Deck 15: Critical Practice

Question 1

Critical theory argues that social problems are more created by _____ and less by _______.

A) people's inability to deal with their environment, lack of social work interventions
B) oppression, discrimination
C) structure of society, individual psychological factors
D) none of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Critical practice emerged in the ____ by reviving ___________.

A) late 1990s, radical theory from the 1970s
B) later 1970s, systems theory
C) social upheavals of the 1960s, early Marxist thought
D) 1980s, opposition to Freudian psychological approaches

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Critical practice rejects social work practice that accepts:

A) conservative philosophies
B) liberal, neo-liberal philosophies
C) social democratic philosophies
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Building on people's experience of oppression, injustice, and inequality to inform an ideological understanding of how society works is called:

A) praxis
B) eclecticism
C) practice wisdom
D) structural social work

Question 5

Working with people in dialogues and thus equal relationships in which views of social situations are exchanged and discussed is referred to as:

A) equi-voice
B) dialogic practice
C) ideological discussion
D) none of the above

Question 6

The three main current streams of work on critical practice theory are:

A) social change, structural change, individual adaptation
B) democratic, anti-oppressive, collectivist
C) eclectic, structural, radical
D) neo-Marxist, Frankfurt School, socialist

Question 7

The central debate about critical social work lies around its argument that:

A) elite groups are controlling society and thus social work incorporates elite political objectives
B) many or most problems come from the structure and organization of society
C) postmodernism has come to an end and as yet there is no clear path forward
D) social work is a significant form of social control

Question 8

Critical theory argues that it provides empirical support for practice by belief and practice such as historical analysis and debate.

Question 9

Critical theory comes from:

A) Marxism and structural theory
B) Frankfurt school critical social theory
C) feminism and the social model of disability
D) all of the above

Question 10

Values debates about critical practice focus on claims that it sees social change as being more important than individual help and the relief of individual distress.

Question 11

Critical theory:

A) aims to free clients from the limitations imposed by the existing social order
B) focus on structural rather than personal or interpersonal problems
C) promotes consciousness-raising about social inequalities
D) all of the above

Question 12

Working to help people to understand and be able to criticize how social structures are implicated in their oppression and involves them in identifying and taking action is referred to as:

A) conscientization
B) dialogic practice
C) empowerment
D) none of the above

Question 13

A major difference between critical theory and psychotherapeutic, problem-solving, and empowerment views of social work is how each sees the function of social work in society.

Question 14

One of the most important uses of critical theory is as a broad theoretical framework within which _____ can be positioned.

A) humanism, existentialism, and spirituality
B) macro practice, social development, and social pedagogy
C) empowerment, feminist, and anti-discriminatory theory
D) none of the above

Question 15

The idea of _____ is an important aspect of all critical practice.

A) praxis
B) solidarity
C) client empowerment
D) none of the above

Question 16

The availability of critical practice and critical practice ideas avoids social work staying with the status quo.

Question 17

Critical theory criticism of society can lead to:

A) negativity and demotivation by practitioners
B) poor relations with colleagues
C) antagonistic relations with persons who practitioners seek to influence
D) all of the above

Question 18

Critical theory emerged from:

A) early writings about Marxism in the beginning of the twentieth century
B) radical views of social work which were influential in the 1930s and reemerged in the 1970s
C) social and economic problems following WWII
D) the social upheaval of the 1960s

Question 19

Traditional social work and critical theories are linked by

A) the idea that society contributes to generating personal problems
B) the relationship between people and society is interactive
C) both seek autonomy for clients
D) all of the above

Question 20

Critical theory provides ___ opportunity for empirical testing.

A) no
B) very little
C) a great deal of
D) a very large amount of