SOWK 250 Midterm Examination practices with best solutions, Exams of
Sociology
Legally mandated client - ANSWERa client who receives services under the
threat of a court order
Voluntary clients - ANSWERclients who apply for services on their own
Nonvoluntary clients - ANSWERClients who are neither legally mandated nor
voluntary but who seek services under nonlegal pressure from family
members, teachers, or referral sources
social justice - ANSWERthe creation of social institutions that support the
welfare of individuals and groups
economic justice - ANSWERthose aspects of social justice that relate to
economic well being, such as a livable wage, pay equity, nondiscrimination in
employment, and social security
prevention - ANSWERthe timely provision of services to vulnerable persons,
promoting social functioning before problems develop
,restoration - ANSWERefforts to restore functioning that has been impaired by
physical or mental difficulties
remediation - ANSWERthe elimination or amelioration of existing social
problems
values - ANSWERstrongly held beliefs about how the world should be, about
how people should normally behave, and about what the preferred condition
of life are
social welfare - ANSWERa special helping mechanism devised to air those
who suffer from the variety of ills found in industrial society
micro-level practice - ANSWERsocial work practice that serves individuals,
couples, and families
direct practice - ANSWERsocial work practice at the micro level
mezzo-level practice - ANSWERsocial work practice designed to change the
systems that directly affect clients, such as the family, peer group, or
classroom
macro-level practice - ANSWERsocial work practice that involves working with
citizen groups or with private, public, or governmental organizations in
activities related to social planning and community organization
, ecological systems model - ANSWERa model of interacting elements that
enables social workers to examine strengths and weaknesses in transactions
between persons, families, cultures, and communities as systems
habitat - ANSWERthe physical and social setting and cultural context within
which a person lives
niche - ANSWERthe status or role occupied by a member of the community
ecomaps - ANSWERa graphic representation of the interrelationships,
strengths, resources, and challenges of the system surrounding an individual
or family
client systems - ANSWERa system that includes those persons who request a
change, sanction it, are expected to benefit from it, and contract to receive it
target system - ANSWERthe focus of change efforts. with a voluntary client, it
typically encompasses the concerns that brought the individual to see
services. with nonvoluntary clients, it may include illegal or dangerous
behaviors that the person doe snot acknowledge
action systems - ANSWERthose formal and informal resources and persons
that the social worker needs to cooperate with to accomplish a purpose. It
often includes family, friends, and other resources as well as more formal
resources
Agency System - ANSWERa special subset of an action system that includes
the practitioners and formal service systems involved in work on the target
problems
Sociology
Legally mandated client - ANSWERa client who receives services under the
threat of a court order
Voluntary clients - ANSWERclients who apply for services on their own
Nonvoluntary clients - ANSWERClients who are neither legally mandated nor
voluntary but who seek services under nonlegal pressure from family
members, teachers, or referral sources
social justice - ANSWERthe creation of social institutions that support the
welfare of individuals and groups
economic justice - ANSWERthose aspects of social justice that relate to
economic well being, such as a livable wage, pay equity, nondiscrimination in
employment, and social security
prevention - ANSWERthe timely provision of services to vulnerable persons,
promoting social functioning before problems develop
,restoration - ANSWERefforts to restore functioning that has been impaired by
physical or mental difficulties
remediation - ANSWERthe elimination or amelioration of existing social
problems
values - ANSWERstrongly held beliefs about how the world should be, about
how people should normally behave, and about what the preferred condition
of life are
social welfare - ANSWERa special helping mechanism devised to air those
who suffer from the variety of ills found in industrial society
micro-level practice - ANSWERsocial work practice that serves individuals,
couples, and families
direct practice - ANSWERsocial work practice at the micro level
mezzo-level practice - ANSWERsocial work practice designed to change the
systems that directly affect clients, such as the family, peer group, or
classroom
macro-level practice - ANSWERsocial work practice that involves working with
citizen groups or with private, public, or governmental organizations in
activities related to social planning and community organization
, ecological systems model - ANSWERa model of interacting elements that
enables social workers to examine strengths and weaknesses in transactions
between persons, families, cultures, and communities as systems
habitat - ANSWERthe physical and social setting and cultural context within
which a person lives
niche - ANSWERthe status or role occupied by a member of the community
ecomaps - ANSWERa graphic representation of the interrelationships,
strengths, resources, and challenges of the system surrounding an individual
or family
client systems - ANSWERa system that includes those persons who request a
change, sanction it, are expected to benefit from it, and contract to receive it
target system - ANSWERthe focus of change efforts. with a voluntary client, it
typically encompasses the concerns that brought the individual to see
services. with nonvoluntary clients, it may include illegal or dangerous
behaviors that the person doe snot acknowledge
action systems - ANSWERthose formal and informal resources and persons
that the social worker needs to cooperate with to accomplish a purpose. It
often includes family, friends, and other resources as well as more formal
resources
Agency System - ANSWERa special subset of an action system that includes
the practitioners and formal service systems involved in work on the target
problems
