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Clinical Social Work is a practice-oriented course that explores the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of individuals, families, and groups experiencing mental health, emotional, or behavioral challenges. Emphasizing evidence-based interventions, this course covers the development of therapeutic relationships, ethical and legal considerations, and the integration of diverse theoretical approaches in clinical practice. Students gain skills in interviewing, case conceptualization, and culturally responsive care, preparing them to collaborate with other healthcare professionals and advocate for clients within various social service settings.
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Empowerment Series Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment 10th Edition by
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Behavior and the Social Environment
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Q1) The social environment includes the individuals,groups,organizations,and systems with which a person comes into contact.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Homeostasis is a system's tendency to move from a simpler to a more complex existence.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Latino is the term officially used by the U.S.Census Bureau for those with cultural origins in Mexico,Puerto Rico,Cuba,Central America,and Latin America.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Assessment is the "doing" part of the process of social work.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Biological Development in Infancy and Childhood
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Q1) At _____ years old,the pictures children draw,although simple,are finally recognizable. Dominance of the left or right hand becomes well established.
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
Answer: B
Q2) _____ is an infection of the female reproductive tract that can cause inflammation and scar tissue that blocks tubes.
A) Endometriosis
B) Intracytoplasmia
C) Ectopia
D) Pelvic inflammatory disease
Answer: D
Q3) Direct sperm injections are seldom used when men have exceptionally low sperm counts or large numbers of abnormal sperm.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Psychological Development in Infancy and Childhood
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Q1) Vygotsky's _____ is the difference between what a learner can accomplish independently and what he or she can accomplish with the guidance and encouragement of a more skilled partner.
A) Dialectical thinking
B) Post-formal thought
C) Period of concrete operations
D) Zone of proximal development
Answer: D
Q2) Sullivan proposed that people's two basic needs are for security and satisfaction.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) People with intellectual disabilities tend to experience deficits in all of the following areas except:
A) Biological development
B) Language development
C) Motivation
D) Self-regulation
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Social Development in Infancy and Childhood
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Q1) A _____ is the frequency with which a behavior occurs before behavior modification begins.
A) Ratio
B) Median
C) Baseline
D) Mean
Q2) Explain the process of socialization,and why it is so important.
Q3) Inadequate supervision is considered psychological abuse.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Children are in greater danger of sexual abuse from strangers than from people who are close to them.
A)True
B)False
Q5) According to Garvey,one of the qualities of play is that it is done by choice.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss how television influences children. Should children's viewing of television be limited? Explain.
Q7) List an example of how negative feedback can be valuable in families.
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Chapter 5: Ethnocentrism and Racism
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Q1) The National Association of Social Workers standard for cultural competence in social work practice of _____ states that social workers shall be able to communicate information about diverse client groups to other professionals.
A) Cross-cultural knowledge
B) Self-awareness
C) Adherence to the melting pot concept
D) Cross-cultural leadership
Q2) Many nations view our country as being hypocritical because we advocate human rights and equality but,at the same time,we have had a long history of racial discrimination.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The authoritarian personality views members of minority groups as being unconventional,and expresses this through prejudice and discrimination.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are your suggestions for the best ways to achieve social and economic justice for the racial and ethnic groups in our society that are currently being oppressed?
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Chapter 6: Biological Development in Adolescence
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Q1) According to public opinion polls in the United States and Canada,____ percent of parents of junior high-age students indicate that it is very or somewhat important to have sexuality education as part of the school curriculum.
A) 33
B) 53
C) 73
D) 93
Q2) _____ are new substances being explored that would more effectively kill sperm as well as bacteria and viruses causing STIs.
A) Spermatomes
B) Basal neutrons
C) Microbicides
D) Ovulacides
Q3) A teenage client comes to you and tells you that his mother told him that if he didn't quit masturbating his hands would shrivel up and drop off. What do you tell this youngster?
Q4) At what age do people have the right to have sexual intercourse? What are the reasons for your answer?
Q5) Define adolescence and puberty. Include how they are different concepts.
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Chapter 7: Psychological Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Cite why lesbian and gay adolescents in this culture suffer even more extreme obstacles to identity development than do their heterosexual peers.
Q2) Discuss your assertive rights.
Q3) Intuitive-projective faith is _____ of Fowler's theory of faith development.
A) Stage 1 (ages birth to 2 years)
B) Stage 2 (ages 2 to 6 years)
C) Stage 3: (ages 6 to 12 years)
D) Stage 4: (ages 12 years and older)
Q4) In _____ of Kohlberg's moral development,behavior is based on internal ethical principles,and decisions are made according to what is right rather than what is written into law.
A) Stage 3: Good Boy/Girl Morality
B) Stage 4: Authority-Maintaining Morality
C) Stage 5: Morality of Contract, of Individual Rights, and of Democratically Accepted Law
D) Stage 6: Morality of Individual Principles and Conscience
Q5) Define assertiveness. Select and describe a situation in which you would become annoyed. Formulate possible assertive,nonassertive,and aggressive reactions you might have.
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Chapter 8: Social Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Summarize the following four approaches to leadership theory: trait,position,style,and distributed functions. Which approach do you believe is the most useful? Explain why.
Q2) Why is the peer group so important in adolescence? What would you do if your child became involved in a peer group that you feel is detrimental to your child?
Q3) Which of the following is true about bulimia nervosa:
A) The term means loss of appetite due to nerves
B) Most feel hungry
C) Onset usually occurs by prepuberty
D) Bulimics are more likely than anorexics to seek help
Q4) Explain how the Bales model of group development differs from both the Garland,Jones,Kolodny model and the Tuckman model.
Q5) The self-talk approach asserts the reasons for any criminal act can be identified by discovering what the offender was thinking prior to and during the time when the crime was being committed.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain the medical model and how it began.
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Chapter 9: Gender,Gender Identity,Gender Expression,and Sexism
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Q1) Parents tend to respond positively to boys who behave actively and to girls who talk calmly or touch gently.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Women have less direct political power than men in terms of the number of political offices they hold.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is true:
A) The first phase of the battering cycle is explosion
B) A common reason why a battered woman remains in the battering relationship is that she still loves her spouse
C) Less than 10 percent of all women will suffer from violence at some time in their marriage
D) All shelters for battered women actively encourage permanent separation
Q4) What is gender identity?
Q5) Cite examples of how boys and girls are treated differently from the moment they are born,thus contributing to gender role stereotypes.
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Q6) Explain the difference between a pseudohermaphrodite and a hermaphrodite.
Chapter 10: Biological Aspects of Young and Middle
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Q1) The time span,ranging from two to five years,during which a woman's body undergoes the physiological changes that bring on menopause,is called the climacteric.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Eyesight and hearing tend to be sharpest at age 30.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe osteoporosis and list possible means of prevention.
Q4) The text cited research on women's experiences of menopause in various cultures. Compare the experiences reported in this research between Japanese women and Canadian women. How is menopause viewed among Native American women?
Q5) _____ is a reduction in hearing acuity for high frequency tones.
A) Decibelitis
B) Presbycusis
C) Amplifycis
D) Presbyopia
Q6) Widows are more likely than widowers to establish a new sexual relationship.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Psychological Aspects of Young and Middle
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Q1) Describe the major suggestions for treating the chemically dependent person and family.
Q2) Explain how the color of rooms affects mood and productivity. What are the most arousing colors,and which colors are thought to have a calming effect?
Q3) Peck suggests it is psychologically healthy for middle-aged adults to redefine the men and women in their lives so that they value them as sex objects,rather than friends and companions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In Levinson's theory,"becoming one's own man" phase occurs in the middle to late 40s.
A)True
B)False
Q5) When a high-status person and a low-status person are looking at each other,the high-status person tends to look away first.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Define social intelligence.
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Q7) Evaluate Levinson's theories when applied to women.
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Chapter 12: Sociological Aspects of Young and Middle
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Q1) The following is true about the problem-solving approach to resolving conflict:
A) The conflict is defined as a win-lose situation
B) Each side seeks solutions to meet only its needs
C) Each side attempts to force the other side into submission
D) Each side honestly and openly communicates its goals, needs, and ideas
Q2) A key factor in how traumatic a divorce will be for a child is how well the parents deal with the child's concerns,fears,questions,and anxieties.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to Cameron-Bandler,a couple in which of the following relationship stage tend to focus on the positive qualities of each other:
A) Expectation
B) Verification
C) Threshold/perceptual reorientation
D) Appreciation
Q4) The culture-of-poverty theory has been criticized as a classic example of blaming the victim.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) Homophobia may involve some people's attempts to deny homosexual feelings in themselves.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The "don't ask,don't tel" policy related to lesbians and gays in the military was repealed by President Barack Obama.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Regarding gay and lesbian military personnel:
A) Harassment and discrimination against gays in the military have now stopped
B) The Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy is still the basic regulation
C) Spouses of gays and lesbians may now receive spousal benefits
D) A scientifically-sound survey found that almost forty percent have divulged their nonheterosexual orientation
Q4) Do you believe there should be same-sex marriages? Why or why not?
Q5) Gay and lesbian people have lifestyles that are just as varied as those of heterosexuals.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Biological Aspects of Later Adulthood
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Q1) At the time of this writing,there are no disadvantages to genetic testing.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In Japan,old age is a mark of status.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Do the potential benefits of genetic testing outweigh the potential dangers? Explain your reasons.
Q4) Aging aspects of sexual response in females include:
A) Lubrication occurs more rapidly
B) Amount of lubrication increases
C) The orgasmic phase is usually longer in duration
D) Clitoris may become smaller
Q5) What is later adulthood?
Q6) List ten signals that could be used to measure too high a level of stress.
Q7) Gerontologists have labeled people aged 75 and above as:
A) Old-old
B) Mid-old
C) Ancient
D) Really old
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Chapter 15: Psychological Aspects of Later Adulthood
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Q1) List and describe the three key psychological adjustments suggested by Peck that must be made in order to make later adulthood meaningful and gratifying.
Q2) A major reason people are uncomfortable about death is because in our culture we are socialized to avoid seeing death as a natural process of life.
A)True
B)False
Q3) This type of grandparent has periodic contact with the grandchildren generally on birthdays and holidays,but is quite uninvolved with their lives:
A) Distant figure
B) Fun seeker
C) Reservoir of family wisdom
D) Formal figure
Q4) It is important in later adulthood to maintain interest in friends and family.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What hobbies do you see yourself interested in when you are retired? Do you think you will be able to continue enjoying these hobbies if you have arthritis or some other physical ailment?
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Chapter 16: Sociological Aspects of Later Adulthood
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Q1) Older people who live in urban areas generally have a higher status than those living in rural areas.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Summarize the major complaints that have been made about nursing homes. If a family is considering placing a relative in a nursing home,what actions should the family take to increase the chances of selecting a home that provides quality care?
Q3) Single-family residences where the owners of the home take in an unrelated older adult and are reimbursed for providing housing,meals,housekeeping,and personal care are called:
A) Congregate housing facilities
B) Group homes
C) Continued care retirement communities
D) Foster-care homes
Q4) The fastest-growing age group in terms of proportion of the total population is:
A) Young children
B) Adolescents
C) Middle-aged adults
D) The old-old
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