Deck 3: Social Work and Social Systems

Question 1

Differentiate the specialized skills social workers need for their practice with client systems at the individual, family, group, organization, neighborhood, and community levels.

Answer 1

not answered

Question 2

Apply the definition of social functioning to your understanding of personal, interpersonal, and environmental factors that enhance and/or impede social functioning.

Answer 2

not answered

Question 3

Which of the following most accurately applies a social systems view to Alanda Morrison and her family?

A)Alanda is a subsystem of the Morrison family
B)Alanda is part of the Morrison family's environment
C)The Morrison family is a subsystem of the school
D)The school is a subsystem of the Morrison family

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Describe key elements of the ecosystems perspective.

Question 5

Articulate the differences with respect to the focus of change among microlevel, mezzolevel, and macrolevel client systems.

Question 6

Which of the following persons is most likely considered "at risk" in social functioning?

A)Someone who is serving time in prison
B)A family caught up in serious communication conflicts
C)An older woman who is adjusting successfully to the death of her partner
D)A person with a disability who is underemployed

Question 7

Typically, prevention activities target social functioning that is ______.

A)abnormal
B)at risk
C)maladaptive
D)dysfunctional

Question 8

Evaluate why the social systems perspective is a useful theoretical model for considering the effects of social and economic issues and human rights concerns on the transactions between persons and their environments.

Question 9

Of the following, which represents the most accurate description of a social system?

A)Families, work groups, play groups, and organizations are social systems, though neighborhoods and communities are not.
B)A social system is a group of people that gets together every so often for conversation and a sense of togetherness.
C)A social system is an organized whole made up of interacting component parts.
D)A social system is unique in its interaction patterns, but not separated from other systems by boundaries.

Question 10

Social planning to create social change represents ______.

A)microlevel intervention
B)mezzolevel intervention
C)macrolevel intervention
D)working with the social work profession

Question 11

Of the following, which is the best example of a mezzolevel target of change?

A)Family members
B)An organization
C)A community
D)A legislative initiative

Question 12

Provide examples of ways generalist social workers apply the person: environment construct to their practice of social work.

Question 13

Hypothesize why the definition or nature of the problem and not the method alone determines which intervention strategies social workers select.

Question 14

The integrated generalist model means that generalist social workers ______.

A)primarily define their method as casework
B)are Jacks or Jills) of all trades and masters of none
C)focus on the interactions between people and their environments
D)work on community problem-solving initiatives

Question 15

Compare and contrast levels of social functioning.

Question 16

Sarina is a family counselor.Her typical day-to-day activities most likely reflect ______.

A)microlevel intervention
B)mezzolevel intervention
C)macrolevel intervention
D)working with the profession

Question 17

Marge's social work class is learning about the theoretical underpinnings of the ecosystems perspective.Marge now knows that the ecosystems perspective incorporates ideas from ______.

A)psychoanalytic theories
B)general systems theory and ecology
C)humanistic views
D)psychology and sociology

Question 18

Kelly finds that her associations with professional colleagues help to build her professional identity, and that her participation in peer review processes have helped her develop her professional skills.Kelly's activities represent ______.

A)microlevel intervention
B)mezzolevel intervention
C)macrolevel intervention
D)working with the profession

Question 19

Evaluate the differences between traditional social work methods and the integrated generalist model.

Question 20

Critique how knowing that both problems and solutions can be found in the social environment informs a generalist approach to assessment and intervention.