Deck 3: Connecting Theory and Practice

Question 1

_____ is about how practitioners make decisions and judgments, working through various stages of practice, which helps when making decisions about use of theory in practice.

A) dialecticism
B) eclecticism
C) process knowledge
D) cognitive-behavioral

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The competing political belief systems and efforts between 1970 and 1990 to distinguish between the great number of theories led to what some called the:

A) theory wars
B) crisis of theory
C) evolution of social work knowledge
D) none of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The role of management as an element or role in social work:

A) has been common since the beginning of social work
B) has become more common from the 1970s onward
C) is more common in American than in European
D) none of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

To make social work's difficult decisions, theory gives us a way for helping to determine what actions to take:

Question 5

Generalizing through theory helps us to:

A) be consistent and well-organized and align our work with the best-informed guidance
B) explain what we are doing to clients and get their informed consent
C) explain what we are doing to our managers and others who have an interest in our practice
D) all of the above

Question 6

Inductive theory development:

A) begins with research findings from social work
B) begins with practitioners drawing ideas from practice
C) begins with modeling to induce ideas
D) begins with established practice theories

Question 7

The end result of deductive theory development is:

A) theories are tested in practice
B) a body of knowledge is generated that is valid and universal
C) failed theories are rejected, and successful theories gain support
D) none of the above

Question 8

The idea of 'practice constraints' as a limitation of theoretical development:

A) means that there are areas where theory is irrelevant
B) leads to development in a theory or a decline in its influence
C) points out that practice doesn't produce results in some areas
D) none of the above

Question 9

Transfer of learning refers to:

A) possibility of using ideas and knowledge gained from one area of practice in another
B) moving or adapting ideas from one culture to another
C) taking theory from a more general setting to a more specialized setting
D) all of the above

Question 10

A cyclical process in which we study how the things that we observe affect our thinking and how that then affects what we do it called:

A) reflexivity
B) reflection
C) circular flow
D) social construction

Question 11

Social work is based on the application of theory to practice.

Question 12

Important ways to liberate the idea of social work from that of a purely technical activity that can be learned from guidelines is to recognize that:

A) social work deals with inherently uncertain situations
B) social work deals in general with unique situations to which each practitioner brings different skills
C) social work generates value questions as well as knowledge questions
D) all of the above

Question 13

Theory development as a process of accumulation can be described in part as:

A) practice experience accumulates
B) experience is articulated, refined, and tested, using theoretical ideas
C) tested experience expands; more theoretical ideas are incorporated
D) all of the above

Question 14

One way of adapting theory is to shift between different theories as your work moves through different phases:

Question 15

Process knowledge refers to:

A) knowledge about how theory is developed
B) knowledge about the ways that practitioners make decisions and judgments
C) knowledge about how social agencies function
D) none of the above

Question 16

Emotional intelligence:

A) is an ability to understand what is behind emotional situations
B) describes a maturity that social workers achieve after time
C) is an interaction between self-awareness/self-management and awareness of others/capacity to manage relationships
D) none of the above

Question 17

Critical reflection:

A) expands reflection ideas and critical thinking using critical social theory
B) is a form of self-analysis based on the principle of reflection
C) has been proven to be an effective motivational interviewing technique
D) all of the above

Question 18

Open-minded, reflective approaches that take into account different perspectives and assumptions is:

A) a good social work practice
B) critical thinking
C) helps handle uncertainty and change
D) all of the above

Question 19

Organizational threats to critical reflection include:

A) Managerialism as managers control practice
B) EBP which favors objectivity at odds with using cooperative, inclusive relationships between practitioners and clients
C) rational implementation of policy that reduces flexibility
D) all of the above

Question 20

Examining the how an agency's mandate and organization may limit or adapt applications of theory is looking at what is called:

A) practice constraints
B) agency analysis
C) empirical analysis
D) policy analysis