Introduction to Human Behavior and the Social Env Flashcards
What are the three main thrusts of sw?
The three main thrusts are the following:
- Social workers (SW) may help people cope with problems.
- Social workers may work with systems like social agencies, organizations, communities, and bureaucracies so people have better access to resources and services.
- Social workers can link people with with systems so clients have access to resources and opportunities.
What is the primary professional organization for sw in the U.S?
NASW
T or f? Social workers targets how individuals behave or act and how people affect each other.
True
T or f? An accurate assessment is important in the sw process.
T
T or f? There are always reasons why people behave the way they do.
T
T or f? Clients come to social workers with problems and needs.
T
T or f? Much of generalist sw practice involves individual clients and small groups.
T
T or f? Understanding and assessing human behavior includes being knowledgeable about human development.
T
The lifespan is divided up into what four main phases?
infancy/childhood, adolescence, young and middle adulthood, adulthood
ICAYMA
“Igloos can annoy young mothers always”
What theories concern the physical aspects of a person’s life?
Biological development
Beginning to walk and develop coordination are examples of what dimension?
Biological dimension
Puberty and the physical changes related to it are examples of what dimension?
Biological dimension
Biological aspects for older adults are concerned with what?
The physical changes that normally occur as people age
What development and theories emphasize individuals’ functioning cognitive thought processes?
Psychological
T or f? Psychological aspects are concerned with how people think about themselves, others, and the environment around them.
T
What development theories address people’s interaction w/others around them in the social environment?
Social
Considered together, these aspects of development are referred to as what?
Biopsychosocial development
T or f? People psychologically think about both gaining knowledge and developing their social relationships during this period of biological development.
T
T or f? Through each of the life periods, infancy and childhood, adolescence, young and middle adulthood, and later life, people tend to experience common life events related to biological, psychological and social development that occur at certain times of life.
T
T or f? Adolescence is a time when people establish identity.
T
Adolescence may be marked by running away from home or by delinquency. T or f?
T
T or f? In order to distinguish between what is normal and what is pathological, one must have a clear understanding of normal developmental milestones at any age.
T
What do normal developmental milestones include?
Significant bio, psych, emotional, intellectual, and social points of dev that normally take place in a person’s life span
BPEIS-“Blueberries project eggs in Saturday”
T or f? Normal developmental milestones provide a baseline for assessing human behavior.
T
A “population at risk” is defined as what?
“People who share some identifiable characteristic that places them at greater risk of social and economic deprivation and oppression than the general mainstream of society.”
Social workers must be aware of human differences and the effects they have on human behavior. T or f?
T
Any time an individual may be recognized as belonging to a group that differs in some respect from the majority of others in society, that individual is subject to the effects of that diversity, including discrimination and oppression. T or f?
T
T or f? People in any society might be placed on a continuum based on social status and the amount of influence they have over others.
T
T or f? Power may entail using force, authority, manipulation, or persuasion to make others alter their behavior.
T
Privilege entails what?
Special rights or benefits are enjoyed because of elevated social, political, or economic status.
People who have privilege and acclaim have greater power to influence and control the destinies of others. T or f?
T
T or f? “The inequality gap in the U.S. is the widest of all the industrialized nations. The gap continues to grow especially because of tax benefits for the affluent.”
T
T or f? These tax policies in addition to increasing the unequal distribution of wealth, increase the national debt, reducing gov spending for programs to help the less fortunate, and weaker public institutions that benefits all members of society. The widening gap increases the pol influence of the elite/wealthy.
T
T or f? The power elite in society (those who control the gov and the largest corporations) tend to come from backgrounds of privilege and wealth.
T
T or f? Bias occurs through influence over elected and appointed officials…and economic policies that affect the distribution of wealth, and prestige and acclaim that serve as a control of the masses.
T
What is a coherent group of principles, concepts, and ideas organized to explain some observable occurrence or trend?
Theory
A person-in-environment focus sees people as constantly interacting w/various sys around them including fam, friends, work, ss, politics, religion, goods and services, and educ sys. T or f?
T
Ecosystem theory fits well w/concept of person-in-env, a foundation notion in sw practice and basis for understanding the dynamics of human behavior. T or f?
T
What is a system?
Set of elements that are orderly and interrelated to make a functional whole.
What is the national accrediting body for social work educ in the U.S?
CSWE
What is the condition of “not having enough money to buy things that are considered necessary and desirable?”
Poverty
What are the borders or margins that separate one entity from another?
Boundaries
T or f? A subsystem is a secondary or subordinate sys that is a component of a larger system?
T
What is the tendency for a sys to maintain a relatively stable, constant state of balance?
Homeostasis
What is the culturally established social behavior and conduct expected of a person in any designated interpersonal relationship?
Role
What is a reciprocal, dynamic, interpersonal connection characterized by patterns of emotional exchange, communication, and behavioral interaction?
Relationship
T or f? A client may have a relationship w/an agency; one agency may have a relationship w/another agency.
T
What is the response of a sys called after receiving and processing input that affects other sys in the environment?
Output
What involves the energy, info, or comm flow received from other sys?
Input
What is a spiral form of input in which a sys receives info about its own performance?
Feedback
T or f? Positive feedback is valuable and involves a sys’s receiving info about what it’s doing right to maintain itself and thrive.
T
Getting a 97% on a history exam gives a 6th grader the info that she has material a majority of the material.
T
What is the point at which 2 sys come into contact with w/each other or communicate?
Interface
What is the mutual reliance of each person on every other person?
Interdependence
T or f? An individual is interdependent or reliant on other individuals and groups of individuals in the soc env.
T
T or f? A person can’t exist w/out other people.
T
People, especially in a highly industrialized society, are interdependent; they need each other to survive. T or f?
T
What is a number of people w/something in common that connects them in some way and that distinguishes them from others?
Community
What are structured groups of people who come together to work towards some mutual goal and perform established work activities that are divided among various units?
Organizations
T or f? Individual micro sys are continuously/seriously affected by macro sys w/which they interact w/in the social environment?
T
What includes a specific attempt to understand how organizations function, what improves or impairs the ability of an organization to accomplish its mission, and what motivates people to work toward organizational goals?
Organizational theory
Schools, public social welfare departments, and an agency operating four groups of homes for adults w/intellectual disabilities are all types of what?
Organizations
What theory has 2 main/primary components in which the first involves perspectives on the nature of communities, and the second thrust involves how sw practice w/in the community context?
Community theory
Human behavior always occurs w/in the context of what?
A community
T or f? Communities vary widely.
T
Theoretical perspectives include structural, sociopolitical, human ecology, and social systems. T or f?
T
What refers to the boundaries that define & rules governing any particular community?
Structure
What involves how members feel about themselves and interact w/one another?
Sociopolitical perspective
What are examples of political entities?
Towns, cities, villages, neighborhoods, and provinces
TCVNP- Tourettes can vilify new people
We can use a variety of theoretical perspectives to examine communities and gain a greater understanding of how they work? T or f?
T
What are some topics in individual lifespan development?
Motor development, personality development, motivation, social development, and learning
When do children begin to jump, hop, run, operate a tricycle, employ a fork effectively, and use a pair of scissors?
By age 4 or 5
T or f? Older people usually have significant changes in their sleeping patterns and take longer to fall asleep and sleep for shorter time periods at night.
T
T or f? In order to distinguish between what is typical and what is atypical, one must have a clear understanding of typical dev milestones at any age.
T
What is the term typical used for?
The term typical is used to refer to the levels of functioning considered appropriate for an age.
T or f? It is needless to worry about a baby not walking at 12 months but it must be investigated if the baby isn’t walking by 24 months.
T
What is the tendency of a system to progress toward disorganization, depletion, and death (Hint: It has to do with chemistry)?
Entropy
T or f? As time passes, older agencies and systems are eventually replaced by new ones.
True
What is the process of a system toward growth and development?
Negative entropy
What is referred to as the fact that there are many different means to the same end?
Equifinality
What question does social work assessment try to answer?
What is it in any particular situation that causes a problem to continue despite the client’s expressed wish to change it?
