Exam 1: Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare

The Triple Trio approach is used in critical thinking.

The social environment includes family, friends, work groups, and governments.

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

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

Forensic social work emphasizes work within police, courthouse, and jail settings to provide services to crime victims.

All of the following statements would probably be made by a person of conservative ideology except:

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.

Critical thinking concentrates on the process of reasoning.

The realm of psychotherapy is generally limited to master's social workers instead of baccalaureate social workers.

What are your suggestions for achieving a sustainable global society?

Advocacy, which is one of the dimensions that make social work unique, involves actively intervening to help clients get what they need.

______ 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.

_____ 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.

According to a ______ philosophy, poverty exists because having a multitude of poor people as workers enables higher classes to keep wages low.

Baccalaureate social workers are required to complete a maximum of 200 hours of field experience supervised by a social work practitioner.

Define conservatism, liberalism, and radicalism.

The medical model of social work practice combines the system- and environment-oriented approaches.

A(n) ______ system is the system that social workers need to change or influence in order to accomplish their goals.

_____ involves the nature and extent of client needs and concerns, as well as critical information about client resources and supports and other environment factors so that a helping plan can be devised and implemented.

NASW stands for Nurturance and Acceptance in Social Work.