HBSE II TEST 2 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Which theory views social behavior from the perspective of conflict or tension among two or more
groups? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Conflict*
Conflict theory gives a framework from which conflict between _________________and
__________________ groups in society can be systematically organized. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Superordinate; subordinate*
Conflict between the classes is an inevitable feature of capitalism is a belief of which theorist? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Marx*
Who said that groups possess a great deal of variation with regard to class, politics and philosophies and
could be defined by class, status and party than just by social class, and therefore disagrees with Marx. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Weber*
Simmel added to Marx's and Weber's theories in saying that conflict can be beneficial for society. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True*
Who focused on racial and ethnic equality and helped to found the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Persons? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Du Bois*
The Rogers text proposed that conflict theory can be applied in which of the following areas? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Family
Health Care
Social Justice and Empowerment
All of the above*
What is a limitation of conflict theory? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Tends to lend itself to only the
macro level of conceptualization of problems*
, Critical Practice Theory has which of the following as a goal? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Help clients
overcome limits and the oppressive nature of the existing social order and to help marginalized*
Which theory in held in contrast to conflict theory and critical practice theory in that it attempts to
explain how various aspects, or functions, of society work together to maintain stability. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Functionalist Theory*
Which of the following was not a functionalist theorist? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Erving Goffman*
If a social worker is looking at ways in which various social institutions help to maintain order in clients'
lives, the worker is using a ____________________________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Functionalist perspective*
Both conflict theory and functionalist theory do not tend to help social workers to develop interventions
for clients. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅TRUE*
Symbolic Interaction theory refers to _________________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The unique
ways in which people and systems interact and communicate with one another.*
Which of the following is not a premise to symbolic interaction theory? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Societies attach meaning to experiences and individuals have no uniqueness or
individualism in assigning meaning*
Social constructionism offers social workers a framework in which to view humans as
_____________________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Active beings who interact with the world full
of meaningful objects.*
We learn who we are through our interactions with others. This is the idea behind_____________. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Looking-glass self*
Social workers can use feminist theories to analyze social processes and applied to which of the
following? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Oppression and Discrimination
Psychological development
ANSWERS
Which theory views social behavior from the perspective of conflict or tension among two or more
groups? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Conflict*
Conflict theory gives a framework from which conflict between _________________and
__________________ groups in society can be systematically organized. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Superordinate; subordinate*
Conflict between the classes is an inevitable feature of capitalism is a belief of which theorist? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Marx*
Who said that groups possess a great deal of variation with regard to class, politics and philosophies and
could be defined by class, status and party than just by social class, and therefore disagrees with Marx. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Weber*
Simmel added to Marx's and Weber's theories in saying that conflict can be beneficial for society. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True*
Who focused on racial and ethnic equality and helped to found the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Persons? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Du Bois*
The Rogers text proposed that conflict theory can be applied in which of the following areas? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Family
Health Care
Social Justice and Empowerment
All of the above*
What is a limitation of conflict theory? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Tends to lend itself to only the
macro level of conceptualization of problems*
, Critical Practice Theory has which of the following as a goal? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Help clients
overcome limits and the oppressive nature of the existing social order and to help marginalized*
Which theory in held in contrast to conflict theory and critical practice theory in that it attempts to
explain how various aspects, or functions, of society work together to maintain stability. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Functionalist Theory*
Which of the following was not a functionalist theorist? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Erving Goffman*
If a social worker is looking at ways in which various social institutions help to maintain order in clients'
lives, the worker is using a ____________________________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Functionalist perspective*
Both conflict theory and functionalist theory do not tend to help social workers to develop interventions
for clients. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅TRUE*
Symbolic Interaction theory refers to _________________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The unique
ways in which people and systems interact and communicate with one another.*
Which of the following is not a premise to symbolic interaction theory? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Societies attach meaning to experiences and individuals have no uniqueness or
individualism in assigning meaning*
Social constructionism offers social workers a framework in which to view humans as
_____________________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Active beings who interact with the world full
of meaningful objects.*
We learn who we are through our interactions with others. This is the idea behind_____________. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Looking-glass self*
Social workers can use feminist theories to analyze social processes and applied to which of the
following? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Oppression and Discrimination
Psychological development
