Social Welfare Policy
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Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth examination of the development, implementation, and impact of social welfare policies within various societal contexts. Students will explore the historical evolution of social welfare in the United States, the values and ideologies underpinning policy choices, and the structure of the social welfare system. Key topics include poverty, inequality, health and mental health policy, child welfare, and the role of governments and non-profit organizations in delivering services. The course also analyzes how policy affects diverse populations and emphasizes the skills required for effective policy analysis and advocacy.
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Behavior and the Social Environment
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Q1) Coping refers to the capacity for any living thing to adjust to surrounding environmental conditions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) A set of elements which are orderly and interrelated to make a functional whole is:
A) Homeostasis
B) A system
C) A boundary
D) A subsystem
Answer: B
Q3) Locality developers see the power structure as the opposition and the target of action.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Biological Development in Infancy and Childhood
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Q1) Approximately 1 in every _____ babies born in the United States has a low birth weight.
A) 8
B) 12
C) 16
D) 20
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is true:
A) Pregnant women over age forty have about a 1 in 1,000 chance of giving birth to a baby with Down syndrome
B) Women age 35 and over account for over 30 percent of all births in the United States
C) Teen mothers account for over 10 percent of all U.S. births
D) Infants born to women over 35 are more likely to be underweight
Answer: C
Q3) Babies are actually born during the third stage of labor.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Psychological Development in Infancy and Childhood
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Q1) A culture-free IQ test has recently been devised.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) During Piaget's _____ period,a child progresses from simple thoughtless reflex reactions to a basic understanding of the environment.
A) Sensorimotor period
B) Concrete operations
C) Formal operations
D) Preoperational thought
Answer: A
Q3) Conservation refers to a child's ability to grasp the idea that,while one aspect of a substance remains the same,another aspect of that same substance can be changed.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Social Development in Infancy and Childhood
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Q1) Inadequate supervision is considered psychological abuse.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Learning theory provides a framework for understanding how behavior develops.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _____ is the process whereby children acquire knowledge about the language,values,etiquette,rules,behaviors,social expectations,and all the subtle,complex bits of information necessary to get along and thrive in a particular society.
A) Norming
B) Socialization
C) Interdependence
D) Homeostasis
Q4) Research provides mixed results regarding the effects of birth order on children.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Provide examples of primary and secondary reinforcers.
Q6) Explain the process of socialization,and why it is so important.
Q7) List the five goals of treatment of sexual abuse.
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Chapter 5: Ethnocentrism and Racism
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Q1) The melting pot appears to be the form that race and ethnic relations are presently taking in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Summarize the five strengths identified by the National Urban League that allow African American families to function effectively in a racist society.
Q3) The dual perspective asserts that the adverse consequences of an oppressive society on the self-concept of a person of color or of any minority group can be partially offset by the dominant system.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Criminal thinking derives from the theory of rational therapy.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Define familism. What are the positive and negative aspects?
Q6) De facto discrimination is always illegal.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Describe the Afrocentric Perspective and Worldview.
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Chapter 6: Biological Development in Adolescence
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Q1) The effectiveness of the contraceptive sponge is based on which of the following:
A) It acts like a barrier to prevent sperm from entering the cervix
B) It can be left in the vagina for 4 days
C) It is significantly more effective for women who have had children than for women who have never had children
D) Its potential for absorbing sperm is thought to be ineffective
Q2) The most commonly used type of birth control pill in the United States is the mini-pill.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Only 40 percent of parents in America support the provision of sex education in schools.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Primary sex characteristics are those that distinguish the sexes from each other but play no direct role in reproduction.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Psychological Development in Adolescence
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Q1) According to Erikson,the major important event that occurs for infants up to 18 months is toilet training.
A)True
B)False
Q2) List the five steps that Jobes and his associates suggest for social workers or counselors to consider when working with,and establishing a plan of action with,suicidal clients.
Q3) Someone sitting next to you lights up a cigarette. You're terribly allergic to smoke. In an angry tone you scream,"Either you put out that cigarette or I'll smash your face in." This response is:
A) Assertive
B) Nonassertive
C) Aggressive
Q4) Primal or undifferentiated faith is _____ of Fowler's theory of faith development.
A) Stage 1 (ages birth to 2 years)
B) Stage 2 (ages 2 to 6 years)
C) Stage 3: (ages 6 to 12 years)
D) Stage 4: (ages 12 years and older)
Q5) List eight specific suggestions for how to treat a potentially suicidal person.
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Chapter 8: Social Development in Adolescence
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Q1) I-messages are generally _____ messages.
A) Put-down
B) Solution
C) Nonblaming
D) Effective
Q2) Describe the RAP Framework for leading multiracial groups.
Q3) In the RAP framework for leading multiracial groups,the A stands for accept.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Machiavellian leadership involves leadership being conceptualized in terms of manipulation for self-enhancement.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the primary objective of each of the following groups: recreation,recreation-skill,and educational.
Q6) Adolescents have a strong herd drive.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Explain the theory of differential association and how it applies to criminal behavior.
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Chapter 9: Gender,Gender Identity,Gender Expression,and Sexism
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Q1) What is gender role socialization?
Q2) Describe possible actions a social worker can take to advocate at the macro level for battered women.
Q3) A midlife crisis involves examining goals and facing mortality.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is true:
A) The first phase of the battering cycle is explosion
B) A common reason why a battered woman remains in the battering relationship is that she still loves her spouse
C) Less than 10 percent of all women will suffer from violence at some time in their marriage
D) All shelters for battered women actively encourage permanent separation
Q5) Parents tend to respond positively to boys who behave actively and to girls who talk calmly or touch gently.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Define gender.
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Q7) List some of the suggestions provided in the text on rape prevention.
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Chapter 10: Biological Aspects of Young and Middle
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Q1) _____ is now more heavily affected by AIDS and HIV than any other region of the world.
A) United States
B) China
C) India
D) Southern Africa
Q2) The highest percentage of frequency for women age 40 to 49 engaging in sexual intercourse has been found to be:
A) 4 or more times a week
B) 2 to 3 times a week
C) A few times per month
D) A few times per year
Q3) After divorce,is there any difference regarding sex for men and women? If so,what are the differences?
Q4) Most women experience such serious psychological reactions to menopause that they seek professional counseling.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) Summarize the physical changes that occur in middle age.
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Chapter 11: Psychological Aspects of Young and Middle
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Q1) LSD is a synthetic material derived from a fungus that is grown on rye and other plants.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The following is true about marijuana:
A) The drug is several times more potent than hashish
B) The effects produced are similar to those of hallucinogens
C) Flashbacks can occur after the actual drug experience
D) The attempt to restrict it has been described as a second prohibition
Q3) Emotional intelligence is the opposite of cognitive intelligence.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Do parents sometimes need to nag,preach to,and punish their children? How does your answer correspond to Glasser's choice theory axioms?
Q5) What are Peck's four psychological advances critical to successful adjustment in middle adulthood?
Q6) When we ask a question,we usually lower our voice at the end of the sentence.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Sociological Aspects of Young and Middle
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Q1) Describe total quality management.
Q2) Explain the scientific management model of organizations.
Q3) What are the principles of management by objectives?
Q4) In the following model of organizational behavior,the workers' role is obedience to management:
A) Custodial model
B) Autocratic model
C) Theory Y
D) Scientific management model
Q5) Employees in an organization who are working under a custodial model organization tend to give passive cooperation to their employer.
A)True
B)False
Q6) According to the functionalist perspective,some of the functions and dysfunctions of a social system are _____,that is,obvious to everyone.
A) Latent
B) Quantitative
C) Manifest
D) Qualitative
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Chapter 13: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) Describe the three major findings of Bell and his colleagues' investigation through the Alfred C. Kinsey Institute for Sex Research concerning the causes of homosexuality.
Q2) _____ is the extreme and irrational hatred and fear of gay and lesbian people.
A) Homosapia
B) Homophobia
C) Homosapien
D) Homogeneous
Q3) Social workers assume the _____ role when they confront unfair,discriminatory rules against LGBT individuals in public and private agencies.
A) Advocate
B) Broker
C) Case manager
D) Counselor
Q4) What are some of the reasons you believe people are homophobic?
Q5) A special issue for gay Hispanic men involves their traditional religion and folk beliefs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Biological Aspects of Later Adulthood
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Q1) If our body remains at a high level of stress for a prolonged period,a stress-related disorder is apt to develop.
A)True
B)False
Q2) At age 89,_____ gave one of his greatest recitals in New York's Carnegie Hall.
A) Konrad Adenauer
B) Marv Baker Eddy
C) Arthur Rubenstein
D) Albert Schweitzer
Q3) At the time of this writing,there are no disadvantages to genetic testing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When using biofeedback equipment to monitor a person's stress level:
A) An increase in hand temperature indicates an increase in calm and relaxation
B) A decrease in hand temperature indicates an increase in calm and relaxation
C) Neither is true, biofeedback equipment does not measure hand temperature, it only measures heart rate
Q5) If it were possible,would you want to know the year in which you will die? Why or why not?
Q6) Define the following: (a)cataracts,(b)glaucoma,(c)macular degeneration.
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Chapter 15: Psychological Aspects of Later Adulthood
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Q1) This religion is centered on the life and work of Jesus of Nazareth:
A) Judaism
B) Buddhism
C) Christianity
D) Islam
Q2) Cite and define the aspects of the Westberg model of the grieving process.
Q3) Being in love is more important for successful marriages in middle adulthood than in late adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List and describe three life events that affect life in later adulthood.
Q5) This type of grandparent is a playmate to the grandchildren in a mutual relationship that both enjoy:
A) Surrogate parent
B) Fun seeker
C) Reservoir of family wisdom
D) Formal figure
Q6) List and describe the five stages of the Kübler-Ross model of the grieving process.
Q7) Evaluate the disengagement theory.
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Chapter 16: Sociological Aspects of Later Adulthood
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Q1) Our society places a high value on youthful energy and action.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Should assisted suicide be legalized? Explain.
Q3) Most older people who retire enjoy a golden age of traveling,relaxing,and financial security.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Our society does a better job in preparing older people for retirement than it does in preparing the young for the work world.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The median age of people in our country is becoming younger.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Summarize the problems of older people in our society which document that older people have a roleless role and are the victims of ageism. How can older people be given a meaningful role in our society?
Q7) Explain the Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
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