Social Work Mid Term

The political perspective that posits that the United States is an open society with no systemic barriers to success is:

Conservative

When people of different cultures retain their own unique individual character and traits, but at the same time interact with other groups, taking on additional traits, such as a common language, this is known as:

culutral pluralism 

The settlement house movement:

began in Victorian England as part of a broad attempt to preserve human and spiritual values in an age of urbanization and industrialization.

When a belief in white supremacy becomes deeply ingrained in the dominant culture, becomes embodied in customs and laws, and leads to discriminatory patterns that many take for granted, it is called:

institutional racism.

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 helped bring people with disabilities into the mainstream by protecting their rights in areas such as:

What do cultural explanations of poverty seek to do?

Individuals are viewed as possessing these characteristics because of the social situations they were born into and in which they were reared and educated

The earliest development of the Charity Organization Society Movement can be traced to:

Thomas Chalmers.

Someone who has a low-paying and insecure job might be referred to as:

marginally poor

Which of the following statements best describe the liberal approach to discriminatory practices?

Social workers should stress the necessity of government intervention to counteract discrimination in society.

People who are poor because the plant closed and they can't find another job are the:

transitional poor

Liberals criticize trickle-down theory because:

inequality is increasing, but the number of people below the poverty line has remained the same.

Which social welfare insutution was particularly helpful to the “new immigrants” who arrived at the turn of the twentieth century?

Settlement houses

The marginal poor are sometimes reerred to as:

The working poor

What is the main difference between the marginal poor and the transitional poor?

For the marginal poor, the rising out of poverty and sinking back into it constitute a long-term pattern, and the transitional poor are most likely experiencing a brief episode of poverty.

The terms “majority” and “minority” group suggest that exploitation or discrimination focuses on a group smaller in number than the  exploiter; however, these terms are not as accurate in discussing discrimination as:

dominat and subordinate group

An absolute definition of poverty is:

a relatively fixed level of income below which a person cannot function in a productive manner in given society

Statistical descriptions of poverty rely mostly on:

Snapshot data

In the early 1900s, what is now known as “social casework” expanded from childersn aid and charity organization societies to:

medical social work, psychiartic social work, and school social work

Social work micro practice can best be said to focus on:

Methods of diagnosis and treatment that result in an understanding of the unique problems of each client

Social work macro practice can best be said to focus on:

addressing systematic problems, advocating for policy changes, and implementing large scale community initiatives to improve the well-being of groups of people and promote social justice

What is the NASW Code of Ethics?

The Code offers a set of values, principles, and standards to guide decision-making and conduct when ethical issues arise

In relation to the family, conservatives believe?

the traditional family should be revered and policies should be devised to perserve it

an essential method of practice for the BSW social work is:

Case Management

Which of these political perspectives places more emphasis on people’s responsibility for their own problems?

Conservatives

Liberals believe that:

history is progress; continuing change will bring continuing progress

Social Work distinguishes itself from the other helping proffessions base on:

its peron-in-enviroment perspective

The idea taht friendly visting demaded specific skills that could be generalized and taught was particulary well articulated by:

Mary Richmond

Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr founded on of the first settlement houses in the U.S Called:

Hull House

Which is an example of inconsistent political perspective

A liberal who supports elimanting Medicaid

CSWE stands for:

Council on Social Work Education

In the United States, the Democratic Part is considered to be:

liberal

Institutional approaches to social welfare would include

unemployment insurance

An accurate statement about generalst social workers

Professionals who hold a BSW degree from a CSWE program

A term often used in the press and in political dialogue to refer to a soviet that makes the well-being of the people the responsibility of governments:

welfare state