), in 2011, _____ percent of Americans, including people at all income levels, lacked any health insurance.

more than 15

The process of critical thinking employs:

the Triple-A Approach Asking questions Assess the established facts and issues Assert a concluding opinion