SWK EXAM 2 (CHAPTERS 5-9) (LATEST UPDATE) REAL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |100% CORRECT |
ALREADY GRADED A
dysfunctional Ans✓✓✓impaired or abnormal functioning
Generalist Ans✓✓✓a social worker who operates from a
systens/ecological perspective, using multiple interventions in working
with client systems at the individual, family, group, organizational,
community, or societal level and using the strengths of those systems to
empower them to change their environment
generalist practice Ans✓✓✓orderly sequence of progressive stages in
engaging a client in activities and actions that promote agreed-on goals
casework Ans✓✓✓services provided to individuals, families, groups,
organizations, and the community to strengthen social functioning,
based on assessing the client situation, identifying client needs,
determining appropriate interventions to address identified needs, and
monitoring and evaluating the process to ensure that outcomes address
the needs identified
group work Ans✓✓✓a process that seeks to stimulate and support more
adaptive personal functioning and social skills of individuals through
structured group interaction
social study Ans✓✓✓the process of obtaining relevent information
about the client system and perceived needs
,social planning Ans✓✓✓a social work approach to working with
communities that emphasizes modification of institutional practices
through the application of knowledge, values, and theory; a practical,
rational approach
social movements Ans✓✓✓form of community organizing in which the
desired outcome is action for social justice and the system targeted for
change is the general public or political systems
social welfare policy Ans✓✓✓a specific course of actions taken to
address an identified social problem, with emphasis on the decisions and
choices that help determine those actions
settlement houses Ans✓✓✓physical structure where community-based
services and advocacy for the poor and disenfranchised are carried out
reality therapy Ans✓✓✓an intervention, based on the assumption that
people are responsible for their own behavior, that affects change by
confronting individuals about irresponsible behaviors and encouraging
them to accept responsibility for their behaviors and to develop positive
self-worth through positive behavior
self-concept Ans✓✓✓the image a person had of themself in relation to
appearance, ability, motivation, and capacity to react to the environment;
derived primarily through feedback from others
, natural group Ans✓✓✓a group in which members participate as a result
of common interests, shared experiences, similar backgrounds and
values, and personal satisfactions derived from interaction with other
group members
mediator Ans✓✓✓person who helps factions experiencing conflict
work out their differences
mobilizer Ans✓✓✓person who identifies and convenes resources to
address unmet community needs
ego psychology Ans✓✓✓a theoretical perspective that emphasizes ego
growth and development
evaluation Ans✓✓✓a method of showing how a client system or a
program has achieved or failed to achieve established goals
intervention Ans✓✓✓planned activities designed to improve the social
functioning of a client or client systems
contracting Ans✓✓✓a process of formulating a verbal or written
agreement with a client system of established goals based on identified
needs, usually including the steps that will be taken to meet those goals,
the entities involved, and target dates for completion
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |100% CORRECT |
ALREADY GRADED A
dysfunctional Ans✓✓✓impaired or abnormal functioning
Generalist Ans✓✓✓a social worker who operates from a
systens/ecological perspective, using multiple interventions in working
with client systems at the individual, family, group, organizational,
community, or societal level and using the strengths of those systems to
empower them to change their environment
generalist practice Ans✓✓✓orderly sequence of progressive stages in
engaging a client in activities and actions that promote agreed-on goals
casework Ans✓✓✓services provided to individuals, families, groups,
organizations, and the community to strengthen social functioning,
based on assessing the client situation, identifying client needs,
determining appropriate interventions to address identified needs, and
monitoring and evaluating the process to ensure that outcomes address
the needs identified
group work Ans✓✓✓a process that seeks to stimulate and support more
adaptive personal functioning and social skills of individuals through
structured group interaction
social study Ans✓✓✓the process of obtaining relevent information
about the client system and perceived needs
,social planning Ans✓✓✓a social work approach to working with
communities that emphasizes modification of institutional practices
through the application of knowledge, values, and theory; a practical,
rational approach
social movements Ans✓✓✓form of community organizing in which the
desired outcome is action for social justice and the system targeted for
change is the general public or political systems
social welfare policy Ans✓✓✓a specific course of actions taken to
address an identified social problem, with emphasis on the decisions and
choices that help determine those actions
settlement houses Ans✓✓✓physical structure where community-based
services and advocacy for the poor and disenfranchised are carried out
reality therapy Ans✓✓✓an intervention, based on the assumption that
people are responsible for their own behavior, that affects change by
confronting individuals about irresponsible behaviors and encouraging
them to accept responsibility for their behaviors and to develop positive
self-worth through positive behavior
self-concept Ans✓✓✓the image a person had of themself in relation to
appearance, ability, motivation, and capacity to react to the environment;
derived primarily through feedback from others
, natural group Ans✓✓✓a group in which members participate as a result
of common interests, shared experiences, similar backgrounds and
values, and personal satisfactions derived from interaction with other
group members
mediator Ans✓✓✓person who helps factions experiencing conflict
work out their differences
mobilizer Ans✓✓✓person who identifies and convenes resources to
address unmet community needs
ego psychology Ans✓✓✓a theoretical perspective that emphasizes ego
growth and development
evaluation Ans✓✓✓a method of showing how a client system or a
program has achieved or failed to achieve established goals
intervention Ans✓✓✓planned activities designed to improve the social
functioning of a client or client systems
contracting Ans✓✓✓a process of formulating a verbal or written
agreement with a client system of established goals based on identified
needs, usually including the steps that will be taken to meet those goals,
the entities involved, and target dates for completion
