Theories and Models (MSW Exam)
questions with answers graded A+
Systems Theory - correct answer ✔✔Views human behavior through larger contexts, such as
members of families, communities, and broader society.
Close system - correct answer ✔✔uses up it energy and dies
Differentiation - correct answer ✔✔becoming specialized in structure and function
Entropy - correct answer ✔✔close, disorganized, stagnant; using up available energy
Equifinality - correct answer ✔✔arriving at the same end from different beginnings
Homeostasis - correct answer ✔✔steady state
Input - correct answer ✔✔obtaining recourses from the environment that are necessary to
attain the goals of the system
Negative Entropy - correct answer ✔✔exchange of energy and resources between systems that
promote growth and transformation
Open system - correct answer ✔✔a system with cross-boundary exchange
Output - correct answer ✔✔a product of the system that exports to the environment
, Subsystem - correct answer ✔✔a major component of a system made up of two or more
independent components that interact in order to attain their own purpose(s) and the
purpose(s) of the system in which they are embedded
Suprasystem - correct answer ✔✔an entity that is served by a number of component systems
organized in interacting relationships
Throughput - correct answer ✔✔energy that is integrated into the system so it can be used by
the system to accomplish goals
A Family System Approach - correct answer ✔✔argues that in order to understand a family
system, a social worker must look at the family as a whole rather than focusing on it members
Strategic Family Therapy - correct answer ✔✔Active, brief, and task centered. More interested
in creating change in behavior than change in understanding.
Pretend Technique - correct answer ✔✔encourage family members to pretend and encourage
voluntary control of behavior (Strategic Family Therapy)
First-order changes - correct answer ✔✔superficial behavioral changes w/in a system that do
not change the structure of they system (Strategic Family Therapy)
Second-order changes - correct answer ✔✔changes to the systematic interaction patter so the
system is reorganized and function more effectively (Strategic Family Therapy)
Family homeostasis - correct answer ✔✔families tend to preserve familiar organization and
communication patters; resistant to change
questions with answers graded A+
Systems Theory - correct answer ✔✔Views human behavior through larger contexts, such as
members of families, communities, and broader society.
Close system - correct answer ✔✔uses up it energy and dies
Differentiation - correct answer ✔✔becoming specialized in structure and function
Entropy - correct answer ✔✔close, disorganized, stagnant; using up available energy
Equifinality - correct answer ✔✔arriving at the same end from different beginnings
Homeostasis - correct answer ✔✔steady state
Input - correct answer ✔✔obtaining recourses from the environment that are necessary to
attain the goals of the system
Negative Entropy - correct answer ✔✔exchange of energy and resources between systems that
promote growth and transformation
Open system - correct answer ✔✔a system with cross-boundary exchange
Output - correct answer ✔✔a product of the system that exports to the environment
, Subsystem - correct answer ✔✔a major component of a system made up of two or more
independent components that interact in order to attain their own purpose(s) and the
purpose(s) of the system in which they are embedded
Suprasystem - correct answer ✔✔an entity that is served by a number of component systems
organized in interacting relationships
Throughput - correct answer ✔✔energy that is integrated into the system so it can be used by
the system to accomplish goals
A Family System Approach - correct answer ✔✔argues that in order to understand a family
system, a social worker must look at the family as a whole rather than focusing on it members
Strategic Family Therapy - correct answer ✔✔Active, brief, and task centered. More interested
in creating change in behavior than change in understanding.
Pretend Technique - correct answer ✔✔encourage family members to pretend and encourage
voluntary control of behavior (Strategic Family Therapy)
First-order changes - correct answer ✔✔superficial behavioral changes w/in a system that do
not change the structure of they system (Strategic Family Therapy)
Second-order changes - correct answer ✔✔changes to the systematic interaction patter so the
system is reorganized and function more effectively (Strategic Family Therapy)
Family homeostasis - correct answer ✔✔families tend to preserve familiar organization and
communication patters; resistant to change
