Modern Social Work Theory - Chapter 9

Question 1

A system must have input from the outside or it will run down and die.

Answer 1

Entropy

Question 2

Stressors can be in the form of a person, family, or community and apply energy to the system.

Answer 2

Life stressors

Question 3

The idea that the whole may be more than the sum of the parts.

Answer 3

Non-summativity

Question 4

If one part of a system changes, that change interacts with all the other parts and thus in turn creates change.

Answer 4

Reciprocity

Question 5

The idea that a system can incorporate change without changing identity.

Answer 5

Steady state

Question 6

People’s needs, capacities and goals may or may not fit well to their environment and adaptive exchanges release and support adaptedness

Answer 6

Adaptation, adaptedness, fit

Question 7

Habitat is the physical and social context within which people live Power, powerlessness, pollution Abuse of power in support of sectional interests creates social and environmental pollution

Answer 7

Habitat, niche

Question 8

the non-uniform pathways of biopsychosocial human and environmental development, involving historical, individual and social time

Answer 8

Life course

Question 9

Transitions and events that disturb the fit and adaptedness between person and environment leading to stress that is beyond our ability to cope

Answer 9

Life stressors

Question 10

the capacity to bounce back from adverse events, assisted by protective factors in the person or their environment and exchanges between these.

Answer 10

Resilience

Question 11

___________ theory does present useful language and ideas. It has led to useful developments in networking and social support systems as part of social work, even while failing to incorporate critical and transformational social ideologies.

Answer 11

Systems theory

Question 12

__________ and ___________ theories differ a great deal from traditional social work practice’s individualization and psychological orientation.

Answer 12

Systems and ecological theories

Question 13

This theory also lacks a framework of understanding that clearly suggests the level and type of interventions required in specific circumstances.

Answer 13

Systems theory

Question 14

What are the five characteristics of a system?

Answer 14

Steady state
Equilibrium
Differentiation
Non-summativity
Reciprocity