Chapter 1-2

Question 1

Laissez-faire

Answer 1

based on limited govt involvement, individualism

Question 2

Conservative perspective

Answer 2

individuals are responsible for taking care of themselves with little or no govt intervention

Question 3

Humanitarianism

Answer 3

dominant vale that guided the development of social welfare system

Question 4

Social work

Answer 4

primary profession that works within the social welfare system and those the system serves

Question 5

Social welfare

Answer 5

services provided to the poor, govt expenditures, tax breaks for members of upper/middle class

Question 6

Liberal perspective

Answer 6

govt is responsible for ensuing the availability of social & economic structures ( support for those who cannot meet their own needs)

Question 7

Residual perspective

Answer 7

views social welfare as serving only those with the most problems or greatest need ( supports individualism)

Question 8

Institutional perspective

Answer 8

everyone has needs throughout life, society is responsible for supporting those needs by providing services & benefits

Question 9

The statute of laborers act

Answer 9

required all able-bodied individuals to accept any type of employment within their parish

Question 10

The poor law reform act 1834

Answer 10

mandated that all reforms of outdoor relief be abolished

Question 11

Indoor relief

Answer 11

placing those who could not care for themselves in settings other than their own homes

Question 12

Outdoor relief

Answer 12

providing cash assistance that allowed individuals to remain in their own homes

Question 13

New deal

Answer 13

emergency legislation that provided assistance for the jobless & poor

Question 14

Social security act 1935

Answer 14

economic system+vacillation=invariable leave many people without resources +- unemployment

Question 15

Public assistance

Answer 15

based on NEED

Question 16

Social services do?

Answer 16

advocate for social & economic justice, assist persons/families/groups improving their lives

Question 17

Enlightenment

Answer 17

introduced the idea of individualism & personal responsibility

Question 18

A dialectical process

Answer 18

discussion of the opposing “truths”

Question 19

Social services influenced by?

Answer 19

Judea christian humanitarianism, social darwinism

Question 20

Elizabethan poor laws 1600s

Answer 20

1.govt responsible for those in need
2. govt authority to force people to work
3. govt enforcement of family responsibility
4. local responsibility

Question 21

Categorization of poor

Answer 21

worthy poor( children, age, disability)
able-bodied (unworthy poor)

Question 22

Rev War

Answer 22

move to outdoor relief, in-kind benefits

Question 23

specialization & social action ( Dodrthea Dix)

Answer 23

campaigned to improve the treatment of the mentally ill in jails & almshouses

Question 24

Social action ( settlement house movement Jane Addams)

Answer 24

the idea that impoverished neighborhoods resulted from economical educational & political exclusion rather than individual deficiencies

Question 25

Social instance

Answer 25

( “universal “ programs) not based on need (social security)

Question 26

Public assistance

Answer 26

(based on need) “welfare”

Question 27

medicare

Answer 27

65-older

Question 28

medicaid

Answer 28

for impoverished, below poverty lines

Question 29

food stamps

Answer 29

(SNAP) Amendment Social Security Act

Question 30

The Clinton years

Answer 30

1. aid to families with dependent children ( entitlement)
2. TEMPORARY assistance to needy families

Question 31

Social services obstacles

Answer 31

health care reform (top priority) (mandate workers for health insurance)

Question 32

Values

Answer 32

committed to the dignity, with and value of all persons regardless of class,race, etc …

Question 33

Ethics

Answer 33

professional ethics relate to the moral principles of practice ( Ethics provide our FRAMEWORK for practice)

Question 34

Why people have problems

Answer 34

sin/fall, environment, socialization, cultural differences, opportunity striuctures