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Quiz 1-7 Flashcards

1
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The value that is not considered to be a core value of the profession of social work

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Persuasiveness

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Critics of Dorothea Dix argued that ?

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She was not above using exaggeration or outright lies to advance her cause

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The 1921 passage of the Sheppard -Towner Act had little impact on maternal and child health programs in the states

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False

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4
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Social work practice consists of the professional application of social work values, principles and techniques to all but which of the following ends?

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Convincing clients of the best possible choices to make regarding their lives

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Granting all citizens the same rights, protections, opportunities, obligations, and social benefits regardless of background or membership in diverse groups, aligns with the core social work value of ?

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Social justice

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6
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Why was the affordable Care Act controversial?

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It expands the role of the federal government

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Both the Elizabethan poor laws and early laws among the American settlers distinguished between what two groups?

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The deserving poor and the non deserving poor

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The number of nonprofit hospitals in the US has increased since 1990?

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True

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9
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_is the array of governmental programs, services, and institutions designed to maintain the stability and well being of society

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Social welfare

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During the late 19th century and the early 20th century charity organizations recognized the need for trainee staff so they developed paid positions whose duties involved visiting families and indigent persons to investigate applications for charity this position was called what ?

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Agent

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11
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The affordable care act requires that ?

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Plans allow dependent children to stay on their parents plans

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Who was the most prominent figure associated with the settlement movement in the United States and went on to win a Nobel peace prize for his work?

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Jane Addams

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What distinguished the settlement movement from earlier philanthropy efforts?

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Focus on the environment factors associated with poverty

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14
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What constitutes self awareness in a social work practitioner?

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The ability to clearly understand one’s own strengths weaknesses thoughts and beliefs

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15
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How did social workers respond to the Great Depression in America?

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Rekindle the cause orientation that had been abandoned in the 1920s

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One of the differences between the professional practice of counseling and social work practice is that counseling….

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Focuses mostly on the individuals own understanding of his or her problems

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17
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Empowerment involves what changes ?

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Outward and inward

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18
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What did W. E.B Du Bois do in 1909 to promote the cause of racial injustice?

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Formed the NAACP

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19
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Studies show consistently higher rates of depression schizophrenia addiction and other disorders among low income populations?

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True

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20
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The us department of justice reported in 2006 that _ of prison and jail inmates suffered from a recent mental health problem

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Over half

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21
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During what does the social worker and client monitor the plan to make sure their strategies are being followed and to adjustments as deemed necessary?

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Implementation

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22
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Which step of the change process accentuates the accountability inherent in the process?

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Evaluation

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23
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Social workers often feel compelled to fight on the behalf of a client. This reflects social workers commitment to what?

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Advocacy

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24
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The belief that one’s own ethnic group and way of life are superior to others

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Ethnocentrism

25
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Which role of social work intervenes and resolves disputes in a fair and equitable fashion, finds common ground compromises while reconciling differences and assumes a neutral role ?

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Mediator

26
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Which of the following does the text identify as a limitation to americas social welfare system?

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Failure to create upward class Mobility for clients

27
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The social works profession dual responsibility is to ?

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Influence social and individual change

28
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What is mutual aid ?

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An informal system in which people take care of each other in times of need as was common during colonial times

29
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One of the significant differences between social workers and other service professionals is that social workers are expected to know and care about?

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Clients environments

30
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The basic areas of concentrated study in an MSW program include all but which of the following?

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Assessment and diagnosis

31
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Managed care organizations sometimes use physician incentive plans to ?

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Pass the risk of high cost patients to physicians

32
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Supporting research on psychiatric disorders training mental health personnel through grants and fellowships and providing state grants to establish clients are the three main goals of the ?

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National mental health act

33
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What is the term for a visualization tool that social workers can use in the systems approach to allow clients to view and subsequently describe their system?

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Ecological map

34
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Social workers are professional _ which means they work to influence social policies affecting their clients and their environments?

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Social activists

35
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Under the 1951 international health regulations nations report to the _ about the occurrence of certain infectious diseases?

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World health organization

36
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A social worker who has become well known for her writing and speaking on subjects like vulnerability and shame is ?

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Brene Brown

37
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The community living assistance services and support act would?

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Provide funding to expand community care alternatives for people with disabilities

38
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Direct practice in social work involves?

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One one interaction with clients

39
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Only a small minority of mentally I’ll persons commit violent acts ?

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True

40
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The life expectancy for Japanese people is more than four years longer than that for Americans

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True

41
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Under Medicaid managed care MCO’s ?

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Receive a fixed amount for each Medical beneficiary they enroll

42
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What movement first set the stage for psychiatric social workers to move out of asylums and into community clinics and the schools?

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Mental hygiene

43
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The food stamp program was established…. ?

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As part of president Johnson’s movement toward a great society

44
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The goal of _ is to address problematic interactions between persons and their environments or surroundings

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Generalist social work

45
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Friendly visitors conducted regular home visits under the direction of ?

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Charity organization societies

46
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A value that is not considered to be a core value of the profession of social work

A

Persuasiveness

47
Q

Granting all citizens the same rights protections opportunities obligations and social benefits regardless of background or membership in diverse groups aligns with the core social work value of ?

A

Social justice

48
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The council on social work education?

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Is the arbiter of social work education programs in colleges and universities

49
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Which role of social work provides direct services that help clients articulate their needs problems and goals and explores options and strategies for change in light of clients strengths and resources?

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Counselor

50
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Social work practice requires collaboration with informal groups and formal networks this collaboration creates?

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Collective power that maximizes existing strengths

51
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Which of the following is not a component of the de facto mental health service system?

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The insurance sector

52
Q

The increased demand for social work professionals is related to the ?

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Increased demand for social services and health care

53
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Mary Richmond made what type of contribution to the early profession of social work in 1917?

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Authored the first social work text , social diagnosis

54
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People who express and agree with a liberal ideology are most likely to say which of the following?

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The government should provide a robust safety net for the needs of the poor

55
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The past two decades have seen two major expansions to the Medicare program. Which one of these was quickly repealed?

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The Medicare catastrophic coverage act

56
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Private insurance has become an important source of funding for mental health care which of the following is true ?

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Federal law requires that insurance plans that offer mental health coverage provide comparable benefits for mental and physical illness

57
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A bachelors degree in social work

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Is considered an entry level degree for the social work profession

58
Q

Which two historical events had the greatest impact on the profession of social work?

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Great Depression and New Deal

59
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Critics of forest health dix argued that ?

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She was not above using exaggeration or outright lies to advance her cause

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