Growing Pains
Cohort effects on human behavior are closely tied to:
A) Normative age-graded influences
B) Normative history-graded influences
C) Non-normative influences
D) None of these
What is B) Normative history-graded influences?
To avoid ethnocentrism, social workers should:
A) Accept that all traditions are equally valid
B) Avoid judging other cultures by their own cultural standards
C) Embrace practices from every culture
D) Discredit harmful cultural practices
What is B) Avoid judging other cultures by their own cultural standards?
The type of attachment where a child avoids caregiver after separation.
What is avoidant attachment?
When a baby’s demands increase marital conflict, and the conflict intensifies the baby’s demands, this is an example of:
A) Marital problems
B) Circular family influences
C) Infant responsiveness
D) Family dysfunction
What is B) Circular family influences?
In midlife, communication often focuses on family, friends, and this emotional process:
A) Problem-solving
B) Forgiveness
C) Rebuilding relationships
D) Emotional avoidance
What is B) Forgiveness?
The funnel theory suggests:
A) Delinquency increases with age
B) People have a declining capacity for change over time
C) Delinquency is a key life course phenomenon
D) It is one of the most accepted theories of trait aggression
What is B) People have a declining capacity for change over time?
The parental workplace is part of which system in ecological theory?
A) Microsystem
B) Macrosystem
C) Exosystem
D) Mesosystem
What is C) Exosystem?
A self-centered thought process common in early childhood is called:
A) Animism
B) Egocentrism
C) Transductive reasoning
D) Social referencing
What is B) Egocentrism?
Children with these characteristics are at higher risk for physical abuse, except:
A) Special needs
B) Poverty
C) Being older than 5
D) Parental anger control issues
What is C - Being older than 5?
The majority of elder abuse cases involve this group of perpetrators:
A) Long-term care facility workers
B) Spouses or adult children
C) Neighbors
D) Paid caregivers
What is B) Spouses or adult children?
Life transitions are embedded in:
A) Normative events
B) Cultural norms
C) Life trajectories
D) Age-based expectations
What is C) Life trajectories?
Social workers believe that behavior is influenced by:
A) Socialization as the primary factor
B) A single theory providing all necessary explanations
C) A complex interaction of many factors
D) Environmental factors alone
What is C) A complex interaction of many factors?
A child believing their teddy bear is mad at them demonstrates:
A) Egocentrism
B) Animism
C) Object permanence
D) Symbolic play
What is B - Animism?
A relationship with emotional closeness, passion, and commitment is an example of:
A) Companionate love
B) Consummate love
C) Romantic love
D) Mature love
What is B) Consummate love?
Forgetting how to do basic math, like adding and subtracting, is a symptom of:
A) Dementia
B) Alzheimer’s disease
C) Cognitive fatigue
D) Memory loss syndrome
What is B) Alzheimer’s disease?
Communication in midlife often focuses on:
A) Hypothetical relationships
B) Forgiveness and deeper connections with family and friends
C) Professional relationships and business
D) Broader social networks
What is B) Forgiveness and deeper connections with family and friends?
Social Workers use this to examine possible etiologies and explanations of client functioning.
What is hypothesis?
The major psychosocial task of young adulthood according to Erikson.
What is intimacy?
Couples who experience high conflict and short dating periods have a higher risk of:
A) Financial stress
B) Divorce
C) Marital stability
D) Family conflict
What is B) Divorce?
A living will allows individuals to document this preference:
A) Right to assisted suicide
B) Comfort care without artificial life support
C) Resuscitation orders
D) Hospital discharge rights
What is
B) Comfort care without artificial life support?
Alexa describes herself by her physical traits and abilities. She is most likely in this stage:
A) Infancy
B) Early childhood
C) Middle childhood
D) Late childhood
What is B) Early childhood?
Social workers assume that:
A) Socialization is the primary contributor to behavior
B) The environment should be prioritized in assessments
C) Professionals must operate from one unified theory
D) No single factor accounts for behavioral responses
What is
D) No single factor accounts for behavioral responses
Using outdated theories and tools in practice is known as:
A) Professional stagnation
B) Professional obsolescence
C) Resource mismanagement
D) Skill atrophy
What is B) Professional obsolescence?
A family member who takes on the role of hosting events and maintaining family connections is often referred to as the:
A) Sandwich generation
B) Caregiver-in-chief
C) Kinkeeper
D) Mediator
What is C) Kinkeeper?
In later years, many adults remain sexually active but must adjust to:
A) Declining interest
B) Social stigma
C) Physiological changes
D) Emotional disconnection
What is C) Physiological changes?