SWK EXAM 1 (LATEST UPDATE) REAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS |100% CORRECT | ALREADY GRADED
A
What is a theory? Ans✓✓✓is an organized set of ideas that seek to
explain a particular phenomenon.
1. interrelated set of propositions
2. explains behavior
3. predicts behavior
4. testable using research methods
5. parsimonious "simple"
What is empirical evidence? Ans✓✓✓something that can be observed
through senses to draw conclusion.
Practice Perspectives Ans✓✓✓Offer general, widely applicable ideas.
Practice theories Ans✓✓✓More specific than larger perspectives,
offering greater direction for practice. It is easier than measure than
perspectives.
Practice Models Ans✓✓✓Offer the greatest degree of direction and can
foster the creation of a manual that supports consistent implementation.
It is the easiest to evaluate the practice.
, Mechanisms for change Ans✓✓✓The process through which positive
growth and adaptation can occur.
Evidence based practice (EBP) Ans✓✓✓Is a movement in social work
suggesting when possible social work intentions should be based on the
best available evidence of effectiveness.
Taken from the profession of medicine and then imported and has five
steps:
1) have a question about the client
2) best available literature for answer
3) what are clients unique cultural attributes (values)
4) consider my own expertise
5) implementation of intervention and evaluate by measuring
Systematic Reviews Ans✓✓✓Involving reviewing multiple research
studies on the same topic to see consistent findings
Social construction Ans✓✓✓the idea that all social interaction is
defined through process of interpretation.
Post Modern thinkers and Modern thinkers (social construction)
Ans✓✓✓Challenge the notion that social experiences are objectively
measured.
VERIFIED ANSWERS |100% CORRECT | ALREADY GRADED
A
What is a theory? Ans✓✓✓is an organized set of ideas that seek to
explain a particular phenomenon.
1. interrelated set of propositions
2. explains behavior
3. predicts behavior
4. testable using research methods
5. parsimonious "simple"
What is empirical evidence? Ans✓✓✓something that can be observed
through senses to draw conclusion.
Practice Perspectives Ans✓✓✓Offer general, widely applicable ideas.
Practice theories Ans✓✓✓More specific than larger perspectives,
offering greater direction for practice. It is easier than measure than
perspectives.
Practice Models Ans✓✓✓Offer the greatest degree of direction and can
foster the creation of a manual that supports consistent implementation.
It is the easiest to evaluate the practice.
, Mechanisms for change Ans✓✓✓The process through which positive
growth and adaptation can occur.
Evidence based practice (EBP) Ans✓✓✓Is a movement in social work
suggesting when possible social work intentions should be based on the
best available evidence of effectiveness.
Taken from the profession of medicine and then imported and has five
steps:
1) have a question about the client
2) best available literature for answer
3) what are clients unique cultural attributes (values)
4) consider my own expertise
5) implementation of intervention and evaluate by measuring
Systematic Reviews Ans✓✓✓Involving reviewing multiple research
studies on the same topic to see consistent findings
Social construction Ans✓✓✓the idea that all social interaction is
defined through process of interpretation.
Post Modern thinkers and Modern thinkers (social construction)
Ans✓✓✓Challenge the notion that social experiences are objectively
measured.
