HSSJ 1100 Test 1

Question 1

Six perspectives of human services

Answer 1

1. Themes and purposes
2. Interdisciplinary
3. Helping Relationship
4. Social Justice
5. Management Principles
6. The Generalist

Question 2

Self-sufficiency

Answer 2

client strengths and a client’s belief in his or her abilities to establish goals, develop plans, ask for help, and address barriers (psychological state as well as a financial state)

Question 3

Social Care

Answer 3

assisting clients in meeting their social needs, with the focus on those who cannot care for themselves

Question 4

Social control

Answer 4

given to those who cannot provide for themselves (either temporality or in the long term)

Question 5

Rehabilitation

Answer 5

task of returning an individual to a prior level of functioning

Question 6

Human services

Answer 6

encompasses the variety of helping services that address the range of problems that people experience

Question 7

Sociology

Answer 7

examines the ways in which human societies influence the people who live in these societies

Question 8

Psychology

Answer 8

study of the mind and behavior

Question 9

Anthropology

Answer 9

studies the cultural, physical, and social development of humans and the variation in their customs and beliefs

Question 10

Social Justice

Answer 10

heart of the work of a human service professional. Basic to the concept of social justice is both supporting and encouraging fair treatment for all individuals in a society and opposing and confronting injustice

Question 11

Case management

Answer 11

facilitate client growth

Question 12

Networking

Answer 12

one way service providers work together to serve clients (ex. connecting them with another resource)

Question 13

Partnerships

Answer 13

a way that organizations in the human service delivery system can work together to serve their clients more completely

Question 14

Evidence-based practice

Answer 14

based upon knowledge about a specific intervention’s effectiveness

Question 15

Generalist approach

Answer 15

variety of setting and clients

Question 16

Helper

Answer 16

individual who assists others

Question 17

Values

Answer 17

criteria by which helpers and clients make choices

Question 18

Acceptance

Answer 18

ability of the helper to be receptive to another person regardless of dress or behavior

Question 19

Tolerence

Answer 19

helper’s ability to be patient and fair toward each client rather than judging, blaming, or punishing the client for prior behavior

Question 20

Individuality

Answer 20

expressed in the qualities or characteristics that make each person unique, distinctive from all other people

Question 20

Confidentiality

Answer 20

helper’s assurance to clients that the helper will not discuss their cases with other people and that what they discuss between them will not be the subject or conversation with the helper’s friends, family, or other clients

Question 21

Characteristics of a helper

Answer 21

self-awareness, ability to communicate, empathy, responsibility, commitment, flexibility

Question 22

Physicians

Answer 22

diagnose and treat injuries or illnesses

Question 23

Psychiatrist

Answer 23

concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illness

Question 24

Social workers

Answer 24

helping individuals, families, and groups cope with a wide variety of problems in everyday life

Question 24

Psychologists

Answer 24

study the human mind and human behavior, including cognitive, emotional, and social aspects

Question 25

Counselors

Answer 25

help people deal with a variety of problems, including personal, social, educational, and career concerns

Question 25

Community caretakers

Answer 25

professionals in their own fields, they are involved in some aspects of human service work

Question 26

Human rights

Answer 26

universal and inalienable, for everyone, no matter what

Question 27

Access

Answer 27

prioritized and incentivized, basic needs and education

Question 28

Categories of helpers

Answer 28

human service professional, specialist, non-professional

Question 28

Poverty

Answer 28

lacking basic needs, lacking the financial means to access basic needs

Question 29

Administrative helpers

Answer 29

data manager, evaluator, facilitator of services, planner, report and grant proposal writer, resource allocator

Question 30

Human capital

Answer 30

acquired skills and resources that allow individuals to compete in the labor market