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Social Work with Individuals and Families focuses on the theories, principles, and practices essential for effective social work intervention at the micro level. The course explores the processes of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation when working directly with individuals, couples, and families experiencing personal, social, or systemic challenges. Students will examine the impact of cultural, social, and environmental factors on an individuals and familys functioning and well-being, with an emphasis on developing culturally responsive and strength-based approaches. Through case studies, role-playing, and critical reflection, students will gain practical skills in building therapeutic relationships, conducting interviews, and implementing intervention strategies aimed at empowering clients and fostering positive change.
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Life Span Human Development 9th Edition by
Carol K. Sigelman
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Chapter 1: Understanding Life-Span Human Development
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Q1) In order to study the effects of television on children's behavior,Dr.Squarepants synthesizes the results from 150 studies looking at the influence of cartoons on children's moral development.Given this description,Dr.Squarepants appears to be using the _____ research technique.
A)naturalistic observation
B)meta-analysis
C)structured observation
D)sequential design
Answer: B
Q2) Montell had a theory that decreasing teens' use of social media would increase their level of anxiety.He conducted a correlational study that produced a correlation coefficient of +.73 between the two variables.Based on this study,Montell felt his theory was validated.What error did Montell make in attempting to prove his theory?
A)conducting a correlational study
B)focusing on a limited age cohort
C)ignoring directionality problems
D)not factoring in a third variable
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Theories of Human Development
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Q1) Bronfenbrenner's PPCT model encourages researchers to emphasize proximity and chronology when studying human development.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) In operant conditioning terms,a positive consequence is to a negative consequence as
A)good is to bad.
B)adding is to removing.
C)reinforcement is to punishment.
D)operant is to classical.
Answer: B
Q3) Self-efficacy is best defined as
A)feeling great about who you are.
B)the belief that you can effectively accomplish a specific outcome.
C)the ability to make fun of one's self.
D)your self-concept concerning gender,intellect,and sexual orientation.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Genes,Environment,and Development
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Q1) Which statement concerning heritability is true?
A)Heritability explains more of the variation in IQ among children from poor families.
B)Heritability is a fixed quality.
C)Heritability differs by socioeconomic status but not by age.
D)Heritability estimates differ by environment.
Answer: D
Q2) Concerning mental illness,people appear to inherit a predisposition for a disorder,not the actual disorder
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) As the genetic material in two cells pair up just prior to meiosis,parts of the chromosome are exchanged with a second chromosome.This is called A)karyotyping.
B)concordance.
C)crossing over.
D)cloning.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Prenatal Development and Birth
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Q1) Hoshi is an X-ray technician.She takes special care to avoid exposure to radiation in her work environment,because she is trying to get pregnant and she knows that there can be negative effects from exposure to radiation on her baby.Which impact should she be LEAST concerned about?
A)Spontaneous abortion
B)Mutations
C)Cognitive impairment
D)Anoxia
Q2) Which of the following best reflects the dynamic of fetal programming?
A)linear progression
B)one-time sequence
C)stage-driven process
D)recurring cycle
Q3) Helio,whose girlfriend is currently pregnant,is currently experiencing symptoms of couvade.As such,you would expect him to complain about
A)feeling bloated.
B)hair loss.
C)feeling very energetic.
D)weight loss.
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Chapter 5: Body, Brain, and Health
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Q1) Which of the following typical adolescent females growing up in the United States would have most recently achieved her adult height?
A)14-year-old Meg
B)16-year-old Inez
C)18-year-old Sasha
D)20-year-old Halima
Q2) As a result of an earlier brain injury,the right hemisphere of Glenn's brain will sometimes "pitch in" and provide assistance when his left hemisphere cannot process language.Where does this information cross between the hemispheres?
A)pons
B)hippocampus
C)brain stem
D)corpus callosum
Q3) According to the orthogenetic principle,growth
A)occurs from the inside to the outside.
B)occurs in a head-to-toe direction.
C)is increasingly distinct and organized.
D)consists of gains and losses.
Q4) Discuss the three principles of growth,providing examples of each.
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Chapter 6: Sensation, Perception, and Action
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Q1) A child can nod its head before it can snap its fingers due to the influence of
A)genetics
B)cortisol
C)androgens
D)myelin
Q2) Compared to younger children,teenagers are ________ in their attention.
A)less distracted
B)more random
C)less focused
D)more fragmented
Q3) Which best describes the hearing of most older adults?
A)Minor hearing loss especially for high-frequency sounds
B)Significant hearing loss especially for high-frequency sounds
C)Minor hearing loss especially for low-frequency sounds
D)Significant hearing loss especially for low-frequency sounds
Q4) As a newborn,Priya can easily recognize the voices of both her mother and father.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Cognition
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Q1) Oksana is excited when she receives a telephone call from her granny on her birthday.When granny asks how old she is,Oksana holds up three fingers in front of the phone.Oksana's belief that because she can see her fingers,so can granny,reflects Piaget's concept of A)centration.
B)egocentrism. C)animism.
D)formal thought.
Q2) Which cognitive skill would a formal operations thinker possess that a concrete operational thinker would lack?
A)Hypothetical-deductive reasoning
B)Seriation
C)Transformational thought
D)Class inclusion
Q3) The key characteristic of a primary circular reaction is that they are
A)repeated actions related to one's own body that originally happened by chance.
B)a one-time event related to one's own body that originally happened by chance.
C)repeated actions related to one's own body that originally happened by choice.
D)a one-time event related to one's own body that originally happened by choice.
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Chapter 8: Memory and Information Processing
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Q1) Farouk is playing a game of "20 Questions" in which he has to try and guess what his friend Matthew is thinking about.Which of Farouk's inquiries would best exemplify a constraint-seeking question?
A)"Is it an animal?"
B)"Is it green?"
C)"Is it a frog?"
D)"Is it a green frog?"
Q2) Robert Siegler investigated the type of information that a child takes in during a problem-solving task and also what strategies he or she formulates when attempting to solve the problem.Siegler called his model the _____ approach.
A)rule assessment
B)fuzzy-trace
C)autobiographical
D)constraint-seeking
Q3) In the information-processing model,the purpose of the sensory register is to
A)briefly hold a piece of information for possible processing.
B)control the activities of long-term memory.
C)retrieve data from short-term memory.
D)develop strategies for storing encoded data.
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Chapter 9: Intelligence and Creativity
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Q1) Tenisha has an IQ of 137.Within how many standard deviations does Tenisha's score fall from the average?
A) 2
B)+1
C)+3
D)+5
Q2) One of the unique features of Gardner's theory of intelligence is that it
A)rejects the notion that a single IQ score can meaningfully assess intelligence. B)promotes the notion of genetic testing as a form of intelligence testing.
C)focuses on what someone does not know as opposed to what he or she does know. D)completely ignores the impact of experience on intellectual functioning.
Q3) One of Carolyn's most endearing traits is an exceptional sensitivity to other people's motivations and moods.According to Gardner,Carolyn would best be classified as having high _____ intelligence.
A)bodily-kinesthetic
B)intrapersonal
C)linguistic
D)interpersonal
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Chapter 10: Language and Education
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Q1) Because his buddies in the neighborhood tease Carlton for "acting white," his grades may potentially drop and he could lose his spot on the honor roll at school.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Reasons for declining achievement motivation during adolescence include all of the following EXCEPT
A)stronger emphasis on physical development.
B)poor person-environment fit.
C)increasingly negative feedback from teachers regarding ability.
D)increased importance of peer acceptance.
Q3) Lower academic performance in African-American teens has been linked to A)negative peer pressure.
B)an attempt to reject cultural identity.
C)overinvolved parents.
D)too extreme a valuation on academics.
Q4) How does experience impact language? Be sure to address language development in the deaf,the acquisition of a second language,and the idea of a critical period in language acquisition.
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Chapter 11: Self and Personality
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Q1) Most adolescents experience a dip in self-esteem that tends to rebound in later adolescence.
A)True
B)False
Q2) While Madison has always thought of herself as the best dancer in the world,she has just begun to notice that some of the other kids in her class are better than her.This realization indicates that Madison has begun to engage in
A)behavioral inhibition.
B)social comparison.
C)disengagement.
D)joint attention.
Q3) Erikson and Freud both view adult personality as being primarily determined by experiences during infancy and early childhood.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The identity moratorium status is characterized by active exploration of identity and possible crises.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Gender Roles and Sexuality
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Q1) Research supports all of the following EXCEPT that A)adrenal gland activity around age 10 appears to be linked to the first sexual attraction. B)attitudes concerning sexual behavior vary between cultures.
C)the first sexual attraction tends to occur prior to the maturation of the sex organs.
D)sexual behavior in puberty is best conceptualized as being solely driven by hormones.
Q2) Give two examples from your life of people who have demonstrated the social role theory.Then give two examples of people who have contradicted the social role theory.
Q3) A group of 100 transgender teens have gathered for a state house rally in support of a comprehensive anti-discrimination law for LGBT youth.How many of the teens in this group have been bullied at some time?
A)39
B)52
C)67
D)74
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Chapter 13: Social Cognition and Moral Development
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Q1) Highly aggressive youth tend to
A)belong to groups in which bullying is seen as a punishable offense.
B)consider a variety of reactions before acting aggressively.
C)be highly accepted by most of their age peers.
D)believe that their aggressive acts will produce positive consequences.
Q2) Mirror neurons are activated when a person
A)sees someone doing an action they have previously performed .
B)says what someone else is thinking.
C)engages in an activity witnessed the previous day.
D)sees and speaks a word at the same time.
Q3) Which of the following best reflects the concept of social cognition?
A)acting appropriately with others
B)thinking about how people function
C)sharing emotions with groups
D)avoiding unlawful behaviors
Q4) Why are children and adolescents who have advanced perspective-taking skills more popular? Provide situational examples of a person with undeveloped perspective-taking and a person with developed perspective-taking to support your thinking.
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Chapter 14: Emotions, Attachment, and Social Relationships
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Q1) In terms of regulating moods and emotions,Sarah would be considered contrahedonic.How old is Sarah?
A)17
B)29
C)42
D)61
Q2) Separation anxiety generally appears
A)at the time when infants begin to prefer human to nonhuman stimuli.
B)at the time when infants begin to express a preference for familiar people.
C)when the child forms his or her first genuine attachment.
D)toward the end of the preoperational period.
Q3) With her divorce finalized,Madalena is ready to start dating again.What will be her priority in seeking a new mate?
A)physical attractiveness
B)finances
C)education
D)similarity
Q4) List all of the primary emotions,and give examples of secondary emotions.Explain how secondary emotions differ from primary emotions.
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Chapter 15: The Family
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Q1) Which parenting style is best associated with children who are unhappy,relatively aimless,and unpleasant to be around?
A)Permissive
B)Neglectful
C)Authoritarian
D)Authoritative
Q2) Because families may consist of configurations other than mother-father-child(ren),some have suggested that the term _____ be used.
A)alternative
B)immediate
C)nontraditional
D)nuclear
Q3) In the United States,the most common form of mistreatment involves A)physical abuse.
B)sexual abuse.
C)psychological abuse.
D)neglect.
Q4) How does marital satisfaction change over the course of a marriage? What factors influence marital satisfaction?
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Chapter 16: Developmental Psychopathology
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Q1) Explain why developmentalists have a problem with the DSM-5 characterization of psychopathology.Do you support the developmentalists' perspective or the DSM perspective? Explain your reasoning.
Q2) According to the developmental pathways model,
A)psychological disorders are best characterized as diseases. B)once a person's behavior deviates from the normal path,it will not return to normal. C)normal genes and normal environments tend to push development along a normal course.
D)with age,individuals whose early development is maladaptive will almost always show deviation back to the norm.
Q3) Genetic factors play a role in whether a person develops Alzheimer's disease.Genetic testing can identify these factors in individuals today.Would you like to know now if you have a genetic diathesis for this disease? Would you rather have the test later in life? Or would you prefer to not know at all? Explain your reasoning.
Q4) Hitting is a good example of an internalizing problem.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: The Final Challenge: Death and Dying
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Q1) Owen and colleagues (2006)conducted research on a young woman who had been in a vegetative state for five months.When she was asked to imagine visiting rooms of her house,
A)she awakened from the vegetative state.
B)she described which rooms she was visiting.
C)her brain responded in the same manner as a healthy brain.
D)her brain showed no measurable reaction to the stimuli.
Q2) It is most accurate to say that biological death
A)is a single event with a clear-cut end point.
B)occurs when a person stops breathing.
C)is a process consisting of multiple events.
D)officially occurs when the heart stops beating.
Q3) List and describe the different patterns of adjustment that can occur in widows and widowers.Then give two examples of things that can help surviving spouses to navigate bereavement with an optimal outcome.
Q4) By playing "peek a boo" with her infant son,Sheila is helping to prepare him for the loss of his terminally ill father.
A)True
B)False
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