James Madison University

T/F: According to the text, the National Association of Social Workers (2008) defined the unifying primary mission or purpose of social work as "enhancing human well-being and helping meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty." correct answer: True T/F: Numerous social welfare organizations sprang up in the United States during the 1800's to address concerns about social i...

What is Social Work? correct answer: Social Work is the professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal. Social Work Settings correct answer: Mental Health settings (in and outpatient Medical settings (hospitals and clinics) Programs that enhance the well being of children (CPS, schools, group homes, residential facilities) Programs for older adults (APS, ...

Disability correct answer: a temporary or permanent reduction in function What is problematic about the use of the term abnormal? correct answer: Multiple definitions of abnormality fail to distinguish between desirable and undesirable behavior. Behavioral health can be problematic because it fails to recognize what? correct answer: It could place the onus on the individual to change rather than considering external environmental factors. Which of the following is true about homosexu...

Behavioral health can be problematic because it fails to recognize what? correct answer: It could place the onus on the individual to change rather than considering external environmental factors. Most mental health providers would hold that mental health includes all but which of the following? correct answer: vibrant creativity and unique perspectives Which of the following is true about homosexuality and mental illness? correct answer: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...

Social work practice consists of the professional application of social work values, principles, and techniques to all but which of the following ends? correct answer: convincing the clients of the best possible choices to make regarding their lives CSWE (Council on Social Work Education) correct answer: is the standard setting and accrediting organization for social work education One of the differences between the professional practice of Social Work & counseling is that counseling cor...

Social work practice consists of the professional application of social work values, principles, and techniques to all but which of the following ends? correct answer: convincing clients of the best possible choices to make regarding their lives An affluent Caucasian suburban teenage girl likely has different experiences with and perceptions of police officers than a poor African American man living in the city. This contrast illustrates the concept of ______. correct answer: intersectional...

Ch. 1) Social work practice consists of the professional application of social work values, principles, and techniques to all but which of the following ends? correct answer: convincing clients of the best possible choices to make regarding their lives Ch.1) An affluent Caucasian suburban teenage girl likely has different experiences with and perceptions of police officers than a poor African American man living in the city. This contrast illustrates the concept of ______. correct answer: i...

Kayla has a client, Tegan, who is hard of hearing and diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). Tegan can be described as having: correct answer: co-occurring disabilities According to the DSM-5, intellectual challenges are characterized by limitations in intellectual functioning and what else? correct answer: adaptive behavior many of the well-known learning differences correct answer: do not disappear over time people who are stereotyped and stigmatized because of their challenges of...

social work practice correct answer: promotes social change, problem solving in human relationships, and the experiment & liberation of people to enhance well being Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs correct answer: -self actualization -self esteem -love & belonging -safety -physiology social welfare correct answer: social institutions (family, educational, economic, political, religious) which address the general well being needs of individuals and the universal needs of the population ...

different approaches to corrections correct answer: retribution, rehabilitation, control, deterrence prejudice correct answer: inflexible and irrational attitudes held by members of one group to another discrimination correct answer: actions or behaviors directed towards a group based on prejudice public health vs. health care correct answer: public health: promoting health and preventing disease (example - free condoms, vaccinations, and promoting hand-washing) health care: main...