Introduction to Human Behavior and the Social Env

Question 1

What are the three main thrusts of sw?

Answer 1

The three main thrusts are the following:

1. Social workers (SW) may help people cope with problems.
2. Social workers may work with systems like social agencies, organizations, communities, and bureaucracies so people have better access to resources and services.
3. Social workers can link people with with systems so clients have access to resources and opportunities.

Question 2

What is the primary professional organization for sw in the U.S?

Answer 2

NASW

Question 3

T or f? Social workers targets how individuals behave or act and how people affect each other.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

T or f? An accurate assessment is important in the sw process.

Answer 4

T

Question 5

T or f? There are always reasons why people behave the way they do.

Answer 5

T

Question 6

T or f? Clients come to social workers with problems and needs.

Answer 6

T

Question 7

T or f? Much of generalist sw practice involves individual clients and small groups.

Answer 7

T

Question 8

T or f? Understanding and assessing human behavior includes being knowledgeable about human development.

Answer 8

T

Question 9

The lifespan is divided up into what four main phases?

Answer 9

infancy/childhood, adolescence, young and middle adulthood, adulthood

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Question 10

What theories concern the physical aspects of a person’s life?

Answer 10

Biological development

Question 11

Beginning to walk and develop coordination are examples of what dimension?

Answer 11

Biological dimension

Question 12

Puberty and the physical changes related to it are examples of what dimension?

Answer 12

Biological dimension

Question 13

Biological aspects for older adults are concerned with what?

Answer 13

The physical changes that normally occur as people age

Question 14

What development and theories emphasize individuals’ functioning cognitive thought processes?

Answer 14

Psychological

Question 15

T or f? Psychological aspects are concerned with how people think about themselves, others, and the environment around them.

Answer 15

T

Question 16

What development theories address people’s interaction w/others around them in the social environment?

Answer 16

Social

Question 17

Considered together, these aspects of development are referred to as what?

Answer 17

Biopsychosocial development

Question 18

T or f? People psychologically think about both gaining knowledge and developing their social relationships during this period of biological development.

Answer 18

T

Question 19

T or f? Through each of the life periods, infancy and childhood, adolescence, young and middle adulthood, and later life, people tend to experience common life events related to biological, psychological and social development that occur at certain times of life.

Answer 19

T

Question 20

T or f? Adolescence is a time when people establish identity.

Answer 20

T

Question 21

Adolescence may be marked by running away from home or by delinquency. T or f?

Answer 21

T

Question 22

T or f? In order to distinguish between what is normal and what is pathological, one must have a clear understanding of normal developmental milestones at any age.

Answer 22

T

Question 23

What do normal developmental milestones include?

Answer 23

Significant bio, psych, emotional, intellectual, and social points of dev that normally take place in a person’s life span

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Question 24

T or f? Normal developmental milestones provide a baseline for assessing human behavior.

Answer 24

T

Question 25

A "population at risk" is defined as what?

Answer 25

"People who share some identifiable characteristic that places them at greater risk of social and economic deprivation and oppression than the general mainstream of society."

Question 26

Social workers must be aware of human differences and the effects they have on human behavior. T or f?

Answer 26

T

Question 27

Any time an individual may be recognized as belonging to a group that differs in some respect from the majority of others in society, that individual is subject to the effects of that diversity, including discrimination and oppression. T or f?

Answer 27

T

Question 28

T or f? People in any society might be placed on a continuum based on social status and the amount of influence they have over others.

Answer 28

T

Question 29

T or f? Power may entail using force, authority, manipulation, or persuasion to make others alter their behavior.

Answer 29

T

Question 30

Privilege entails what?

Answer 30

Special rights or benefits are enjoyed because of elevated social, political, or economic status.

Question 31

People who have privilege and acclaim have greater power to influence and control the destinies of others. T or f?

Answer 31

T

Question 32

T or f? "The inequality gap in the U.S. is the widest of all the industrialized nations. The gap continues to grow especially because of tax benefits for the affluent."

Answer 32

T

Question 33

T or f? These tax policies in addition to increasing the unequal distribution of wealth, increase the national debt, reducing gov spending for programs to help the less fortunate, and weaker public institutions that benefits all members of society. The widening gap increases the pol influence of the elite/wealthy.

Answer 33

T

Question 34

T or f? The power elite in society (those who control the gov and the largest corporations) tend to come from backgrounds of privilege and wealth.

Answer 34

T

Question 35

T or f? Bias occurs through influence over elected and appointed officials...and economic policies that affect the distribution of wealth, and prestige and acclaim that serve as a control of the masses.

Answer 35

T

Question 36

What is a coherent group of principles, concepts, and ideas organized to explain some observable occurrence or trend?

Answer 36

Theory

Question 37

A person-in-environment focus sees people as constantly interacting w/various sys around them including fam, friends, work, ss, politics, religion, goods and services, and educ sys. T or f?

Answer 37

T

Question 38

Ecosystem theory fits well w/concept of person-in-env, a foundation notion in sw practice and basis for understanding the dynamics of human behavior. T or f?

Answer 38

T

Question 39

What is a system?

Answer 39

Set of elements that are orderly and interrelated to make a functional whole.

Question 40

What is the national accrediting body for social work educ in the U.S?

Answer 40

CSWE

Question 41

What is the condition of "not having enough money to buy things that are considered necessary and desirable?"

Answer 41

Poverty

Question 42

What are the borders or margins that separate one entity from another?

Answer 42

Boundaries

Question 43

T or f? A subsystem is a secondary or subordinate sys that is a component of a larger system?

Answer 43

T

Question 44

What is the tendency for a sys to maintain a relatively stable, constant state of balance?

Answer 44

Homeostasis

Question 45

What is the culturally established social behavior and conduct expected of a person in any designated interpersonal relationship?

Answer 45

Role

Question 46

What is a reciprocal, dynamic, interpersonal connection characterized by patterns of emotional exchange, communication, and behavioral interaction?

Answer 46

Relationship

Question 47

T or f? A client may have a relationship w/an agency; one agency may have a relationship w/another agency.

Answer 47

T

Question 48

What is the response of a sys called after receiving and processing input that affects other sys in the environment?

Answer 48

Output

Question 49

What involves the energy, info, or comm flow received from other sys?

Answer 49

Input

Question 50

What is a spiral form of input in which a sys receives info about its own performance?

Answer 50

Feedback

Question 51

T or f? Positive feedback is valuable and involves a sys's receiving info about what it's doing right to maintain itself and thrive.

Answer 51

T

Question 52

Getting a 97% on a history exam gives a 6th grader the info that she has material a majority of the material.

Answer 52

T

Question 53

What is the point at which 2 sys come into contact with w/each other or communicate?

Answer 53

Interface

Question 54

What is the mutual reliance of each person on every other person?

Answer 54

Interdependence

Question 55

T or f? An individual is interdependent or reliant on other individuals and groups of individuals in the soc env.

Answer 55

T

Question 56

T or f? A person can't exist w/out other people.

Answer 56

T

Question 57

People, especially in a highly industrialized society, are interdependent; they need each other to survive. T or f?

Answer 57

T

Question 58

What is a number of people w/something in common that connects them in some way and that distinguishes them from others?

Answer 58

Community

Question 59

What are structured groups of people who come together to work towards some mutual goal and perform established work activities that are divided among various units?

Answer 59

Organizations

Question 60

T or f? Individual micro sys are continuously/seriously affected by macro sys w/which they interact w/in the social environment?

Answer 60

T

Question 61

What includes a specific attempt to understand how organizations function, what improves or impairs the ability of an organization to accomplish its mission, and what motivates people to work toward organizational goals?

Answer 61

Organizational theory

Question 62

Schools, public social welfare departments, and an agency operating four groups of homes for adults w/intellectual disabilities are all types of what?

Answer 62

Organizations

Question 63

What theory has 2 main/primary components in which the first involves perspectives on the nature of communities, and the second thrust involves how sw practice w/in the community context?

Answer 63

Community theory

Question 64

Human behavior always occurs w/in the context of what?

Answer 64

A community

Question 65

T or f? Communities vary widely.

Answer 65

T

Question 66

Theoretical perspectives include structural, sociopolitical, human ecology, and social systems. T or f?

Answer 66

T

Question 67

What refers to the boundaries that define & rules governing any particular community?

Answer 67

Structure

Question 68

What involves how members feel about themselves and interact w/one another?

Answer 68

Sociopolitical perspective

Question 69

What are examples of political entities?

Answer 69

Towns, cities, villages, neighborhoods, and provinces TCVNP- Tourettes can vilify new people

Question 70

We can use a variety of theoretical perspectives to examine communities and gain a greater understanding of how they work? T or f?

Answer 70

T

Question 71

What are some topics in individual lifespan development?

Answer 71

Motor development, personality development, motivation, social development, and learning

Question 72

When do children begin to jump, hop, run, operate a tricycle, employ a fork effectively, and use a pair of scissors?

Answer 72

By age 4 or 5

Question 73

T or f? Older people usually have significant changes in their sleeping patterns and take longer to fall asleep and sleep for shorter time periods at night.

Answer 73

T

Question 74

T or f? In order to distinguish between what is typical and what is atypical, one must have a clear understanding of typical dev milestones at any age.

Answer 74

T

Question 75

What is the term typical used for?

Answer 75

The term typical is used to refer to the levels of functioning considered appropriate for an age.

Question 76

T or f? It is needless to worry about a baby not walking at 12 months but it must be investigated if the baby isn't walking by 24 months.

Answer 76

T

Question 77

What is the tendency of a system to progress toward disorganization, depletion, and death (Hint: It has to do with chemistry)?

Answer 77

Entropy

Question 78

T or f? As time passes, older agencies and systems are eventually replaced by new ones.

Answer 78

True

Question 79

What is the process of a system toward growth and development?

Answer 79

Negative entropy

Question 80

What is referred to as the fact that there are many different means to the same end?

Answer 80

Equifinality

Question 81

What question does social work assessment try to answer?

Answer 81

What is it in any particular situation that causes a problem to continue despite the client's expressed wish to change it?