Adaptation - Answers the capacity to adjust to surrounding environmental conditions
Acclaim - Answers enthusiastic approval or praise
Boundaries - Answers the borders or margins that separate one entity from another
Community - Answers a number of people who have something in common that connects them in some
way and distinguishes them from others
Consultant - Answers the worker seeks to provide guidance to agencies and organizations by suggesting
ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of services
Coordinator - Answers the worker seeks to improve a delivery system by improving communications and
coordination between human service recourses
Coping - Answers a form of adaptation that implies a struggle to overcome problems
Critical Thinking - Answers the careful examination and evaluation of beliefs and actions to establish an
independent decision about what is true and what is not
Differentiation - Answers a system's tendency to move from a simple to a more complex existence
Discrimination - Answers the act of treating people different because they belong to a certain group
rather than on merit
Economic Justice - Answers an ideal condition in which all members of a society have the same
opportunities to gain material goods, income, and wealth
Ecosystem's Theory - Answers concepts from both a systems theory and the ecological perspective,
which focuses on the environment
Empowerment - Answers the process of increasing personal, interpersonal, or political power so that
individuals can take actions to improve their life situations
Energy - Answers the natural power of active involvement between people and their environments
Entropy - Answers the tendency of an system to progress toward disorganization, depletion, and death
Equifinality - Answers the fact that there are many different means to the same end
Ethics - Answers principles based on values that guide behavior and determine what is right and correct
Ethical Dilemmas - Answers situations in which ethical principles conflict and all solutions are imperfect
Feedback - Answers a special form of input in which a system receives information about its own
performance