Introduction to Social Work Question Bank
Course Introduction
Introduction to Social Work offers students an overview of the social work profession, its history, core values, and primary areas of practice. The course examines the roles and responsibilities of social workers across diverse settings, including healthcare, schools, community organizations, and child welfare agencies. Students will explore foundational concepts such as social justice, advocacy, human rights, and the strengths-based perspective. Through case studies and interactive discussions, learners will also gain an understanding of the challenges faced by vulnerable and marginalized populations, as well as the importance of ethical decision-making and cultural competence in social work practice.
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Behavior and the Social Environment
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Q1) _____ is the amount of social respect or standing given to an individual based on occupation.
A) Prestige
B) Acclaim
C) Privilege
D) Power Answer: A
Q2) In the text,when it was not practical to refer to specific countries of origin,the authors arbitrarily used the term(s)_____ to refer to the wide range of ethnic groups within the population of people who originated from countries with a Spanish heritage.
A) Hispanic
B) Chicano/Chicana
C) Latino/Latina
D) Mexican American
Answer: C
Q3) The broker is the person who calls attention to an issue.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Biological Development in Infancy and Childhood
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Q1) The Babinski reflex involves the stretching,fanning movement of the toes whenever the infant is stroked on the bottom of his or her feet.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In the _____ procedure,eggs and sperm are first combined in a laboratory dish and then immediately transferred to the fallopian tube.
A) Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer
B) Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer
C) Embryo Transplant
D) Direct Sperm Injection
Answer: A
Q3) Dilation and evacuation is an abortion method which must be performed in the first trimester of pregnancy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Psychological Development in Infancy and Childhood
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Q1) Worldview concerns one's perceptions of oneself in relation to other people,objects,institutions,and nature.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) It is often difficult to identify learning disabilities at first because the children function normally in other areas.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The conceptual dimension of adaptive functioning of people with intellectual disabilities entails conducting necessary daily tasks.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Blindness is legally defined as visual acuity that is 20/100 and above.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Social Development in Infancy and Childhood
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Q1) _____ reinforcers are rewarding in themselves,without any association with other reinforcers.
A) Secondary
B) Intermediary
C) Self reward
D) Primary
Q2) List the five goals of treatment of sexual abuse.
Q3) How has the family environment changed over the last several decades? Cite the various configurations of the family structure.
Q4) The extreme neglect that can cause abnormally low growth is called psychological stunting.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Punishment and negative reinforcement both involve decreasing behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q6) List four reasons for the discrepancies in educational attainment between whites,African Americans,and Hispanics.
Q7) At the macro-system level,what would you do about sexual abuse prevention?
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Chapter 5: Ethnocentrism and Racism
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Q1) The _____ pattern of intergroup relations views the future American society not as a modified England but rather as a totally new blend,both culturally and biologically,of all the various groups that inhabit the United States.
A) Melting pot
B) Cultural pluralism
C) Anglo-conformity
Q2) The psychological defense mechanism in which one attributes to others characteristics that one is unwilling to recognize in oneself is called:
A) Projection
B) Competition and exploitation
C) Socialization
D) Frustration-aggression
Q3) _____ is a thriving retail business cooperative that was developed by the Latino immigrant community in Minneapolis.
A) El Centro Sociales
B) Mercado Central
C) Sagrado Sociales
D) Nuevo Puente
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Chapter 6: Biological Development in Adolescence
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Q1) The _____ release testosterone-like hormones that attach themselves to receptor sites throughout the brain and directly influence the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine which play an important role in regulating mood and excitability.
A) Pituitary glands
B) Adrenal glands
C) Thyroid
D) Prefrontal lobes
Q2) From 2006 to 2010,_____ percent of female teens used no contraception during sexual intercourse.
A) 4
B) 14
C) 24
D) 34
Q3) Explain the differences in adolescent sexual activity between various racial groups.
Q4) First intercourse tends to occur earlier now than it did in the past.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the secular trend.
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Chapter 7: Psychological Development in Adolescence
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Q1) In the introspection stage of the racial/cultural identity development model,the person becomes aware that racism does exist,and that not all aspects of minority or majority culture are good or bad.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Gilligan maintains that women are more likely to adopt a care perspective than a justice perspective.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In _____ of Kohlberg's moral development,good behavior is considered to be what pleases others. There is a strong desire to please and gain the approval of others.
A) Stage 2: Naive Instrumental Hedonism
B) Stage 3: Good Boy/Girl Morality
C) Stage 4: Authority-Maintaining Morality
D) Stage 5: Morality of Contract, of Individual Rights, and of Democratically Accepted Law
Q4) List and explain Marcia's four categories of identity.
Q5) Define spirituality and explain its importance to social workers.
Q6) Describe the seven stages of Fowler's Theory of Faith,including the criticisms.
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Chapter 8: Social Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Describe the primary objective of each of the following groups: recreation,recreation-skill,and educational.
Q2) According to Johnson and Johnson,the following is a task role in a group:
A) Tension reliever
B) Process observer
C) Standard setter
D) Energizer
Q3) Rational therapy asserts that assessing human behavior is largely a process of identifying the cognitions that underlie unwanted emotions or dysfunctional behavior. Describe what is meant by this assertion. How can a professional identify cognitions that underlie unwanted emotions or dysfunctional behaviors of a client?
Q4) Explain the theory of differential association and how it applies to criminal behavior.
Q5) Morales,et al.classify youth gangs in the following four types: criminal,conflict,retreatist,and cult/occult. Briefly describe each of these types.
Q6) Identify the three factors control theorists believe prevent people from committing crimes.
Q7) Describe the servant leadership approach.
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Chapter 9: Gender,Gender Identity,Gender Expression,and Sexism
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Q1) _____ syndrome is a sex chromosome disorder in which males are born with an extra X chromosome,resulting in an XXY designation.
A) SIDS
B) Androgeny
C) Klinefelter's
D) Hinz-Decker
Q2) _____ are people who feel they are imprisoned in the physical body of the wrong gender.
A) Transvestites
B) Transsexuals
C) Drag queens
D) Drag kings
Q3) Only 12 to 28 percent of rapes are actually reported.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most rapists:
A) Tend to come from passive, non-violent family environments
B) Are not usually promiscuous
C) Have a history of delinquency
D) Really like women
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Chapter 10: Biological Aspects of Young and Middle
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Q1) At what age does a man's sex drive reach its peak? Is it the same for women? If not,what age is it for women?
Q2) Regarding sex in widowhood,which of the following is accurate:
A) Cultural patterns encourage widows to establish new sexual relationships
B) In middle and later adulthood, there are substantially more single women than single men
C) Widows are more likely than widowers to establish a new sexual relationship
D) Widowers tend to receive more emotional support from friends and family and may feel less need to form a new sexual relationship
Q3) Describe the possible changes that occur during male climacteric.
Q4) Widows are more likely than widowers to establish a new sexual relationship. A)True B)False
Q5) If you were an employer,would you be reluctant to hire someone who was 50 or older? Why or why not?
Q6) After divorce,is there any difference regarding sex for men and women? If so,what are the differences?
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Q7) Describe the findings regarding sex in widowhood and sex among the never married.
Chapter 11: Psychological Aspects of Young and Middle
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Q1) Explain the right brain and the left brain,and the functions of both.
Q2) In Maslow's hierarchy of needs,which of the following is the next highest after safety:
A) Belongingness and love
B) Self-actualization
C) Self-esteem
D) Physiological needs
Q3) Describe the major suggestions for treating the chemically dependent person and family.
Q4) Psychologists Salovey and Mayer coined the term _____ intelligence referring to the ability to recognize and deal with one's own feeling as well as the feelings of others.
A) Developmental
B) Social
C) Emotional
D) Interpersonal
Q5) In treatment for alcoholism,family members are encouraged to confront the alcoholic family member about his or her behavior.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Sociological Aspects of Young and Middle
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Q1) Set up an ecomap of Brad and Angie Kilcoyne's family. They have been married for 16 years. They have 3 kids-2 girls: Summer,age 15,Spring,age 13,and 1 boy: Winter,age 9. They also had another boy (Ice)who died of an accident at age 5.
Q2) A(n)_____ focuses attention on a family's interactions with groups,resources,organizations,associations,other families,and other individuals.
A) Genogram
B) Ecomap
C) Hierarchy of needs
D) Family ark
Q3) Conflict theory views social change as potentially beneficial to society.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to Cameron-Bandler,a couple in which of the following relationship stage tend to focus on the positive qualities of each other:
A) Expectation
B) Verification
C) Threshold/perceptual reorientation
D) Appreciation
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Chapter 13: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) Discuss the current situation concerning gay and lesbian people and AIDS.
Q2) A _____ person is romantically and sexually attracted to members of either gender.
A) Transsexual
B) Transgender
C) Bisexual
D) Hermaphrodite
Q3) The word homosexual is derived from the Latin word homo which means "man."
A)True
B)False
Q4) Are you homophobic? If so,how are you going to deal with a gay or lesbian client? If not,how are you going to deal with a homophobic client?
Q5) Describe the interactionist theory of homosexuality.
Q6) Kinsey found that ______ of American men had homosexual experiences leading to orgasm during their adolescent or adult lives.
A) About 3 percent
B) One-fourth
C) Over one-third
D) One-half
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Chapter 14: Biological Aspects of Later Adulthood
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Q1) Gerontologists have labeled people aged 75 and above as:
A) Old-old
B) Mid-old
C) Ancient
D) Really old
Q2) Which of the following is true about physiological changes experienced by older people:
A) Vestibular senses include the voice and throat
B) Older people are equally as prone to fall as younger adults
C) Many older people eventually lose all their teeth
D) All older people experience some degree of glaucoma
Q3) _____ is the leading cause of death among older people in the United States.
A) Lung disease
B) Cancer
C) Heart disease
D) Stroke
Q4) The process of aging is called senescence.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is later adulthood?
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Chapter 15: Psychological Aspects of Later Adulthood
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Q1) This type of grandparent has periodic contact with the grandchildren generally on birthdays and holidays,but is quite uninvolved with their lives:
A) Distant figure
B) Fun seeker
C) Reservoir of family wisdom
D) Formal figure
Q2) How we live before retiring will largely determine how we deal with later adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Evaluate the disengagement theory.
Q4) A major reason people are uncomfortable about death is because in our culture we are socialized to avoid seeing death as a natural process of life.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List four factors that are related to satisfaction in later adulthood.
Q6) Cite and describe four of the five grandparenting styles that were listed in the text.
Q7) List and describe three life events that affect life in later adulthood.
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Chapter 16: Sociological Aspects of Later Adulthood
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Q1) The cost to society is approximately $_____ a year per person to provide nursing home care.
A) 30,000
B) 50,000
C) 70,000
D) 90,000
Q2) The founder of this organization stated that "we are not mellow,sweet old people":
A) White-haired Old Bats
B) Gray Brigade
C) Gray Panthers
D) AARP
Q3) The Social Security system in this country:
A) Was not designed to be the main source of income for older people
B) Sufficiently provides older people with a comfortable standard of living
C) Provides recipients with payments that are generally above the poverty level
D) Is unlikely to continue to exist
Q4) Describe the services provided in congregate housing facilities.
Q5) What is involved in the Supplemental Security Income program?
Q6) Explain the dependency ratio.
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