Deck 10: Working With Families

Question 1

In the following example, the worker is ________ the client's thoughts: Client: "Cruella hates me.  All she does is gripe at me.  I don't even want to go near her anymore."
Worker:   "You sound upset and hurt at how Cruella yells at you so much. Maybe she's upset and hurt too. Maybe she feels you're avoiding her. If she didn't care about you, she probably wouldn't expend so much energy yelling at you and trying to get your attention."

A)Regurgitating
B)Rewinding
C)Reversing
D)Reframing

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Specific suggestions regarding empowerment by emphasizing family strengths were made in the text.  All of the following were included except :

A)Note family interactions that reflect strength and competency
B)Investigate times that family members enjoy together
C)Emphasize what families do well
D)Underscore the family interactions that were contentious

Answer 2

D

Question 3

A procedure or consequence that increases the frequency of the behavior immediately preceding it is called:

A)Modeling
B)Negative reinforcement
C)Punishment
D)Positive reinforcement

Answer 3

D

Question 4

A _____ is a family or group member who is the object of displaced conflict or unfair criticism.

A)Scapegoat
B)Guinea pig
C)Stool pigeon
D)Ding bat

Question 5

The first thing a worker can do when beginning to work with families is:

A)Talk about his or her own role in order to impress family members with the worker's competence
B)Explain to the family what their problems involve
C)Alleviate apprehension and begin making each family member comfortable about being there in the interview

Question 6

When adopting a strengths perspective with families, which of the following is accurate?

A)The strengths-based approach assumes that problems are a naturally occurring part of people's lives
B)The strengths approach is more than positive reframing and identifying strengths
C)Practitioners using a traditional problem-solving approach will spend little time trying to understand what caused the problem
D)Only the strengths-based approach focuses on getting results

Question 7

Advantages of seeing an entire family together include the following:

A)It provides greater insights in terms of understanding the family's dynamics
B)Workers are more likely to side with one person or the other
C)It allows the worker to become the spokesperson for the family member he or she feels is being picked on
D)All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following phases occurs during the engagement, assessment, and planning stages of the intervention process?

A)Teach child management methods
B)Homework assignments
C)Establish a commitment to a plan of action
D)Teach families problem-solving techniques

Question 9

Problems with demanding that the entire family be involved in the problem-solving process include the following:

A)Sometimes family members refuse to participate
B)Sometimes all family members do not need to attend
C)Sometimes scheduling all members together creates problems
D)All are true

Question 10

_____ is the learning of behavior by observing another individual engage in that behavior.

A)Positive reinforcement
B)Negative reinforcement
C)Punishment
D)Modeling

Question 11

According to Hyde and DeLamater, ______ is the process of acknowledging to oneself, and then to others, that one is gay or lesbian.

A)Metamorphosis
B)Transformation
C)Coming out
D)Projection

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true regarding problem consensus within families?

A)Many families will verbalize superficial issues that are related to underlying problems
B)A list of minor, specific complaints is better than a vague problem about which the family has a consensus
C)If scapegoating occurs, it should be ignored because it will probably work itself out in the end
D)The initial problem list should be limited to nine entries

Question 13

_____ is the presentation of an aversive event or the removal of a positive event that results in the decreased frequency of a particular behavior.

A)Positive reinforcement
B)Negative reinforcement
C)Punishment
D)Modeling

Question 14

When working with multiproblem families, all of the following were suggested in the text except :

A)Identify and use relevant community resources
B)Partialize and prioritize the problems involved
C)Work on each and all the problems with the family, even if some of them can be done by yourself
D)Follow the planned change process as you would with any other problem situation

Question 15

When working with families, Street suggested that the worker ask the family members the following question: "What factors would indicate the need for counseling again in the future?" During which phase of the intervention process should this be asked?

A)Follow-up
B)Evaluation
C)Assessment
D)Termination

Question 16

Regarding family-based services, which of the following is accurate?

A)Family-based services are more intense than family preservation services
B)Family-based services reflect most of the same principles as family preservation services
C)Family-based services involve shorter timeframes than family preservation services
D)Family-based services involve smaller caseloads than family preservation services

Question 17

Family preservation emphasizes which of the following themes?

A)Time limits
B)General and broad goals
C)Agency-based services
D)All of the above

Question 18

The following is (are) true about homework assignments:

A)Sometimes there are none that are appropriate
B)Instructions should be minimal so participants can work out the details themselves
C)Participants should be left to themselves to figure out what the assignments mean
D)All of the above

Question 19

The second phase in beginning treatment with families is to ask family members to explain what is wrong. What is the fourth phase?

A)Establish commitment to a plan of action
B)Concentrate on how family members relate to each other
C)Establish agreement about what is wrong
D)Alleviate or minimize apprehension

Question 20

The alarm clock buzzer waking a child up in the morning is an example given in the text to illustrate which behavioral approach to child management?

A)Positive reinforcement
B)Negative reinforcement
C)Punishment
D)Modeling

Question 21

When trying to establish agreement in family assessment, soliciting the scapegoat's feelings can serve to enhance empathy among family members.

Question 22

African American families tend to have the following characteristics:

A)Extremely weak kinship bonds with extended family members
B)Adherence to strict traditional family/gender roles
C)Dedication to spirituality and serious involvement in their churches
D)All are true

Question 23

Many of the same skills that apply to any other type of intervention in social work practice also apply to families.

Question 24

Encouraging family members to share stories about themselves is an example of empowerment when working with families.

Question 25

When asking family members to explain what's wrong, the worker should ask only the parents. 

Question 26

Families with problems usually require help in improving communication among members before they can master other problem-solving skills.

Question 27

When working with multiproblem families, social workers need to prioritize problems quite differently than with individual cases.

Question 28

The difference between how family members think they communicate and how they really do communicate is often a major part of a family's problem.

Question 29

Which of the following should be considered special issues surrounding lesbian and gay families?

A)The impacts of homophobia
B)Coming out to self and others
C)Empowerment strategies
D)All of the above

Question 30

Which of the following is (are) current social challenges facing gay and lesbian people as a result of homophobia?

A)The Roman Catholic Church has decried homosexual behavior as sinful
B)Lesbians and gay men have been denied or lost jobs and housing purely on the basis of sexual orientation
C)Violence against lesbians and gay men continues.
D)All of the above

Question 31

Both the traditional problem-solving and strengths-based approaches focus on getting results.

Question 32

Reframing in family intervention means helping one family member change negative thinking about another family member to a new, more positive, perspective.

Question 33

Demanding that the entire family be present during the problem-solving sessions seldom presents any problems. 

Question 34

Advantages of working with entire families include enhancing the worker's ability to be objective.

Question 35

Which of the following statements is (are) true regarding family services?

A)There are only micro and mezzo practice aspects involved in a family service agency
B)Services available to families are basically the same in any particular community
C)Generalist social workers practicing in family service agencies may be involved in advocating for changes in governmental legislation
D)All are true

Question 36

When asking family members to explain what they feel is wrong in the family, family members will often point their fingers at one person and blame him or her for the problem.

Question 37

It is a good idea to see all family members at least once, even if one member is seen at a time.

Question 38

The text listed which of the following macro policy areas that critically affect the well-being of families?

A)Homelessness
B)Health care
C)Employment
D)All of the above

Question 39

Social workers are always required to give homework assignments to families. 

Question 40

One facet of assessment is determining when longer-term goals have been met in preparation for termination.

Question 41

One suggestion in the text to help empower lesbian and gay people is to become politically active on their behalf.

Question 42

Research has proven there are less than one million lesbian and gay adults with children.

Question 43

Improved family service policies should make these services convenient to everyone.

Question 44

African American families most often hold no religious values.

Question 45

What are your suggestions for improving family service policies? In what ways would each suggestion improve services?

Question 46

It is recommended that lesbian and gay parents "come out" to their children at the earliest opportune time.

Question 47

Propose five suggestions for working with multi-problem families.

Question 48

It is thought that 1 to 9 million children are raised by lesbian and gay parents in the United States.

Question 49

Compare and contrast the advantages with the disadvantages of seeing all family members together during intervention.

Question 50

The type and quality of family services are basically the same in all communities.

Question 51

Macro-level changes for families should follow the principle that all families should have access to the services they need regardless of their income bracket.

Question 52

Identify and describe three strengths commonly found in African American families.

Question 53

In view of family preservation's time-limited approach, termination is not usually discussed.

Question 54

"Sexual orientation" is the scientifically accurate term for an individual's enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to members of the same and/or opposite sex, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual (straight) orientations.

Question 55

Define the child management methods of positive and negative reinforcement, modeling, and punishment.