Exam 2: Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare

Should homeless people who have mental illnesses be institutionalized, or should they be allowed to roam at will in the community?

One of the five dimensions that make social work unique is that social workers may focus on any problems or clusters of problems that are complex and difficult. List the other four dimensions that were listed in the text.

The text suggests using the Triple Trio approach to critical thinking.

The ______ system is the system that social workers need to change or influence in order to accomplish their goals.

Critical thinking concentrates on the process of reasoning.

The ______ perspective of social welfare views people's needs as a normal part of life.

The medical model:

The ____ perspective on social welfare programs originated after World War II in Third World countries.

According to the ______ philosophy, poverty exists to enhance the prestige and status of the middle class because they have others to look down upon.

______ is the philosophy that supports government involvement in the social, political, and economic structure so that all people's rights and privileges are protected in the name of social justice.

Should children in families suspected of child abuse be placed elsewhere, or should treatment focus on strengthening the family so that children remain in their own home?

All of the following are dimensions that make social work unique except:

Nickolai is a fifteen-year-old gang member in an urban inner city. The gang is involved in drug dealing. Nickolai's father is no longer involved with Nickolai's family. It is only Nickolai, his mother, and three younger brothers. Nickolai's mother works a six-day, nine-hour second shift job at Greasy's, an all-night diner where she slings burgers. Although she loves her children dearly, she can barely make ends meet. She has little time for their supervision, especially Nickolai's, as he is the oldest. How might Nickolai's environment be changed?

A system is a set of elements that are orderly and interrelated to make a function whole.

Should public housing be routinely provided to homeless people at public expense? State an opinion and whether that opinion is a residual or institutional perspective.

_____ is a skilled treatment process whereby a therapist works with an individual, couple, family, or group to address a mental disorder or alleviate other problems the client may be having in the social environment.

The ______ perspective of social welfare focuses on problems and gaps.

Conservatives tend to take a basically negative view of human nature.

_____ refers to groups of people with some identified characteristics who have a greater chance of being subjected to social and economic deprivation than those in the mainstream.

_____ involves the distribution of resources in a fair and equitable manner.