Question 1

Explain the residual, institutional, and developmental perspectives on social welfare. In which perspective do you believe? Why?

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Question 2

Should homeless people who have mental illnesses be institutionalized, or should they be allowed to roam at will in the community?

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Question 3

The social environment includes family, friends, work groups, and political systems.

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The social environment encompasses various social structures and relationships, including family, friends, work groups, and political systems, which influence individuals' behaviors and interactions.

Question 4

Social welfare policies regulate what categories of clients are served and who qualifies for a given program.

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Social welfare policies establish eligibility criteria for specific programs and determine who can receive services or benefits.

Question 5

In what capacities do you think you'd like to work with people?

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Question 6

Define the Triple A approach to critical thinking.

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Question 7

Knowledge about social work research is important for two basic reasons. What are they?

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Question 8

Should children in families suspected of child abuse be placed elsewhere, or should treatment focus on strengthening the family so that children remain in their own home?

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Question 9

What are your suggestions for achieving a sustainable global society?

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Question 10

Define social welfare and how it relates to social work.

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Question 11

The term empirical practice is preferable to the term evidence-based practice.

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Evidence-based practice is the preferred term because it emphasizes the integration of the best available research with clinical expertise and patient values, which is fundamental in healthcare and other disciplines to ensure the most effective outcomes.

Question 12

The Academy of Social Workers is the organization that accredits social work programs and specifies required content.

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The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is the organization that accredits social work programs and specifies required content, not the Academy of Social Workers.

Question 13

Nickolai is a fifteen-year-old gang member in an urban inner city. The gang is involved in drug dealing. Nickolai's father is no longer involved with Nickolai's family. It is only Nickolai, his mother, and three younger brothers. Nickolai's mother works a six-day, nine-hour second shift job at Greasy's, an all-night diner where she slings burgers. Although she loves her children dearly, she can barely make ends meet. She has little time for their supervision, especially Nickolai's, as he is the oldest. How might Nickolai's environment be changed?

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Question 14

Should public housing be routinely provided to homeless people at public expense? State an opinion and whether that opinion is a residual or institutional perspective.

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Question 15

Define and contrast liberalism, conservatism, and radicalism.

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Question 16

Define a target system and cite four examples of possible targets of change.

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Question 17

Empowerment is the process of increasing personal, interpersonal, or political power so that individuals can take action to improve their life situations.

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Empowerment involves enhancing individuals' abilities to make choices and transform those choices into desired actions and outcomes, thereby improving their life situations.

Question 18

One of the five dimensions that make social work unique is that social workers may focus on any problems or clusters of problems that are complex and difficult. List the other four dimensions that were listed in the text.

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Question 19

Gibbs and Gambrill listed four ways that critical thinking can help you. One was to identify propaganda. What are the other three?

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Question 20

What are the five themes that permeate social work practice?

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Quiz 2: Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare