Exam 12: Empowerment Theory and the Strengths Perspective

Imagine you are working with a client who is anxious and depressed. You suggest that the client experiences anxiety and depression because he/she is part of an oppressed, exploited or marginalized group. Which theories are you using to inform your practice?

Which of the following statements is consistent with the strengths perspective?

Which of the following statements is TRUE about the empowerment theory and the strengths perspective?

Empowerment theory and the strengths perspective are more consistent with quantitative forms of research.

As social workers, which of the following statements about the strengths perspective are we most likely to agree?

People should have an active role in making choices about their current situation and their own vision for their future. This idea is consistent with which of the following concepts?

Which of the following statements is an accurate critique of empowerment/strengths approaches?

Which of the following is a principle of the Strengths Model?

______ rests on the notion that both individuals and communities have a reservoir of resources that can be brought to bear in any situation.

How was the Strengths Model developed?

Which of the following statements describes positive thinking?

______ is the process of building upon the strengths and virtues of individuals, groups and communities.

Positive psychology is similar to strengths/empowerment with its shift away from pathology/disease and move toward an emphasis on prevention and overall wellbeing.

What did Ann Weick's work entail?

Empowerment theory maintains that clients are active subjects and claimants who yearn for freedom, justice and fulfilment.

Which of the following statements is consistent with the Strengths Model?

When helping a woman living in poverty, an empowerment and strengths-based practitioner is most likely to do which of the following?

______ has been defined as the study of the conditions and processes that contribute to the flourishing or optimal functioning of people, groups, and institutions.

Identify the four primary aims of applied positive psychology.

A theme of empowerment theory is ______.