Foundations of Human Services
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This course provides an introduction to the field of human services, exploring its historical development, core values, and ethical principles. Students will gain an understanding of the diverse roles and responsibilities of human service professionals, as well as the various settings in which they operate. Topics include an overview of the social welfare system, client advocacy, case management, and the importance of cultural competence when working with individuals, families, and communities. Emphasis is placed on developing foundational skills necessary for effective communication, problem-solving, and collaboration within multidisciplinary teams.
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Foundations of Social Policy Social Justice in Human Perspective 6th Edition by Amanda S. Barusch
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Chapter 1: Social Justice and Social Workers
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Q1) Members of the United Nations General Assembly were inspired to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights because of
A)World War I.
B)the Holocaust.
C)the Industrial Revolution.
D)World War II.
Answer: B
Q2) Rawls argued that inequality is
A)not necessarily a sign of an unjust society.
B)just, if it improves the well-being of the disadvantaged.
C)an indication that government intervention is called for.
D)a good way to ensure that hard work is rewarded.
Answer: B
Q3) Jerome Wakefield would argue that a professional woman who is afraid of failing would be an inappropriate target for social work intervention.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Governments Role
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Q1) In the U.S., regressive taxes include
A)state income tax.
B)sales tax.
C)payroll tax.
D)both sales and payroll tax.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following is NOT true of federal expenditures since 1945?
A)The overall federal budget has grown.
B)Education spending has taken a larger share of the federal budget.
C)Social Security expenditures have grown.
D)Expenditures for National Defense have taken a smaller share of the federal budget. Answer: B
Q3) The Bush tax cuts shifted much of the nation's tax burden from the rich toward the middle class, and reduced funding available for public programs.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Governance in the U.S. is shared among three levels of government. List these. Answer: Federal, State, Local
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Chapter 3: Policy Analysis and Policy Practice
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Q1) Under the Conable election, a non-profit organization may not attempt to influence legislation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) An advocate who communicates his/her own needs effectively without regard to those of the target audience is operating at the ______ developmental level of perspective-taking.
A)first
B)second
C)third
D)fourth
Answer: B
Q3) Define the following terms: pathos, logos, ethos.
Answer: Pathos: reason based on passion or emotions; Logos: reason based on content and logic; Ethos: reason based on the character and merits of the speaker
Q4) Explain why reciprocity has been called "the glue that holds society together."
Answer: (Possible Answer): In the exchange of favors, relationships are established.
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Chapter 4: The Social Security Act
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Q1) Under Federal law, the TANF program has a lifetime limit of
A)3 years of assistance.
B)18 months of assistance.
C)5 years of assistance.
D)10 years of assistance.
Q2) Under current law, individuals who are disabled by virtue of alcohol addiction
A)may receive Social Security disability benefits through a representative payee.
B)must be in treatment in order to receive Social Security Disability benefits.
C)may not receive Social Security disability benefits.
D)may receive Social Security disability benefits through a representative payee and must be in treatment in order to receive Social Security Disability benefits.
Q3) Under "earnings sharing"
A)a woman and her husband would receive equal credit for earnings from any source.
B)a widow would receive credit for earnings of her husband prior to the marriage.
C)a surviving child would receive credit for earnings of both parents.
D)all of these.
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Chapter 5: Poverty and Inequality
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Q1) Discuss at least three of the beliefs or explanations for poverty and how each one influences corresponding policy or intervention.
Q2) Most Medicaid expenditures are used for
A)the care of low-income children.
B)the care of low-income families.
C)the care of low-income disabled and elderly.
D)the care of low-income adults and their families.
Q3) The primary argument in support of the idea that the federal poverty threshold overestimates hardship is
A)in the United States, anyone with initiative can avoid poverty.
B)the threshold should take into account the in-kind benefits received by the poor.
C)welfare provides sufficient income to raise families out of poverty.
D)all of these.
Q4) To finance relief for the poor, the Elizabethan Poor Law levied a progressive income tax.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Define and give an example of relative poverty measure.
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Chapter 6: Health
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Q1) What is social justice and why is health care a social justice issue?
Q2) Medicaid finances health care for retirees.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Recent decades have seen two attempts to expand Medicare benefits. List the year and name for each one.
Q4) The PPACA of 2010 required that
A)all Americans purchase health insurance
B)Americans not exempted due to financial hardship, Native American status, or religious beliefs purchase health insurance
C)Americans not exempted due to financial hardship, Native American status, or religious beliefs either purchase health insurance or pay a fee.
D)all Americans who do not purchase health insurance pay a fee.
Q5) On average, women have more chronic illness than men in the U.S.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The U.S. has the world's lowest infant mortality rate.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Mental Illness
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Q1) Mental illness has been viewed as a sign of A)eccentricity.
B)creativity.
C)sin.
D)all of these.
Q2) Individuals with severe mental illness are less likely than the general population to commit violent acts.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss how the Housing First model differs from traditional approaches to housing the mentally ill and the premise behind both approaches to housing the mentally ill.
Q4) Now in its 5th edition, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) has been described as "diagnosis by consensus," referring to A)a medical model used to diagnose mental illness.
B)the social construction of mental illness.
C)the fact that the manual is very long and complicated.
D)surveys conducted to find the prevalence of mental illness.
Q5) In what sense is access to mental health services a social justice issue?
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Chapter 8: Disability
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Q1) Which of the following requires that any new buildings using federal funds after 1968 should provide access for people with disabilities?
A)Americans with Disabilities Act
B)Fair Housing Act
C)American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT)
D)Architectural Barriers Act
Q2) U.S. disability policies reflect the different definitions of disability.
A)True
B)False
Q3) One of the reasons for continued rising enrollment in DI is expansion of eligibility to include
A)drug and alcohol addiction.
B)high numbers of returning veterans who are disabled.
C)mental illness and musculoskeletal system disorders.
D)fraudulent cases by those who are able-bodied and healthy.
Q4) The first national disability program in the U.S. was established for veterans on the basis of moral obligation and not on need of the disabled.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Crime and Criminal Justice
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Q1) Formerly incarcerated persons are at risk for recidivism due to A)housing discrimination.
B)a lack of impulse control
C)discriminatory parole practices.
D)a lack of legal employment opportunities that provide a living wage.
Q2) Which presidential appointee has influence within the U.S. criminal justice systemthrough his or her prosecution of federal crimes?
A)The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
B)The Attorney General
C)The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
D)The Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
Q3) How have three-strikes laws contributed to rising incarceration rates?
A)Through creation of mandatory sentences for a third conviction
B)Through automatic life sentences for three Schedule 1 drug offenses
C)By equating three nonviolent offenses to one felony offense
D)By requiring that judges consider prior offenses when deciding on a sentence
Q4) How did the ruling in the 1967 <i>Gault</i> case change juvenile justice procedures?
Q5) Incarceration was incorporated into state laws, after the American Revolution, for what reasons?
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Chapter 10: People of Color
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Q1) Wilson argued that racism evolved to provide justification for oppressive economic arrangements.
A)True
B)False
Q2) All existing tribes are now recognized by the federal government.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Chinese immigration experience was in some ways made easier than that of Japanese immigrants because of treaties between the Chinese and U.S. governments.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The <i>Plessy v. Ferguson</i> decision
A)supported the system of debt peonage in the South.
B)prohibited interracial marriage.
C)established the principle of "separate but equal."
D)supported the voting rights of African Americans.
Q5) List the three racial categories identified on the first official U.S. census in 1790.
Q6) Explain second-generation barriers to minority voting rights and give examples.
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Chapter 11: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans Individuals
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Q1) How did Freud's theories contribute to the stigma and mental illness view of homosexuality?
Q2) Same sex marriage is
A)legal in most states.
B)legal in very few states.
C)not legal in any state.
D)legal in all states by federal legislation.
Q3) The Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA) was signed into law by President Obama in January 2013.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following states passed anti-gay initiatives that were later overturned by the Supreme Court?
A)California
B)Colorado
C)Oregon
D)Both California and Colorado
Q5) Why is the Americans with Disabilities Act important for gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender individuals?
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Chapter 12: Children
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Q1) Which social work pioneer focused on child welfare issues?
A)Julia Lathrop
B)Jane Morganstein
C)Olivia Adams
D)Bertha Reymond
Q2) As early as the_______century, there were laws protecting children against violence.
A)16th
B)17th
C)18th
D)19th
Q3) Florida, Mississippi, and Utah all specifically forbid the practice of
A)multi-ethnic adoption.
B)transracial adoption.
C)gay and lesbian adoption.
D)multiple adoptions inside one family.
Q4) Bullying of children who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered is a violation of U.S. civil rights law.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Women
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Q1) The 19th-century doctrine of "coverture" holds that A)a wife is considered the ward of her husband.
B)a husband and wife are considered one person under the law.
C)a husband is required to assume responsibility for any contracts entered into by his wife.
D)a wife is the husband's property, the same as all his possessions.
Q2) The 1981 Supreme Court ruling in <i>Rostker v. Goldberg</i> held that A)restrictions on women's military service constituted discrimination. B)it was constitutional to register men, but not women, for the draft. C)women should be excluded from combat roles that place them in harm's way. D)women should be permitted to serve as pilots in the navy and air force.
Q3) The 19th Amendment was signed into law in A)1893. B)1910. C)1920. D)1932.
Q4) Margaret Sanger based her campaign for birth control on arguments that emphasized hygiene and the prospect of improving the human race. A)True B)False
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Chapter 14: Older Adults
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Q1) Every state and territory in the United States has an agency with a mandate to serve the elderly.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The nation's first federal retirement programs provided pensions to A)veterans.
B)public employees.
C)low-income elders.
D)widows.
Q3) Which of the following authorized benefit payment for hospice care for seniors?
A)Social Security Act
B)ERISA
C)TEFRA
D)Older American Act
Q4) Of seven OECD nations, which country has the highest rate of poverty among older adults?
A)United Kingdom
B)Italy
C)Canada
D)United States
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Chapter 15: Working Americans
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Q1) The executive order establishing Affirmative Action was signed by
A)President Nixon.
B)President Johnson.
C)President Eisenhower.
D)President Kennedy.
Q2) Business representatives were strong advocates in support of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
A)employers who receive federal contracts may not discriminate on the basis of sex.
B)no employer may discriminate on the basis of sex.
C)public agencies are not allowed to discriminate on the basis of sex.
D)employers with 50 or more employees cannot discriminate on the basis of sex.
Q4) Before the Equal Pay Act of 1963, it would have been legal for employers to maintain different pay scales for women and men performing the same job.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Conclusion
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Q1) The UN sanctions imposed on member nations are a powerful tool for maintaining peace.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) are
A)conditions imposed on nations that receive loans from the World Trade Organization.
B)requirements that the UN imposes to improve human rights in developing countries.
C)conditions imposed on nations that receive loans from the World Bank.
D)usually designed to strengthen the safety net in developing nations.
Q3) Proposals for a "basic income" are part of a post-industrial socialist approach to social welfare.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The International Court of Justice is located in
A)New York City.
B)The Hague, Netherlands.
C)Washington, DC.
D)Zurich, Switzerland.
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