Human Behavior and the Social Environment
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Course Introduction
This course explores the complex interactions between individuals and their social environments, examining how factors such as culture, family, communities, organizations, and broader societal structures influence human development and behavior across the lifespan. Students will analyze major theories and perspectives from psychology, sociology, and social work to understand how social, economic, and environmental contexts shape individual and group behaviors. Emphasis is placed on the dynamic relationship between people and their environments, as well as the implications for social work practice and policy aimed at promoting well-being and social justice.
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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) Within a post-modern framework, social justice is
A)objectively defined as an equal distribution of resources.
B)socially constructed, and continually redefined.
C)a society that provides safety and security for all citizens.
D)all of these.
Answer: B
Q2) John Stuart Mill argued that inequality is
A)the inevitable result of human differences.
B)useful for encouraging work effort.
C)only just when it is in society's interest.
D)a clear sign of society's injustice.
Answer: C
Q3) The U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been called A)"a letter to Santa Claus."
B)an "international Magna Carta of all men everywhere."
C)both "a letter to Santa Claus" and an "international Magna Carta of all meneverywhere."
D)none of these.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Governments Role
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Q1) The Executive Branch creates policy when it
A)provides benefits.
B)taxes income.
C)spends appropriations.
D)issues regulations.
Answer: D
Q2) What does the term "privatization" mean? Give two examples of privatization in the United States.
Answer: Possible answer: The term "privatization" refers to the private financing, production, development, and/or distribution of public assets or services. For example: the multistate movement to employ private managing prisons; when basic city services such as garbage collection and ambulance services are provided through contracts with local companies; when state and local governments employ private-sector organizations to deliver services, etc.
Q3) 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
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Chapter 3: Policy Analysis and Policy Practice
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Q1) Policy analysis methods vary according to the question addressed. Which are the three methods?
A)Needs assessment, advocacy, and Prince Policy Appraisal
B)Cost-benefit, needs assessment, and implementation
C)Process, implementation, and impact
D)Needs assessment, cost-benefit, and implementation
Answer: C
Q2) Under the Conable election, a non-profit organization may not attempt to influence legislation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) An advocate who relies on careful and accurate analysis is using A)logos.
B)pathos.
C)ethos.
D)all of these.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Social Security Act
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Q1) The Medicaid program is administered by the Social Security Administration.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A woman who earns substantially less than her husband is better off claiming benefits as his dependent than on the basis of her own salary history. This violates the principle of
A)adequacy.
B)equity.
C)distributive justice.
D)none of these.
Q3) The 1996 passage of PRWORA
A)abolished Aid to Families of Dependent Children (AFDC).
B)restricted immigrants' eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
C)established Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF).
D)all of these.
Q4) What did the originally formulated U.S. Social Security Act NOT include?
A)Survivor's insurance
B)Medical insurance
C)Disability coverage
D)All of these
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Chapter 5: Poverty and Inequality
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Q1) Under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, AFDC, Food Stamps, and Medicaid were converted from federal entitlements to block grants to the states.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Most Americans living in poverty are people of color.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Food Stamp program is administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Americans aged 65 and over have a lower rate of poverty than children.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The establishment of Social Security stimulated the U.S. economy and brought an end to the Great Depression.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Define and give an example of relative poverty measure.
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Chapter 6: Health
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Today most states have incorporated managed care into their Medicaid programs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act increased access to Medicaid for low-income Americans.
A)True B)False
Q4) Abram de Swaan identified three conditions that encourage collective solutions to individual problems. Apply his conditions to the problem of HIV/AIDS infection, and speculate on the likelihood of a collective response.
Q5) What is social justice and why is health care a social justice issue?
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Chapter 7: Mental Illness
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Q1) The passage of Medicaid contributed to removal of patients from psychiatric institutions through
A)providing funding for nursing home care of the elderly.
B)requiring screening of patients receiving institutional care.
C)establishing regulations that governed admission to psychiatric institutions.
D)all of these.
Q2) In ________ the expansion of asylums for the mentally ill peaked when they housed more than half a million Americans.
A)1945
B)1995
C)1955
D)1935
Q3) Describe the role of social workers in the Mental Hygiene Movement and the impact of that role on the profession.
Q4) The National Committee for Mental Hygiene was founded in 1909 to promote the prevention of mental disorders, arguing that prevention is both easier and less expensive than treatment.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Disability
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Q1) In the case of <i>Carolyn C. Cleveland v. Policy Management Systems Corp</i>., the Supreme Court held that
A)corrective measures made the individual ineligible for ADA protections.
B)receipt of DI did not necessarily make an individual ineligible for ADA protections.
C)an individual's disability that allowed for performance of household chores did not confer eligibility for ADA protections.
D)inappropriate institutionalization of a person with disabilities constitutes discrimination.
Q2) U.S. disability policies reflect the different definitions of disability.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Throughout the disability rights movement, more than 50 pieces of legislation were passed based primarily on which of the following that redefined disability?
A)Philosophy of independent living and adequate services
B)Equal Rights Amendment
C)Civil Rights Act
D)American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT)
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Chapter 9: Crime and Criminal Justice
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Q1) America's correctional system includes jails specifically for Native American people.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Currently, only the Republicans support criminal justice reform.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Restorative justice seeks to repair the relationships between
A)victims, witnesses, and offenders.
B)the police, victims, and offenders
C)offenders, the community, and victims.
D)juvenile offenders, the offenders' parents, and the community.
Q4) Incarceration's ripple effect refers to
A)its relationship to voting.
B)its disproportionate impact on minority neighborhoods.
C)its impact on families and communities.
D)its contribution to the national economy.
Q5) Research has found that race-based disparities accumulate as juveniles and adults move through the criminal justice system. What are the three disproportionate outcomes that occur as juveniles and adults move through the system?
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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) 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
Q3) Most scientists agree that race is based on both biological and social factors.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List the three racial categories identified on the first official U.S. census in 1790.
Q5) The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978
A)authorized building elementary schools on reservations.
B)prevented removal of Native American children from their tribes and families.
C)gave primary jurisdiction to tribes over children who enter the child welfare system.
D)prevented placement of Native American children with white families.
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Chapter 11: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans Individuals
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Q1) Karl Heinrich Ulrichs believed that homosexuality was the result of:
A)personal choice.
B)inappropriate parenting.
C)congenital development.
D)all of these.
Q2) Proponents of Colorado's Amendment Two argued
A)homosexuals should not have special rights.
B)homosexuality should be illegal.
C)homosexuality was dangerous for children.
D)all of these.
Q3) 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
Q4) Colorado's Amendment Two was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Children
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Q1) Present one argument in favor and one against the use of school vouchers.
Q2) Discuss some of the opposition of the NABSW (National Association of Black Social Workers) on adoption of African American children by white parents.
Q3) The increased incidence of youth suicide has been attributed either to individual problems or to environmental problems. What individual problems and what environmental problems have been linked to youth suicide?
Q4) 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.
Q5) Adoption by gay and lesbian persons runs counter to which of the following myths?
A)Homosexual parents are more likely to molest their children.
B)Children adopted by homosexuals will be pressured to live homosexual lives.
C)Children raised by homosexuals will be living in immoral environments.
D)All of these
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Chapter 13: Women
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Q1) Restrictions on <i>Roe v. Wade</i> through state legislations include all of the following EXCEPT
A)a mandatory waiting period.
B)notification and consent of parents for a minor.
C)mandatory counseling.
D)disclosure and notification of the father.
Q2) In the U.S., most matters of family law (i.e., divorce, child custody, adoption) are determined by laws at the federal level.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Today, spousal rape is a crime in most states.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Equal Rights Amendment was written by
A)Jane Addams.
B)Alice Paul.
C)Lucretia Mott.
D)Susan B. Anthony.
Q5) Discuss the impact of race on prosecution of rape in the United States.
Q6) Give an argument that could be used to oppose prescription equity legislation.
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Chapter 14: Older Adults
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Q1) What's the difference between a durable and simple power of attorney?
Q2) The passage of laws to regulate the development and operation of private pensions has resulted in a decline in the number of pensions available to American workers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Older adults may not transfer assets (other than a house) for less than fair market value for a period of at least ______ prior to applying for Medicaid.
A)one year
B)two years
C)three years
D)five years
Q4) Every state and territory in the United States has an agency with a mandate to serve the elderly.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Most Adult Protective service cases end up as institutional placements.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Working Americans
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Q1) List three arguments that have been used by opponents of Affirmative Action.
Q2) Flexible spending accounts
A)provide child care subsidies for low-income, working women.
B)allow employees to pay their child care expenses with pre-tax dollars.
C)offer tax benefits to employers who establish on-site child care.
D)do all of these.
Q3) As originally conceived, affirmative action requirements applied only to
A)firms that contracted with the federal government.
B)public schools.
C)state governments.
D)all of these.
Q4) 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.
Q5) List two social trends that set the stage for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
Q6) Describe two pieces of civil rights legislation that passed during the 1960s.
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Chapter 16: Conclusion
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Q1) According to Gilbert and Gilbert, the welfare state in the US has been transformed into the enabling state.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss the view that the "compassionate conservatism" of the George W. Bush administration sounds like early 20th century Progressivism.
Q3) Proposals for a "basic income" are part of a post-industrial socialist approach to social welfare.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The permanent members of the UN Security Council are
A)China, the Russian Federation, France, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.
B)France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the U.S.
C)the Russian Federation, China, Japan, France, and the U.S.
D)all members of the World Bank.
Q5) The UN sanctions imposed on member nations are a powerful tool for maintaining peace.
A)True
B)False
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