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This course explores the structures, roles, and impact of community and social services within society. Students will examine the historical development of social services, key theoretical frameworks, and the range of programs available to diverse populations. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between social policies and services, the roles of professionals and volunteers, and the importance of cultural competence and ethical practice. Through case studies and practical activities, learners will gain an understanding of community needs assessment, advocacy, intervention strategies, and program evaluation, preparing them for effective participation in the social services sector.
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The Family Dynamic A Canadian Perspective 5th Edition by Margaret Ward
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Chapter 1: What Is a Family
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Q1) Like many lesbians,Janet considers close friends in the homosexual community as family members.What type of definition of the family is she using?
A) legal
B) social
C) personal
D) illegal
Answer: C
Q2) Why is it important to study theories of the family?
A) They provide evidence for how families function.
B) They help to shape government policies and methods of therapy.
C) "Blood" or genetic relationships are important.
D) Each one can provide a comprehensive explanation of family life.
Answer: B
Q3) According to the text,what is the main strength of the ecological theory?
A) its basis for shaping social policies
B) its explanations of how society and family interact
C) its exploration of how family members influence each other
D) its ability to explain change that occurs in society as a whole
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Being Different
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Q1) The 2006 Canadian Census found that mixed-race marriage and common-law unions had increased ___________ times faster than all other unions combined.
Answer: five
Q2) Of all the provinces in Canada,____________________ has the highest proportion of married couples.
Answer: Ontario
Q3) In residential schools,what happened to Aboriginal children?
A) They were taught traditional skills in hunting, fishing, and gathering.
B) They experienced a harsh and sometimes abusive military-like regime.
C) They were forced to earn status through fighting and gift-giving.
D) They were able to maintain buffalo-hunting and sun-dances but no other aspects of their culture.
Answer: B
Q4) The majority usually has a sense of ____________,the notion that its way is the right way and any other is wrong.
Answer: superiority
Q5) There may be a(n)____________ if the majority feels endangered by human rights activism.
Answer: backlash
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Chapter 3: Getting Together
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Q1) Moving in together,or ____________________,has become increasingly common for couples of all ages.
Answer: cohabitation
Q2) According to the text,what are two major problems in relationships?
A) unrequited love and stalking
B) love gone bad and sex gone bad
C) Internet infidelity and sexual incompatibility
D) intimacy and obsession
Answer: B
Q3) When Marie came to New France,she was expected to marry soon after her arrival.She was also provided a dowry at the king's expense.What was Marie known as?
A) an opportunist
B) a silly girl
C) a daughter of the king
D) a king's servant
Answer: C
Q4) In the era of early fur traders,many men in Canada formed unions with
Answer: Aboriginal women
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Chapter 4: Wedding Bells and After
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Q1) According to the text,what occurs in a marriage with conventional roles?
A) There is a breadwinner husband and homemaker wife.
B) Both partners work and share household chores.
C) Both partners are dedicated to their careers and often purchase household services.
D) There is a breadwinner wife and homemaker husband.
Q2) According to the text,in Quebec,what happens to marriages following cohabitation?
A) They end in divorce more often than marriages without prior cohabitation.
B) They are more stable than marriages without prior cohabitation.
C) They face greater risk of separation if the partners cohabited only once.
D) They are at the same risk of disruption as marriages entered directly.
Q3) Before 1859,what were women's rights in Upper Canada?
A) Women had rights to all property brought into the marriage.
B) Women lost any right to money they earned when they married.
C) Women could bequeath their property to anyone they chose.
D) Women could leave their property only to their husbands and children.
Q4) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both cohabitation and marriage.
Q5) A(n)____________________ society is one in which the man is dominant.
Q6) Discuss the difficulties facing dual-earner couples.
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Chapter 5: Children Yes or No
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Q1) The morality of abortion is related to the moment ____________________ is presumed to begin.
Q2) List four factors contributing to the falling birth rate in Canada.
Q3) According to the text,why did having many children make sense in an earlier rural economy?
A) There was always plenty of food to eat.
B) People had limited access to contraceptives.
C) Children and animals are natural companions.
D) Children provided the best social security system.
Q4) Sometimes couples undergoing fertility treatment feel as if the doctor is watching them over the bedpost.What is the result?
A) Their spontaneity increases.
B) Their sex life can suffer.
C) The infertile partner gains power.
D) They check to make sure she isn't there.
Q5) What is the goal of germ-line therapy?
A) to clone a human being
B) to substitute a healthy gene for a defective one
C) to treat a defect in a baby before he or she is born
D) to find a universal vaccine against viruses
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Chapter 6: Bringing up Baby
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Q1) Explain the importance of siblings as role models.
Q2) According to the text,when considering socialization,what do feminist thinkers look at?
A) the way inequities in society are maintained from one generation to the next
B) how the transmission of cultural norms ensures the stability of families and society
C) how socialization occurs through the day-to-day relationships of individual family members
D) the way family subsystems and boundaries shape children
Q3) According to the text,how do family stories help socialize children?
A) by emphasizing family values
B) by putting down family traditions
C) by discouraging family identity
D) by weaving families and kin together
Q4) A relationship that belongs to a particular role rather being a matter of choice is a(n)____________________ relationship.
Q5) What is the role of family storytelling in the socialization of children?
Q6) Indicate possible negative effects of peer relationships.
Q7) Briefly explain what is meant by birth-order effect.Give an example.
Q8) Identify and describe influences on children's gender-role socialization.
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Q1) What does the "revolving door" refer to?
A) the rat race many middle-aged people are trapped in
B) the fact that elderly parents move in with their children
C) the return home of a child who earlier moved out
D) the need to provide daycare for grandchildren
Q2) Erik Erikson states that the key issue in middle age is _______________________.
Q3) Compared to young people of the same age in the past,what do emerging adults today have more of?
A) freedom and choices
B) responsibilities and stressors
C) money and status
D) friends and romantic partners
Q4) Discuss changes that may occur in the marital relationship at midlife.
Q5) According to the text,which of the following is UNLIKELY to be a reason for greater interest in sex at midlife?
A) After menopause, there is no need to fear pregnancy.
B) Now that children are gone, there are fewer interruptions.
C) Sex has become a habit that is hard to give up.
D) Men's slowed response time allows a more relaxed approach.
Q6) Indicate the developmental tasks that face young adults.
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Chapter 8: Grey Power and the Sunset Years
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Q1) According to the text,what is one concern about the increase in elderly people?
A) the lack of jobs for younger people in institutions
B) the tax base required to provide services
C) increasing ageism in the attitudes of the elderly
D) growing independence leading to empty places in nursing homes
Q2) According to the text,what family do most older people have?
A) large families
B) no children at all
C) at least one living child
D) no children living nearby
Q3) Catherine's daughter left her three-year-old son with Catherine for "a few days" but has not returned in three months.What is likely to be a legal or financial issue for Catherine?
A) Catherine will have to assume full legal responsibility and authority for her grandson.
B) The grandson will be covered for private medical but not dental insurance under Catherine's plan.
C) The grandson will not be a tax deduction for Catherine.
D) Catherine's daughter will never be able to reclaim her child.
Q4) Briefly describe how women are disadvantaged in relation to pensions.
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Chapter 9: The Lone-Parent Familythe Future Majority
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Q1) Elise,Sarah,Jess,and Madhur are all single mothers. Who is most likely to marry,separate,divorce,and remarry?
A) Elise, a teen mother
B) Sarah, a widowed mother
C) Jess, a cohabiting mother
D) Madhur, a lesbian mother
Q2) Anya has recently had a baby at the age of 16.According to the text,which of the following is LEAST likely to be true of her situation?
A) She has not completed her education or training for employment.
B) She has become emotionally independent from her family of origin.
C) She and her baby are living below the poverty line.
D) She has not developed a clear sense of her own identity.
Q3) The level of income below which an individual family is considered to be poor is called the ____________________.
Q4) Nearly ________________ of lone-mother families lived below the poverty line in 2003..
Q5) Discuss possible explanations for differences between children raised in one- and two-parent families.
Q6) State two stereotypes concerning teen mothers.
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Chapter 10: Coming Apartthe Divorce Experience
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Q1) Zack and Chloe,who have just separated,are still having many fights,particularly about their children.According to the text,what is an important task they need to accomplish?
A) learning to get a response from each other
B) separating marital and parental relationships
C) combining parental and ex-partner relationships
D) developing strong boundary ambiguity
Q2) What happened in English common law prior to the 19th century?
A) Mothers were usually granted custody.
B) The best interests of the child were important for custody decisions.
C) There was a strong movement toward joint custody.
D) Fathers had automatic right to custody of their children.
Q3) According to the text,what is children's adjustment to their parents' divorce probably most affected by?
A) the level of parental conflict
B) the sleeper effect
C) custody arrangements
D) the level of parental involvement
Q4) Briefly explain the importance of the Irene Murdoch case.
Q5) Discuss the impact of divorce on children.
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Chapter 11: The Second Time Around
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Q1) What might the problems a stepmother experiences be partly due to?
A) trying to overcome the wicked stepmother myth by trying too hard
B) taking away the past pain the stepchildren have experienced
C) holding up the nonresidential parent as a glowing example of parenting
D) taking realistic expectations into the stepfamily
Q2) According to the text,which of the following is NOT a reason that the relationship between stepparent and stepchild is important?
A) The stepparent relationship lasts only as long as the marriage does.
B) Many marriages are destroyed by problems in this relationship.
C) Adolescents in stepfamilies are at risk of developing behavioural problems.
D) The myths about stepparent-stepchild relations can cause family problems.
Q3) Remarried couples may be especially sensitive to conflict.According to the text,what is a healthy response?
A) conceal differences behind a shield of apparent agreement
B) have greater awareness of the feelings of the new spouse
C) blame everything on the former spouse
D) acknowledging conflict is a normal part of all relationships
Q4) Family boundaries that allow members to move through them are called ____________________ boundaries.
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Chapter 12: The Family and the World of Work
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Q1) When looking to adapt work in order to improve family life,______________ are most likely to choose a job with reduced hours.
Q2) How many mothers with school-aged children are in the paid workforce?
A) approximately three-quarters
B) approximately one-half
C) approximately two-thirds
D) approximately four-fifths
Q3) What do individuals experience when expectations from roles at home and work become so great that one or more become difficult to manage?
A) work-life conflict
B) burnout
C) stress
D) role conflict
Q4) Explain why there is no national policy for daycare in Canada.
Q5) According to the text,which of the following is true of shift work?
A) It is not associated with greater risk for separation.
B) Weekend workers experience the highest levels of stress.
C) It is likely to become more common in the future.
D) It is associated with marital dissatisfaction in women.
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Chapter 13: The Family Beleaguered When Problems Come
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Q1) When might a family face a crisis if the onset of a chronic disorder is gradual?
A) after a period of about six months
B) when they realize something is wrong
C) after a period of about a year
D) when the disorder is diagnosed
Q2) Where do a disproportionate number of children with disabilities live?
A) with extended family
B) with single mothers
C) with nuclear families
D) in institutions
Q3) A(n)____________________ characteristic is one that damages a person's reputation.
Q4) An imbalance in demands placed on an individual or family and their inability to meet the demands leads to a(n)____________________.
Q5) What are special-interest groups? How do they affect the perception of a problem?
Q6) Define "vested interests" and briefly explain how they influence what is considered a problem.
Q7) ____________________ changes are ones expected as part of the family life cycle.
Q8) A prolonged illness is called a(n)____________________ illness.
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Chapter 14: Home Dangerous Home: Abuse and Violence in the Family
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Q1) What is one reason women living in isolated areas are at particular risk if they are abused?
A) They face language and cultural difficulties in getting help.
B) There are too many violent role models in the community.
C) It may be hard to ask for help because there is little anonymity.
D) They may be rejected by their ethnic community.
Q2) ____________________ is a situation in which a person takes advantage of a less powerful person.
Q3) Prior to 1960,the Canadian Criminal Code included the separate offence of wife battering.Which of the following was involved in this offence?
A) The penalties were more severe than for violence against a stranger.
B) A man could be charged for raping his wife.
C) A man could use only a stick no bigger than his thumb.
D) The victim had to show greater injury than a stranger would.
Q4) Child development experts point out that ____________________ may escalate into child abuse.
Q5) Explain why many women remain with their abusive partners for long periods of time.
Q6) Summarize the social exchange perspective on family violence.
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Chapter 15: Poverty and the Family
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Q1) According to the text,what is workfare?
A) the practice of not reporting income earned from a job to welfare authorities
B) the practice of using a false social insurance number to work when on welfare
C) the policy of requiring able-bodied welfare recipients to train for a job or to work
D) the policy of screening applicants to make sure they are healthy enough to work
Q2) ____________________ is the policy of requiring able-bodied welfare recipients to train for a job or to be employed.
Q3) What does the current trend regarding the number of families needing emergency shelter appear to be?
A) The number of families needing emergency shelter appears to be increasing
B) The number of families needing emergency shelter appears to be staying about the same
C) The number of families needing emergency shelter appears to be decreasing
D) The number of immigrant families needing emergency shelter appears to be increasing.
Q4) Explain what is meant by the social safety net and give two examples of programs included within it.
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Chapter 16: The Crystal Ballpredicting the Future of the Family
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a benefit of the multi-generation extended family?
A) Family history and traditions are passed on.
B) More generations know each other than ever before.
C) More demands are placed on younger relatives.
D) There is a greater sense of family continuity.
Q2) Will the family survive? Give your opinion and provide a rationale to support your position.
Q3) The increase in the cost of living and high levels of unemployment call for at least two ____________________ if the family is to avoid poverty.
Q4) Explain the effects that recent changes in family configuration will have on children.Provide examples to support the points you make.
Q5) According to the text,what is one result of the fact that the family has become the focus of emotional life?
A) a loss of the power nuclear families have on individual lives
B) an increase in divorce when marriages are not emotionally satisfying
C) an increase in public displays of emotions formerly thought to be private
D) the disappearance of the family from our society
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Q6) Briefly explain why it is difficult to predict the future of the family.
Q7) Canadians can expect the age of the population to ____________________.
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