SCWK 3221 EXAM (LATEST UPDATE) REAL QUESTIONS
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GRADED A
Preformation theory Ans✓✓✓A theory suggests that humans are fully
developed in the form of an egg, they just increase in size
grand theory Ans✓✓✓Overall explanations of phenomena in a
particular discipline or realm of experience
epigenesis Ans✓✓✓biochemical process through which some genes are
expressed and others remain silent
What are the characteristics of grand theories? Ans✓✓✓Progressive
change, biopsychosocial influence, and universal/normative
progressive change Ans✓✓✓things progress in a natural sequence and
in an identical order
biopsychosocial influence Ans✓✓✓The confluence of related
biological, psychological and social influences defines the
developmental stages
universal and normative Ans✓✓✓the assumption that individuals and
families throughout the world share the same stages of development
, Strengths of grand theories Ans✓✓✓Useful in the data collection and
assessment phases of the helping process as they can provide a baseline
from which to assess a particular individual or families development.
They are also closely connected with the social work approach of person
in environment
Weakness of grand theories Ans✓✓✓not as universal and normative as
they were once thought to be and they do not adequately take in to
account diversity in human beings
Life course perspective Ans✓✓✓An approach to human behaviour that
looks at how biological, psychological and social factors act
independently, cumulatively and interactively to shape peoples lives
from conception to death and across generations
Founder of Life Course Perspective Ans✓✓✓Glen Elder Jr.
cohort Ans✓✓✓a group of people from a given time period who
experience particular social changes within a given culture in the same
sequence and at the same age.
transition Ans✓✓✓Change in roles or statuses that represent a
departure from previous roles and statuses. When they happen an old
phase of life ends and a new phase begins.
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |100% CORRECT | ALREADY
GRADED A
Preformation theory Ans✓✓✓A theory suggests that humans are fully
developed in the form of an egg, they just increase in size
grand theory Ans✓✓✓Overall explanations of phenomena in a
particular discipline or realm of experience
epigenesis Ans✓✓✓biochemical process through which some genes are
expressed and others remain silent
What are the characteristics of grand theories? Ans✓✓✓Progressive
change, biopsychosocial influence, and universal/normative
progressive change Ans✓✓✓things progress in a natural sequence and
in an identical order
biopsychosocial influence Ans✓✓✓The confluence of related
biological, psychological and social influences defines the
developmental stages
universal and normative Ans✓✓✓the assumption that individuals and
families throughout the world share the same stages of development
, Strengths of grand theories Ans✓✓✓Useful in the data collection and
assessment phases of the helping process as they can provide a baseline
from which to assess a particular individual or families development.
They are also closely connected with the social work approach of person
in environment
Weakness of grand theories Ans✓✓✓not as universal and normative as
they were once thought to be and they do not adequately take in to
account diversity in human beings
Life course perspective Ans✓✓✓An approach to human behaviour that
looks at how biological, psychological and social factors act
independently, cumulatively and interactively to shape peoples lives
from conception to death and across generations
Founder of Life Course Perspective Ans✓✓✓Glen Elder Jr.
cohort Ans✓✓✓a group of people from a given time period who
experience particular social changes within a given culture in the same
sequence and at the same age.
transition Ans✓✓✓Change in roles or statuses that represent a
departure from previous roles and statuses. When they happen an old
phase of life ends and a new phase begins.
