SOWK 101 Midterm Question with
complete solution 2025/2026
Definition of Social Work: - correct answer ✔The professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or
communities enhance their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to
this goal. Consists of the professional application of social work values, principles, and techniques to
meet the 4 above named goals
Social Work Values and Goals: - correct answer ✔Competence, dignity and worth of the person,
importance of human relationships, integrity, service, social justice
Definition of Generalist Practitioners: - correct answer ✔-See generalist social work practice
-Goal is to address problematic behaviors between persons and their environments or surroundings
Types of an advocacy: - correct answer ✔-Advocacy is the active support of client involvement and
impact concerning decisions related to an idea, concern, need, or cause
-(1) Considered integral to all aspects of generalist social work practice. Defined by activities that
influence resource allocation and decision making, advocacy occurs within social systems, institutions,
and the political and economic arena.
-(2) Involves the act of defending or representing others through supporting or recommending action to
secure or retain social justice.
-(3) Involves the act of representing and defending the rights of individuals, groups, or communities
through direct intervention. Types of advocacy include legal advocacy, legislative advocacy, self-
advocacy, and system advocacy.
Types of an advocate: - correct answer ✔-(1) (verb) One of many duties enacted by a social worker in
relationship to her or his professional self; a salient and central act for both beginning- and advanced-
level social workers for use in everyday practice to advance or champion the causes of consumers of
services.
-(2) (noun) Someone who fights for the rights of others or fights to obtain needed resources or services
, Class: - correct answer ✔An appreciable number of social work clients are marginally employable
because of low educational attainment and spotty work records. As a result, they are often stuck in
poverty. The jobs that are available to them generally pay poorly, and so these clients may still struggle
with transportation issues, affordable day care, mental health issues, physical challenges, and affordable
health insurance. Since the beginning of the profession, social workers have advocated for services and
programs for members of the lower classes who need support for a rewarding family life, stable
housing, adequate nutrition, educational opportunity, and employability. Social workers recognize that
use of public assistance is not simply a matter of personal shortcomings. Large-scale issues within the
community or society as a whole (e.g., a shortage of good jobs, inadequate transportation systems,
substandard schools, minimal child-support enforcement, or lack of quality, affordable day care) also
undermine a person's efforts to advance in life (Seccombe, 2011, p. 74).
Race: - correct answer ✔Race is still an issue in the United States, despite decades of social action and
legislative and judicial remedies. Thus, opportunities to promote diversity and social justice for
Americans with African, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, or Native American heritage are
an important part of social work practice. Social workers who have gained cultural competence
effectively help Bosnian refugees find employment and enroll in ESL (English as a second language)
classes, and advocate for Latino clients who have a mental illness such as schizophrenia to help them
avoid repeated hospitalizations because of language barriers and cultural misunderstandings. By 2050,
the U.S. population is expected to increase by 50%, and minority groups will make up nearly half that
population. One quarter of Americans will be Latino, and 1 in 10 Americans will be of Asian or Pacific
Islander descent. The African American population is projected to increase from 41.1 million to 65.7
million by 2050, going from 14% of the U.S. population to 15% ("Minorities Expected to Be Majority in
2050," 2008).
Gender: - correct answer ✔Although women have made important strides in our society, they still face
lingering and highly ingrained gender stereotypes, which are overgeneralizations about behaviors and
characteristics based on whether a person is masculine/male or feminine/female. Social workers partner
with women's rights groups, educators, and other helping professionals to advocate for and develop
positive and meaningful services and programs for females, especially in education, employment,
reproductive services, child care, and civil rights.
Ethnicity: - correct answer ✔Many people adhere to at least some of the traditions and beliefs of their
ancestors. In a "nation of immigrants," many ethnic subcultures can be found. However, ethnocentrism,
believing that one's own ethnic group and way of life are superior to others, can create intolerance and
prejudice. In contrast, social workers promote respect for and understanding of all ethnic groups and
complete solution 2025/2026
Definition of Social Work: - correct answer ✔The professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or
communities enhance their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to
this goal. Consists of the professional application of social work values, principles, and techniques to
meet the 4 above named goals
Social Work Values and Goals: - correct answer ✔Competence, dignity and worth of the person,
importance of human relationships, integrity, service, social justice
Definition of Generalist Practitioners: - correct answer ✔-See generalist social work practice
-Goal is to address problematic behaviors between persons and their environments or surroundings
Types of an advocacy: - correct answer ✔-Advocacy is the active support of client involvement and
impact concerning decisions related to an idea, concern, need, or cause
-(1) Considered integral to all aspects of generalist social work practice. Defined by activities that
influence resource allocation and decision making, advocacy occurs within social systems, institutions,
and the political and economic arena.
-(2) Involves the act of defending or representing others through supporting or recommending action to
secure or retain social justice.
-(3) Involves the act of representing and defending the rights of individuals, groups, or communities
through direct intervention. Types of advocacy include legal advocacy, legislative advocacy, self-
advocacy, and system advocacy.
Types of an advocate: - correct answer ✔-(1) (verb) One of many duties enacted by a social worker in
relationship to her or his professional self; a salient and central act for both beginning- and advanced-
level social workers for use in everyday practice to advance or champion the causes of consumers of
services.
-(2) (noun) Someone who fights for the rights of others or fights to obtain needed resources or services
, Class: - correct answer ✔An appreciable number of social work clients are marginally employable
because of low educational attainment and spotty work records. As a result, they are often stuck in
poverty. The jobs that are available to them generally pay poorly, and so these clients may still struggle
with transportation issues, affordable day care, mental health issues, physical challenges, and affordable
health insurance. Since the beginning of the profession, social workers have advocated for services and
programs for members of the lower classes who need support for a rewarding family life, stable
housing, adequate nutrition, educational opportunity, and employability. Social workers recognize that
use of public assistance is not simply a matter of personal shortcomings. Large-scale issues within the
community or society as a whole (e.g., a shortage of good jobs, inadequate transportation systems,
substandard schools, minimal child-support enforcement, or lack of quality, affordable day care) also
undermine a person's efforts to advance in life (Seccombe, 2011, p. 74).
Race: - correct answer ✔Race is still an issue in the United States, despite decades of social action and
legislative and judicial remedies. Thus, opportunities to promote diversity and social justice for
Americans with African, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, or Native American heritage are
an important part of social work practice. Social workers who have gained cultural competence
effectively help Bosnian refugees find employment and enroll in ESL (English as a second language)
classes, and advocate for Latino clients who have a mental illness such as schizophrenia to help them
avoid repeated hospitalizations because of language barriers and cultural misunderstandings. By 2050,
the U.S. population is expected to increase by 50%, and minority groups will make up nearly half that
population. One quarter of Americans will be Latino, and 1 in 10 Americans will be of Asian or Pacific
Islander descent. The African American population is projected to increase from 41.1 million to 65.7
million by 2050, going from 14% of the U.S. population to 15% ("Minorities Expected to Be Majority in
2050," 2008).
Gender: - correct answer ✔Although women have made important strides in our society, they still face
lingering and highly ingrained gender stereotypes, which are overgeneralizations about behaviors and
characteristics based on whether a person is masculine/male or feminine/female. Social workers partner
with women's rights groups, educators, and other helping professionals to advocate for and develop
positive and meaningful services and programs for females, especially in education, employment,
reproductive services, child care, and civil rights.
Ethnicity: - correct answer ✔Many people adhere to at least some of the traditions and beliefs of their
ancestors. In a "nation of immigrants," many ethnic subcultures can be found. However, ethnocentrism,
believing that one's own ethnic group and way of life are superior to others, can create intolerance and
prejudice. In contrast, social workers promote respect for and understanding of all ethnic groups and
