SOCWORK 1025 MIDTERM UWO UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Social Work
Answer:
a profession concerned with helping individuals, families, groups, and communities to enhance their
individual and collective well being
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2. social welfare
Answer:
a product, a process, and a philosophy. consists of social services and security
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3. residual approach
Answer:
limited, temporary response to those most in need of social welfare. ideology: government must play a
limited role
Question:
4. institutional approach
Answer:
necessary public response to ensure a reasonable standard of life and health for all citizens. it is
necessary to have publicly funded and organized programs to "even out" economic differences
Question:
5. social services
Answer:
personal or community services. Non-monetary assistance to an individual/family
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6. income security
Answer:
-monetary or financial assistance/benefits to individual/family
-ex. canadian pension plan, old age security, retirement pensions, monetary employment insurance etc.
Question:
7. examples of public income security programs
Answer:
- employment insurance
- disability
- workers compensation
- social assistance
Question:
8. social problems
, Answer:
causes can be internal or external
Question:
9. social problems internal factors include
Answer:
- mental illness
- alcohol and drug addictions
- disabilities
- lack of job skills
- family trouble
Question:
10. social problems external factors include
Answer:
- low income, unemployment, economic recession
- lack of affordable housing, low vacant rates
- discrimination
- low rates of social assistance and cutbacks
- lack of social support systems
- lack of educational opportunities
Question:
11. Structural Approach
Answer:
-problems and inequalities are a built in feature of society
-marxism class struggle
-social policies cause stereotype and discriminate
-ideology was that "the system itself needs to be transformed"
Question:
12. conservative ideology
Answer:
(anti-collectivist)
Basic Values:
- freedom
- individualism
- inevitability of inequality
The role of the government (including market interference) should be limited and the role of private
property and private enterprise should be paramount.
Question:
13. liberal ideology
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Social Work
Answer:
a profession concerned with helping individuals, families, groups, and communities to enhance their
individual and collective well being
Question:
2. social welfare
Answer:
a product, a process, and a philosophy. consists of social services and security
Question:
3. residual approach
Answer:
limited, temporary response to those most in need of social welfare. ideology: government must play a
limited role
Question:
4. institutional approach
Answer:
necessary public response to ensure a reasonable standard of life and health for all citizens. it is
necessary to have publicly funded and organized programs to "even out" economic differences
Question:
5. social services
Answer:
personal or community services. Non-monetary assistance to an individual/family
Question:
6. income security
Answer:
-monetary or financial assistance/benefits to individual/family
-ex. canadian pension plan, old age security, retirement pensions, monetary employment insurance etc.
Question:
7. examples of public income security programs
Answer:
- employment insurance
- disability
- workers compensation
- social assistance
Question:
8. social problems
, Answer:
causes can be internal or external
Question:
9. social problems internal factors include
Answer:
- mental illness
- alcohol and drug addictions
- disabilities
- lack of job skills
- family trouble
Question:
10. social problems external factors include
Answer:
- low income, unemployment, economic recession
- lack of affordable housing, low vacant rates
- discrimination
- low rates of social assistance and cutbacks
- lack of social support systems
- lack of educational opportunities
Question:
11. Structural Approach
Answer:
-problems and inequalities are a built in feature of society
-marxism class struggle
-social policies cause stereotype and discriminate
-ideology was that "the system itself needs to be transformed"
Question:
12. conservative ideology
Answer:
(anti-collectivist)
Basic Values:
- freedom
- individualism
- inevitability of inequality
The role of the government (including market interference) should be limited and the role of private
property and private enterprise should be paramount.
Question:
13. liberal ideology
