Introduction to Social Work Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Introduction to Social Work provides students with a comprehensive overview of the social work profession, its core values, history, and diverse practice areas. The course explores the foundational concepts of social justice, diversity, and advocacy, examining how social workers engage with individuals, families, groups, and communities to address complex social issues. Through discussions of ethical frameworks, policy contexts, and evidence-based practice, students gain an understanding of the skills and roles required in various social work settings. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking, self-awareness, and effective communication, preparing students for further studies or entry-level engagement in the field.
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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) A human ecology perspective of a community involves how its members feel about themselves and interact with one another.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) "Recognize the extent to which a culture's structures and values may oppress,marginalize,alienate,or create or enhance privilege and power" is a practice behavior listed under which of the following Educational Policy and Standards Core Competencies:
A) EPAS 2.1.1 Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly
B) EPAS 2.1.4 Engage diversity and difference in practice
C) EPAS 2.1.5 Advance human rights and social and economic justice
D) EPAS 2.1.7 Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment
Answer: B
Q3) 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) Three-year-olds tend to pay close attention to the adults around them and are eager to please.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Approximately 1 in every _____ babies born in the United States has a low birth weight.
A) 8
B) 12
C) 16
D) 20
Answer: B
Q3) At _____,children's vocabularies consist of more than three but less than fifty words.
A) 1 year
B) 18 months
C) 2 years
D) 3 years
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Psychological Development in Infancy and Childhood
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Q1) Vygotsky defined "supervising" as the process whereby adults help children learn how to think.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which of the following is used to define intellectual disabilities:
A) Achieving a score of 80 to 90 in general functioning on IQ tests
B) Impairment in adaptive functioning
C) Must manifest itself before age eight
Answer: B
Q3) It is often difficult to identify learning disabilities at first because the children function normally in other areas.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Most neo-Freudians were experimental researchers and scientists.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Social Development in Infancy and Childhood
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Q1) Social reinforcers include:
A) Activities
B) Physical praise
C) Tokens
D) Toys
Q2) Surrogate parenting has been a pattern for African American grandparents in U.S.society.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Cinco de Mayo is:
A) Bolivia's national day of prayer, honoring Simon Bolivar
B) The day Santa Ana invaded the Alamo
C) A day of celebration in Spain, commemorating its independence from Portugal
D) The day a small Mexican army defeated a French battalion
Q4) Name and describe the six levels of social play according to Parten.
Q5) According to Judaism,mourning the death of a family member ends after twenty days.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe the characteristics of the victims and perpetrators of child abuse.
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Chapter 5: Ethnocentrism and Racism
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Q1) Define Anglo-conformity.
Q2) The U.S.Supreme Court decision which ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional was decided in:
A) 1935
B) 1954
C) 1963
D) 1971
Q3) De facto discrimination is always illegal.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Summarize the five strengths identified by the National Urban League that allow African American families to function effectively in a racist society.
Q5) In 1997,_____ passed an affirmative action ban.
A) Michigan
B) California
C) Wisconsin
D) Florida
Q6) List eight examples of white privilege.
Q7) Describe the Afrocentric Perspective and Worldview.
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Chapter 6: Biological Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Cite and describe four contraceptive methods listed in this chapter that are being investigated for future use.
Q2) Describe four major means of contraception available today. Compare and contrast these means in terms of effectiveness,advantages,and disadvantages.
Q3) The word puberty is derived from a Latin word meaning to:
A) Develop sex muscles
B) Grow hairy
C) Shed baby fat
D) Begin adulthood
Q4) First intercourse tends to occur earlier now than it did in the past.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast primary and secondary sex characteristics.
Q6) In about 90 percent of _____ cases,the body's immune system will clear up the virus within about two years.
A) Human immunodeficiency virus
B) Scabies
C) Trichomoniasis
D) Human papillomavirus
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Chapter 7: Psychological Development in Adolescence
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Q1) If someone threatens suicide,remaining calm and focusing on the problem are among suggestions for how to treat him or her.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Gilligan maintains that women are more likely to adopt a care perspective than a justice perspective.
A)True
B)False
Q3) List and explain Marcia's four categories of identity.
Q4) Critical thinking about the meaning of life characterizes Stage ____ of Fowler's Theory of Faith Development.
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
Q5) List eight specific suggestions for how to treat a potentially suicidal person.
Q6) Assertiveness involves specific skills that can be taught.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Social Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Outline the causes of anorexia nervosa,bulimia nervosa,and compulsive overeating.
Q2) Rational therapy asserts that our self-talk primarily determines how we feel,and by changing our self-talk we can change any unwanted emotion.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A status offense for a juvenile is:
A) Armed robbery
B) Rape
C) Arson
D) Running away from home
Q4) Depression tends to be present in parents or other family members of people with eating disorders.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Machiavellian leadership involves leadership being conceptualized in terms of manipulation for self-enhancement.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Gender,Gender Identity,Gender Expression,and Sexism
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Q1) African American females live an average of about _____ years longer than their male counterparts.
A) 7
B) 9
C) 11
D) 13
Q2) Most rapists:
A) Tend to come from passive, non-violent family environments
B) Are not usually promiscuous
C) Have a history of delinquency
D) Really like women
Q3) When communicating with others,it is clear that who interrupts and who gets interrupted is about power.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is transgenderism?
Q5) List four suggestions for confronting sexual harassment.
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Q6) List and explain six reasons why a battered woman might choose to stay in an abusive situation.
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Chapter 10: Biological Aspects of Young and Middle
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Q1) What are the primary ways in which HIV is transmitted from one person to another?
Q2) Which of the following is true regarding middle-age pregnancies:
A) Middle age pregnancies do not present any additional health risks than pregnancies at a younger age
B) The risk of Down syndrome is greater with older parents
C) Spontaneous abortions are more common in women who become pregnant before the age of forty years
D) Younger women are more apt to have a prolonged labor than older women
Q3) Describe the findings regarding sex in widowhood and sex among the never married.
Q4) Many people who are infected by HIV will eventually develop AIDS. A)True
B)False
Q5) The United States homicide rate is _____ times the rate in Canada.
A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20
Q6) Describe the possible changes that occur during male climacteric.
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Chapter 11: Psychological Aspects of Young and Middle
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Q1) What are two of the most common date-rape drugs? What should a woman do to protect herself?
Q2) _____ is unhealthy behavior learned amid chaos,when a person is so trapped by a loved one's addiction that they lose their own identity due to the trauma created by the addict.
A) Codependency
B) Resistance
C) Rationalization
D) Minimization
Q3) Briefly summarize the concept of codependency. In treatment,what does a co-dependent generally need to understand or recognize?
Q4) Teachers often use the following space zone:
A) Intimate zone
B) Personal zone
C) Social zone
D) Public zone
Q5) Emotional intelligence is the opposite of cognitive intelligence.
A)True
B)False
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Q6) Explain neuro-linguistic programming.
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Chapter 12: Sociological Aspects of Young and Middle
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Q1) Which of the following is true:
A) The United States is characterized by social stratification
B) Net worth refers to your total assets only
C) Wealth refers to the amount of money a person makes in a given period
D) People who live in urban areas have a higher incidence of poverty than those who live in rural areas
Q2) With a quality circle approach,employees and management routinely meet to brainstorm about ways to improve productivity and quality.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The following model of organizational behavior emphasizes the team concept:
A) Autocratic model
B) Custodial model
C) Scientific management model
D) Collegial model
Q4) What is involved in Theory Z?
Q5) What is the developmental perspective on social problems and social programs?
Q6) Divorce rates are lower for Protestants than for Catholics or Jews.
A)True
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Chapter 13: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) In surgeries for transgender people,_____ operations have been more common than the reverse.
A) Male-to-female
B) Female-to-male
Q2) Define homophobia.
Q3) While having sexual intercourse with his wife,a man frequently fantasizes about having sexual relations with other men. He has never had any actual sexual contact with a man in his adult life. Is he a homosexual?
Q4) A homosexual is a person who is attracted primarily to people of the same gender to satisfy their sexual and affectional needs.
A)True
B)False
Q5) According to Kinsey's study,about ____ percent of men were gay throughout their lives.
A) 1
B) 4
C) 7
D) 10
Q6) Discuss the current situation concerning gay and lesbian people and AIDS.
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Chapter 14: Biological Aspects of Later Adulthood
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Q1) Insecurity tends to accelerate the aging process.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How do sleep patterns change in later adulthood?
Q3) Within a family group,the rate of aging shows a high positive correlation with genetic factors for the different family members.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Progressive muscle relaxation is based on the principle that a person cannot be anxious when his or her muscles are relaxed.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The process of aging is called senescence.
A)True
B)False
Q6) In later adulthood,what changes occur in: (a)the muscular structure,(b)respiration,and (c)the heart?
Q7) List ten signals that could be used to measure too high a level of stress.
Q8) List the top four causes of death among older people.
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Chapter 15: Psychological Aspects of Later Adulthood
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Q1) Couples who are still married in their later years are more likely than younger couples to state that their marriages are full of problems.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Talmud is the second most important text for this religion:
A) Judaism
B) Buddhism
C) Christianity
D) Islam
Q3) Health and adequate income are two factors closely related to life satisfaction in later adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q4) This type of grandparent assumes considerable caretaking responsibilities usually because the parents are working or because the mother is single and working:
A) Surrogate parent
B) Distant figure
C) Fun seeker
D) Reservoir of family wisdom
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Chapter 16: Sociological Aspects of Later Adulthood
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Q1) A 2001 study found that _____ of the nursing homes in the U.S.had been cited by state inspectors as being abusive to residents in 1999 and 2000.
A) One-quarter
B) One-third
C) One-half
D) Three-quarters
Q2) Most older people who retire enjoy a golden age of traveling,relaxing,and financial security.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe the Old Age,Survivors,Disability,and Health Insurance program.
Q4) Identify five factors that predict high status for older people in a culture.
Q5) Long-term housing facilities which are designed to provide a full range of accommodations and services for affluent older people as their needs change are called:
A) Congregate housing facilities
B) Assisted-living facilities
C) Continued care retirement communities
D) Foster-care homes
Q6) What is the purpose of the AARP?
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