Deck 10: Assessing

Question 1

Laila, a teenage drug addict, is sent to George, a social worker, for counseling.Initially, Laila denies her associations with drugs.However, gradually she accepts that she is depressed because her parents are getting divorced.George discusses the matter with Laila's parents and asks them to convince Laila that they still loved her.After three months of counseling sessions, George sees some positive changes in Laila.She seems happier and her drug tests are negative.Her grades have improved at school and she expresses the desire to become a social worker in the future.Laila is in the _____ stage of the Transtheoretical Model.

A)contemplation
B)maintenance
C)precontemplation
D)action

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The _____ stage, the fifth stage, of the Transtheoretical Model represents the greatest challenge for a client, requiring ongoing motivation and commitment.

A)preparation
B)contemplation
C)precontemplation
D)maintenance

Answer 2

D

Question 3

According to the _____, long-term change in the person-issue-situation generally tends to proceed sequentially in five stages. 1.Precontemplation
2)Contemplation
3)Preparation
4)Action
"5)Maintenance
Prochaska and Norcross (2007) suggest that people who make significant changes in their behavior proceed through all stages of the TTM.Although the process may sometimes be spiral rather than linear in nature, they conclude that people who make durable change eventually address each stage."

A)Rapid Assessment Instrument
B)Person-in-Environment system
C)Transtheoretical Model
D)ETHIC Model of Decision Making

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The _____ stage of the Transtheoretical Model is characterized by a significant increase in thinking about solutions and resolutions.

A)contemplation
B)preparation
C)precontemplation
D)action

Question 5

_____ builds upon the data collected during the exploring phase when a social worker and client addressed questions about the history and evolution of the issue of concern.

A)A buffering hypothesis
B)A null hypothesis
C)Synthesis
D)Functional analysis

Question 6

Unlike the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the Person-in-Environment classification system is primarily people focused rather than problem focused.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true of explanatory hypotheses?

A)A social worker should provide professionally based explanatory hypotheses about how personal and situational factors influence issues and vice versa after hearing client-generated hypotheses.
B)A social worker should always provide professionally based explanatory hypotheses about how needs and problems affect people and circumstances during the contracting phase.
C)A social worker should not provide explanatory hypotheses in the assessing stage.
D)A social worker should focus on System 1 thinking rather than System 2 thinking while formulating explanatory hypotheses.

Question 8

According to the Transtheoretical Model, long-term change in the person-issue-situation generally tends to proceed through five stages.Which of the following is the first step in this process? 1.Precontemplation
2)Contemplation
3)Preparation
4)Action
"5)Maintenance
Prochaska and Norcross (2007) suggest that people who make significant changes in their behavior proceed through all stages of the TTM.Although the process may sometimes be spiral rather than linear in nature, they conclude that people who make durable change eventually address each stage."

A)Precontemplation
B)Resiliency
C)Consultation
D)Solution

Question 9

Which of the following statements is true of needs assessments?

A)They should be avoided at all costs.
B)They are subjective in nature, depending on the preconceived notions of social workers, and fail to mirror the processes and procedures of scientific inquiry.
C)They can be used by a social worker working with community members seeking to enhance conditions in their neighborhood.
D)They are limited to certain communities.

Question 10

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5, mental disorders are usually associated with significant distress or disability in social, occupational, or other important activities.

Question 11

People in the _____ stage of the Transtheoretical Model tend to reflect ambivalence, uncertainty, disinterest, or denial.

A)preparation
B)contemplation
C)precontemplation
D)action

Question 12

In the assessment stage of a working relationship between a social worker and a client, explanatory hypotheses logically guide us toward _____.

A)reflecting hypotheses
B)change-oriented hypotheses
C)null hypotheses
D)client-generated hypotheses

Question 13

The Social Functioning Problems listed in the Person-in-Environment system of classifying problems include:

A)concerns related to family roles.
B)employment issues.
C)discrimination on the basis of age.
D)discrimination on the basis of ethnicity.

Question 14

In the context of professional social work, _____ involves scientific inquiry, critical thinking, and lifelong learning as a social worker brings his or her professional knowledge together with clients' firsthand experience in a collaborative process of reflection, analysis, and synthesis.

A)committed relativism
B)assessment
C)allegiance
D)contextual relativism

Question 15

When social workers share opinions about factors that might contribute to clients' presenting issues, they should communicate them as indisputable facts.

Question 16

The _____ stage, the fourth stage of the Transtheoretical Model, is characterized by motivation, purposefulness, activity, and optimism.

A)contemplation
B)precontemplation
C)action
D)maintenance

Question 17

Which of the following statements is true of social work assessments?

A)There is one standard and acceptable format for social work assessments.
B)Assessments should be approached as technical rather than professional endeavors.
C)They should be collaborative and dynamic.
D)Social workers should use "top-down" approaches for social work assessments.

Question 18

Which of the following is a tool used by social workers to assess clients' ability to shop, prepare food, cook, keep house, arrange for transportation, manage medications, use the telephone, bathe, dress, and feed themselves?

A)The Activities of Daily Living
B)The Transtheoretical Model
C)Perry's model of intellectual development
D)The Rapid Assessments Instruments

Question 19

Social work assessments are static processes.

Question 20

Social work assessments are standardized and do not vary according to practice settings.

Question 21

As social workers engage in assessment processes, we apply the primary critical thinking skills of analysis and synthesis.

Question 22

Write a description section of the DAC (Description, Assessment, and Contract) on a client who has been assigned to you.Use your imagination and creativity.

Question 23

Write an assessment section of the DAC (Description, Assessment, and Contract) on a client who has been assigned to you.

Question 24

Whether theoretical or atheoretical in nature, the assessment process enables you and others to reach agreement about a "theory of the case."

Question 25

The first step in the assessment process is to organize the information gained through exploration.