Rational Problem solving helps a person _______ his or her interests
What is maximize
100
The action-social model of change reflects a trend towards the _______ mentality in social work.
What is postmodern
100
This stage is a time when the main challenge for group members is to develop good working relationships with other members
What is storming
100
The Social Security Act was passed in this year
What is 1935
100
When participants change their behavior because they are aware of their membership in an experiment is the
What is Hawthorne Effect
200
The most important step in RPS as it is used today is…..
What is setting a goal or target
200
One of the paradoxical aspects of social change is that the greater the sacrifice one makes, the more one….
What is benefits
200
The process by which social workers help individuals improve the quality of their lives by active engagement in civic life is known as
What is philantherapy
200
The Social Security Act created two types of aid: Public Assistance and this
What is social insurance
200
This tool is important when dealing with the poor because it
emphasizes the human ability to derive meaning from grim circumstances.
What is positive psychology
300
Macro social workers see the source of social problems as located here
What is in the conditions people must endure
300
Understanding why a social problem exists helps you focus on a possible cause and identify this to correct the problem
What are patterns
300
These type of social workers are concerned about public and private systems that perpetuate disadvantages, refusing to see people as helpless victims of circumstances
What is empowerment-oriented social workers
300
The macro practice model in which a social worker is most apt to be a catalyst, coordinator, and teacher of problem-solving skills is:
What is locality development
300
Social thinking regards this as among the most important and highest of human accomplishments.
What is learning by doing
400
Macro social workers accept people’s perceptions of social reality as _______ because people have a right to own their feelings and values.
What is valid
400
The action social model of social work promotes human dignity, worth and this.
What is self-determination
400
Interpersonal strengths, the strengths of social groups, and community strengths, organizational and societal strengths can be increased by macro social workers engaged in
What is capacity building
400
The community practice approach that stresses the role of the expert and of expertise in resolving social problems is
What is social planning
400
According to Siranni and Friedman, much policy for poor communities tends to be driven by a model that focuses on
What is the deficiencies of individuals and their communities
500
RPS was popularized and standardized as casework problem solving in what decade
What is the 1950s
500
The action-social model that social workers help people construct is based on the ability of individuals to build healthy social selves and develop this.
What are strong relational groups
500
The reasoning behind this type of social work is that individual problems are embedded in larger social, political and economic structures
What is macro social work
500
This useful tool in social thinking forces people to confront the difference between what we are told should exist and what is permitted to exist.
What is cognitive dissonance
500
The Law of Optimum Distance is a principle of diversity that holds that there should never be ____ of anything in a group.