[OB] Chapter 3: The Social Work Profession Flashcards
According to __________,
Social work seeks to enhance the __________ of individuals, singularly and in groups, by activities focused upon their social relationships which constitute interaction between individuals and their environments.
Wernes Boehm, social functioning
According to __________,
The general assignment for the social work profession is to __________ through which the individual and society reach out to each other through a mutual need for self-fulfillment.
William Schwartz, mediate the process
According to __________,
The central focus social work traditionally seems to have been on the person-in-his-life-situation complex — a simultaneous dual focus on __________.
William Gordon, man and his environment
According to __________,
__________ is the relation between the coping activity of people and the demand from the environment. This dual focus ties them together.
Harriet Barlett, Social functioning
__________ is a network of overlapping social systems and social situations, including ecological systems, cultures and institutions.
Social environment
According to __________,
Social workers become involved when individuals are having difficulty in __________ with other people; in growing so as to maximize their __________; and in meeting the demands of the __________.
Louise C. Johnson, relationship, potential, environment
A __________ is a smaller, more immediate environment that “has meaning for the individual and that is uniquely perceived and interpreted by him, in which he has one or more status — roles and identities, is a group member and role performer.
social situation
It is the social recognized pattern of behaviors and activities expected from an individual occupying a certain position in society.
social role
Social workers’ efforts are aimed at changing the nature of the __________.
person-situation interaction.
This function of social work is to assist individuals and groups to solve or minimize problems arising out of a disequilibrium between themselves and the environment.
restorative function
This function of social work is to identify potential areas of disequilibrium between individuals or groups and the environment in order to prevent the occurrence of disequilibrium.
preventive function
This function of social work is to seek out, identify, and strengthen the maximum potential in individuals, groups, and communities.
developmental function.
The five elements constitute the distinguishing attributes of a profession.
- systematic body of knowledge;
- professional authority;
- community sanction;
- regulative code of ethics; and
- professional culture.
The three types of knowledge which social work uses are:
- tested knowledge;
- hypothetical knowledge; and
- assumptive knowledge
