Deck 2: History and Current Issues in Human Services

Question 1

Almshouses were:

A) safe places to hold one's weapons.
B) shelters for the poor.
C) mental hospitals.
D) insane asylums.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

One of the main differences between the settlement movement and Charity Organization Societies (COSs) was:

A) COSs were developed in the 19th century and settlement houses in the 20th century.
B) COSs provided trained licensed therapists, settlement houses provided volunteers.
C) COSs had volunteers that would enter poor districts and offer aid while the settlement movement had volunteers who would live with the poor.
D) COSs provided counseling; the settlement movement provided monetary aid.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

For many years, __________ was the treatment of choice for mental illness. After a paradigm shift took place, it was recognized that this approach should not be the treatment of choice in many cases.

A) medicine
B) existential therapy
C) cognitive therapy
D) psychoanalysis

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following individuals founded the American Psychological Association (APA) more than 100 years ago?

A) Sir Francis Galton
B)
C) Freud
D) Rogers
G) Stanley Hall

Question 5

Which of the following is a benefit of program accreditation?

A) Graduates of such a program receive waivers of some of the requirements needed for credentialing.
B) Only accredited programs allow their students to go on to get licensed.
C) Only programs that are accredited qualify for both state and federal subsidies.
D) Faculty members who teach in accredited programs usually have better job security.

Question 6

Who was responsible for emphasizing a greater systems focus to the human services field?

A) Jane Addams
B) Virginia Satir
C) Anna Read
D) Dorothea Dix

Question 7

Who is considered the founder of the human service field?

A) Frank Parsons
B) Carl Rogers
C) Harold McPheeters
D) Sigmund Freud

Question 8

Which of the following has been critical to the development of accreditation standards and in the credentialing process of human service providers?

A) The CACREP doctrine
B) The Skill Standards
C) The APA ethical code for treatment providers
D) The ACA training requirements

Question 9

Which is not true of the Poor Laws of 1601?

A) It created Charity Organization Societies and "friendly visitors" for the poor.
B) They provided relief to the poor and were overseen by the Church.
C) They provided a model for social welfare programs in the United States.
D) They were established under King Henry VIII in England.

Question 10

Which of the following were known as two of the first experimental psychologists?

A) Galton and Wundt
B) Wundt and Freud
C) Freud and Rogers
D)
G) Stanley Hall and Wundt

Question 11

This initiative by President Lyndon Johnson provided most of the legislation that created the funding for many social service programs.

A) The creation of the National Institute of Mental Health
B) Civil rights legislation initiative
C) The Great Society
D) The Community Mental Health Centers Act

Question 12

Who dismissed the notion that evil spirits were responsible for emotional ills and suggested what some today might consider modern ways of treating individuals with emotional problems?

A) Plato
B) Aristotle
C) Hippocrates
D) St. Thomas Aquinas

Question 13

An organization responsible for the accreditation of human service programs and to establish credentialing for human services is:

A) CSHSE
B) ACA
C) CORE
D) NOHSE

Question 14

Once Marshall completes his training and becomes certified in human services, which of the following should he expect to do?

A) Conduct individual and group psychotherapy on a weekly basis
B) Supervise up and coming service providers
C) Participate in ongoing learning opportunities to keep up with changes in the field
D) Teach undergraduate students who also want to be human service professionals

Question 15

Who believed that introspection and reflection were the keys to understanding knowledge and reality?

A) Plato
B) Hippocrates
C) St .Olof
D) St. Thomas Aquinas

Question 16

What was (were) the major influence(s) of the 1960s that increased the need for trained human services professionals?

A) Passing of a number of civil rights laws
B) Widespread bitter turmoil over the Vietnam War
C) Growing unrest within the inner cities
D) All of the answers are correct.

Question 17

Social casework:

A) arose out of the work from Charity Organization Societies.
B) was originally conceived of by the church.
C) has been shown to be ineffective.
D) was the initial brainchild of psychologist Virginia Satir.

Question 18

Mary Richmond was:

A) an early experimental psychologist.
B) one of the first to establish a social work training program.
C) one of the founders of the human services profession.
D) an individual who struggled to change conditions in mental hospitals.

Question 19

From a(n) __________ perspective, it is important for helpers to be careful that they do not develop compassion fatigue/vicarious traumatization syndrome as a result of working in high stress and underpaid circumstances.

A) wellness
B) biopsychosocial
C) independence
D) autonomy

Question 20

Which credential was designed to ensure minimum competence in the human service field as well as standing as a mark of the professional's maturity?

A) HS-BCP
B) NFHS
C) RDCHS
D) NAHSD

Question 22

The main impetus for the establishment of human service programs had more to do with the need to help people with "moral guidance" than anything else.

Question 23

The Crisis Counseling Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency promotes resilience, empowerment, and recovery.

Question 24

Jane Addams established Hull House.

Question 25

Ethical codes are the same as legal requirements.

Question 26

The origins the counseling profession were largely responsible for today's emphasis on a systems approach to understanding clients.

Question 27

Matching (Match the name with the concept or phrase)
1. Carl Rogers
2. Jane Addams
3. Sigmund Freud
4. Wilhem Wundt
5. Frank Parsons
6. Franz Mesmer
7. Alfred Binet
8. Mary Richmond
9. Harold McPheeters
10. Dorothea Dix
11. Aristotle
12. Kuhn
A. Established Hull House; Social activist with progressive ideas
B. “Paradigm Shift”
C. Developed humanistic and non directive counseling
D. One of the first experimental psychologists
E. Developed the first individual intelligence test
F. Humane treatment of the mentally ill
G. 1st social work training program at Columbia University
H. Practiced a new phenomena called hypnosis
I. “First Psychologist”
J. Originator of psychoanalysis
K. Founder of human services
L. Founder of vocational guidance