Human Behavior and the Social Environment
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Course Introduction
This course explores the multifaceted interactions between individuals and their social environments, examining key theories and concepts that explain human behavior across the lifespan. Focusing on the biological, psychological, social, and cultural factors that influence development, students will gain an understanding of how people adapt to and are shaped by their surroundings. Topics include life stages, family dynamics, group processes, cultural diversity, oppressed populations, and the impact of social institutions, equipping students with the foundational knowledge necessary to assess and intervene effectively in diverse social work settings.
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Social Work An Empowering Profession 8th Edition by Brenda L. DuBois
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Chapter 1: Social Work: a Helping Profession
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Q1) Which of the following represents the social work view of personal troubles and public issues?
A)Private troubles translate into public issues.
B)Troubles occur within the character of the individual
C)The solutions for personal troubles and public issues reside in separate realms.
D)Public issues are in the public domain and have no bearing on personal troubles.
Answer: A
Q2) Lien 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 an) ______.
A)institutional
B)substitutive
C)supportive
D)residual
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: An Evolving Profession
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Q1) 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 U.S.Charity Organization Society
B)the Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor
C)the National Conference of Charities and Correction
D)the New York Society for the Prevention of Pauperism
Answer: A
Q2) ______ 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
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Social Work and Social Systems
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Q1) Typically, prevention activities target social functioning that is ______.
A)abnormal
B)at risk
C)maladaptive
D)dysfunctional
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following persons is most likely considered "at risk" in social functioning?
A)Someone who is serving time in prison
B)A family caught up in serious communication conflicts
C)An older woman who is adjusting successfully to the death of her partner
D)A person with a disability who is underemployed
Answer: D
Q3) Of the following, which is the best example of a mezzolevel target of change?
A)Family members
B)An organization
C)A community
D)A legislative initiative
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: The Social Service Delivery System
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Q1) Describe the implications of professional licensure for social work.
Q2) Chart the benefits of a social service delivery infrastructure that is built on both public and private services.
Q3) Generate proactive steps that social workers can take in the policy practice arena to address emerging funding issues to ensure that benefits to persons in need are not eroded.
Q4) Illustrate the ways in which a responsive social service delivery system affords clients the right to access affordable and comprehensive health and human services that will contribute to their quality of life and well-being.
Q5) Analyze the challenges that arise for practitioners with respect to accessibility and availability of services in urban and rural communities.
Q6) Imposing rules and regulations to restrict access to services is a form of ______.
A)privatization
B)a request for proposal
C)purchase of service contracting
D)bureaucratic disentitlement
Q7) Evaluate the impact of privatization on social service delivery
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Chapter 5: Values and Ethics in Social Work
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Q1) Social ideologies are most likely a part of which facet of the values context of social work?
A)agency values
B)personal values systems of social workers
C)clients' personal values
D)the context of society
Q2) Differentiate between values and ethics.
Q3) Analyze how the conservative focus on individual morality influences the development and implementation of social welfare policies.
Q4) Bill Hanley and Russ O'Donohue both are professional social workers who are guided by the NASW Code of Ethics.Since professional actions are grounded in the Code of Ethics, we can expect that given a particular situation ______.
A)their professional decisions will always be very similar
B)their professional decisions may actually be quite different
C)the code is irrelevant to their professional practice
D)the code always dictates a particular response
Q5) Describe the core values of the social work profession.
Q6) Compare and contrast the ethical principles for social work practice.
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Chapter 6: Human Rights and Social Justice
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Q1) When majority groups in society use their positions of power to exploit and economically, socially, and psychologically dominate members of minority groups, the outcomes of their actions are best described as ______.
A)just world beliefs
B)prejudiced discrimination
C)oppression
D)blaming the victim behavior
Q2) When policies, rules, and regulations are enforced in such a way as to adversely affect minorities, this discrimination is on the ______.
A)individual level
B)structural level
C)microlevel
D)organizational level
Q3) Describe the effects of social injustice and social work's mandate to redress social injustice.
Q4) Analyze the roles that social workers play in supporting human rights to education, work, and health in their day-to-day practice and in the public policy arena.
Q5) Articulate differences among first, second, and third generation human rights.
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Chapter 7: Diversity and Social Work
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Q1) Ethnic groups ______.
A)are persons bound together by the cultural ties of common origins
B)is a term which conflict sociologists say can be used interchangeably with minority groups
C)is a category excluding minorities of color
D)is a category primarily emphasizing biological or physiological differences
Q2) Analyze the implications of diversity for social work practice in today's world.
Q3) Explain how empowerment social work embodies the profession's value orientation held about diverse populations.
Q4) Evaluate what knowledge about human behavior and the social environment social workers need to work competently with diverse population groups.
Q5) Mario is worried that if he publically reveals that he is gay, people will become irrationally afraid of him and not allow him to continue as a city council leader.His concern about their fears is really a concern about ______.
A)oppression
B)sexism
C)homophobia
D)a minor issue
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Chapter 8: Empowerment Social Work Practice
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Q1) Exploring the effect of the client's customs and traditions considers the impact of ______ on the client's functioning.
A)cultural diversity
B)social institutions
C)social injustice
D)interpersonal communication
Q2) Critique why maximizing clients' rights throughout all facets of empowerment processes- engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation- requires social workers to ensure clients' full participation in accessing services and decision-making.
Q3) Critique the implications of social work professionals shifting from the role of expert professional to one of collaborative partner.
Q4) Social workers' final activities with client serve to stabilize success and ______.
A)prevent recidivism in clients' everyday functioning
B)alleviate problems in clients' everyday functioning
C)generalize outcomes into clients' everyday functioning
D)restrict options for clients' everyday functioning
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Chapter 9: Social Work Functions and Roles
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Q1) Analyze the common elements or themes evident in the various roles and strategies associated with the function of consultancy for problem solving.
Q2) Evaluate the significance of integrating practice, policy, and research into day-to-day social work practice.
Q3) Jose Melendez mobilizes the action of community members to address the shortages of food supplies in area food pantries.Jose's work reflects the ______ role.
A)broker/advocate
B)convener/mediator
C)activist
D)planner
Q4) Prepare a position statement that compels social workers to achieve the professional expectation to contribute to the knowledge base of practice through their research and scholarship role.
Q5) Evaluate the purpose of information as a central component to empowerment at various client system levels.
Q6) Describe ways social workers in their roles as activists and advocates could address human rights issues.
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Chapter 10: Social Work and Social Policy
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Q1) Distinguish between social policy as a process and as a product.
Q2) Tomeka says she is a liberal with respect to social welfare policies.She most likely believes that ______.
A)personal inadequacies cause social problems
B)government's role in welfare should be limited
C)partnerships between government and businesses should address issues welfare
D)welfare is a citizen right
Q3) Joe has no source of income but doesn't qualify for SSI or TANF.The financial assistance program designed for people like Joe is called ______.
A)the Economic Opportunity Act
B)Medicaid
C)General Assistance
D)APTD
Q4) Generate several ethical dilemmas that arise from social workers' competing obligations to serve the best interests of clients and their commitment to the employing agency.
Q5) Recommend ways that social workers can collaborate with their clients to advocate policy reform in the various fields of social work practice.
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Chapter 11: Social Work and Poverty, Homelessness, Unemployment, and Criminal Justice
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Q1) Illustrate how issues of poverty, unemployment, homelessness, and criminal justice raise concerns with respect to ensuring social justice and protecting human rights.
Q2) Describe ways the assumptions about empowerment inform the social worker's regard for disenfranchised populations.
Q3) Refute three commonly held misconceptions about people who are poor.
Q4) Jennifer works for a social service agency that provides services to women who have been sexually assaulted.The agency Jennifer works for provides these services through a ______.
A)victim-offender mediation program
B)victim assistance program
C)court services program
D)victim witness program
Q5) The ______ model emphasizes including options for vocational education for prisoners.
A)deterrence
B)control
C)rehabilitation
D)retribution
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Chapter 12: Social Work in Health, Rehabilitation, and Mental Health
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Q1) Of the following drugs, which is a stimulant?
A)Alcohol
B)Barbiturates
C)Heroine
D)Cocaine
Q2) ______ is credited with establishing social work in medical settings and developing a hospital-based social work department at Massachusetts General Hospital.
A)Mary Jarrett
B)Ida Cannon
C)Mary Richmond
D)Dorthea Dix
Q3) Analyze ethical and social justice issues related to social work and genetics for their implications for social work practice.
Q4) Describe ways to communicate effectively with persons who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Q5) Defend the statement, "Social work with persons with disabilities is a human rights initiative."
Q6) Describe social workers' roles in primary health care.
Q7) Propose roles social workers can play in the mental health rights movement.
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Chapter 13: Social Work With Families and Youths
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Q1) Prepare an argument for a seamless continuum of family-centered child welfare services.
Q2) Explicate the different types of child abuse and neglect, including characteristics and relative incidence.
Q3) ______ laws detail mandatory reporting procedures.
A)Federal
B)State civil
C)State criminal
D)Local
Q4) Compare and contrast primary prevention activities and other chld welfare programs and services.
Q5) Analyze how upholding the primacy of the family, protecting children, and providing family services are examples of social justice and human rights.
Q6) Society's role in representing the interests of children is called ______.
A)local control
B)habeas corpus
C)absolute sovereignty
D)parens patriae
Q7) Describe family violence from an ecological perspective.
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Chapter 14: Adult and Aging Services
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Q1) In the context of employee assistance programs, compare and contrast potential social worker involvement at the micro-, mezzo-, and macrolevels of practice.
Q2) Discuss the implications of empowerment for working with older adults.
Q3) Avis needs some relief from the responsibilities of providing care for her husband.The social workers at Aging Alternatives indicates that she will most likely locate respite care through ______.
A)services located in nursing homes
B)home health care services
C)multipurpose senior centers
D)adult day care services
Q4) In addition to spousal caregivers, ______ are most likely the "kin-keepers" in families.
A)sons and sons-in-law
B)daughters and daughters-in-law
C)granddaughters
D)nieces and nephews
Q5) Assess the issues of intimate partner violence experienced by same-sex and opposite-sex couples.
Q6) Propose some research questions associated with the field of gerontology.
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