Ch 10 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Which of the following statements about power in communities is false?
Power involves the influence to direct others actions or thoughts.
Power is used to achieve some desired effect.
Social works must understand their communities power structure.
People must Weld power to be considered powerful.
People must Weld power to be considered powerful.
Newspapers, editors, gossips and computer Wizards We’re all examples of people in communities whose access to _______ Gives them power.
Information.
Reputation.
High status.
Wealth.
Information
Which term refers to a group of nonprofessional people volunteering their time and resources to help either an individual or group of people in need?
Natural Helping Network.
Community Alliance.
Neighborhood.
Decision making loop.
- Natural Helping Network.
Which term refers to the condition of having direct control over what is happening in one owns life?
Citizen participation.
Personal empowerment.
Social empowerment.
Community building.
personal empowerment
People under age 18 who do not have the right to vote. This is an example of the lack of______ Empowerment.
Personal.
Social.
Prejudicial.
Economic.
social
Jalen is attempting to understand the community with which he is working. He chooses to look at the issues in terms of gang violence. The high employment rate and poor health care. Jalen is using ______
An asset based perspective.
Deficient based perspective.
His capacity building skills.
The mapping assets technique.
*Deficient based perspective.
Which term refers to the ability to increase the leadership and organizational skills of local people for the purpose of strengthening their own organizations and networking capacities?
Influence peddling.
Needs assessment.
Capacity building.
Strength training.
Capacity building
A community’s population. Size, density, and resident ethnic group make up it’s _________________
History.
Heterogeneity.
Politics.
Demographics.
Demographics
A ______________ School is a public school supported by tax dollars, but allowed to be managed outside of the jurisdiction of the local school board, but in accordance with state regulations.
Satellite.
Charter.
Extended.
Magnetic.
Charter
An educational system can be assessed in all of the following ways except.
It’s Contacts.
The wealth of the parents of the students.
The extent to which the school system enables students to do well.
It’s attention to its adult residence.
The wealth of the parents of the students.
To gather information about the community, Lewis held an open event where all community members were invited and encouraged to attend. Which information gathering technique did Lewis use?
Key Informant Technique.
Public forum.
Nominal group technique.
Social indicators assessment.
Public forum
To gather information about the community, Andrea asked group members to silently list their needs on paper without group discussion, so that each member’s personal views could be ascertained without influence from the others. Which information gathering technique did Andrew use?
Key Informant Technique.
Community forum.
Nominal group technique.
Social indicators assessment.
Nominal group technique
Rural youths disinterest in higher education is attributed to a wide range of factors which was not one of them.
Family factors.
Community factors.
Institutional factors.
spiritual factors.
Spiritual factors
Which of the following is an example of community linked formed by? Asset mapping.
The school provides meeting rooms for parent teacher conferences.
The church invites its parishioners to a special day of prayer.
A university fundraisers to build a new sports arena.
A Police Department delivers turkeys to a local food pantry for seniors.
A Police Department delivers turkeys to a local food pantry for seniors.
Which social work role occurs only in the context of communities?
Mobilizer.
Advocate.
Meditator.
Broker.
broker
In generalist Social work, One of the most important roles on behalf of your client is that the ______ Which often involves taking risks, Especially in the face of a larger, More powerful system.
Broker.
Enabler.
Advocate.
Evaluator.
Advocate
Social workers who strive to improve community macro systems often employ the concept of citizen participation. True or false?
true
Social support networks are related to interpersonal connections. True or false? True.
true
In terms of community assessment, Need identification and need assessment are the same thing. True or false?
false
In social work, The facilitator Links the macro client system with community resources and services. True or false?
False
