SOWK 1002 EXAM STUDY questions
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Social Welfare - correct answer ✔✔an organized system which provides social services and
programs to assist individuals and factors only
Medicine Wheel - correct answer ✔✔an ancient symbol that signifies a holistic method of
healing and helping individuals, families, and communities
Inuit Quajimajatuqangit (IQ) - correct answer ✔✔The Inuktitut (Inuit language) term for
traditional or Indigenous knowledge of the Inuit
Deserving Poor - correct answer ✔✔Individuals in poverty assessed as being poor through no
fault of their own
Undeserving Poor - correct answer ✔✔Those assessed to be physically capable of work in some
form or another but are unemployed
Indoor Relief - correct answer ✔✔assistance provided in an institutional setting, such as a
poorhouse, almshouse, or workhouse
Outdoor Relief - correct answer ✔✔Material assistance given to individuals and families in their
own homes
Less Eligibility - correct answer ✔✔Principle requiring that the standard of living of an individual
receving public assistance or the conditions of work (e.g. workhouse conditions) had to be less
favourable than what a labourer would receive who worked the lowest-paying labour market
job
,Social Casework - correct answer ✔✔Addressing an issue by systematically gathering detailed
data regarding an individual's environment and analyzing the data, follow by making a data-
based diagnosis and treatment plan
Social Darwinism - correct answer ✔✔as related to poverty, the belief that indiscriminate relief
would weaken a person's moral character, contributing to the weakening of society and those
who were poor were "unfit" while those who were wealthy were "fit" but possessed higher
moral character
Social Gospel Movement - correct answer ✔✔an integrated theological and social movement
centered on social development and change
Family Ethic - correct answer ✔✔a perspective that began in the colonial era defining a
woman's role solely as a wife and mother
Welfare State - correct answer ✔✔a country in which the government assumes responsibility
for ensuring that it's citizens basic needs are met
Concept - correct answer ✔✔building blocks of theory and tend to have two parts, a symbol
(representing a word or term) and a definition. Concepts also contain built-in assumptions of
the nature of human beings, social reality, or a particular phenomenon
Purist Approach - correct answer ✔✔a practice when a particular theory or theoretical
perspective is regularly drawn upon regardless of the nature of a client's presenting issues
Eclectic Approach - correct answer ✔✔an approach a social worker uses drawing upon a range
of theories and techniques from different theoretical perspectives not specifically favoring one
theory but uses theory flexibly
, Ecosystem Theories - correct answer ✔✔a way to think about the fundamental interactions
between people and their social and physical environments
Onion-peeling Theories - correct answer ✔✔theories that focus on peeling back the layers of
past experiences in order for people can gain insight and awareness into what prevents them
from moving forward in their lives
Faulty-engine theory - correct answer ✔✔shift the focus of practice attention not to the past,
but to the here and now. These sets of theories aim to alter fault or distortd think that impede
optimal functioning
Story-telling stories - correct answer ✔✔the ways that stories can be reinterpreted to enable
more positive and rewarding life-outcomes. Building on notions of strengths-based practice,
story-telling theories focus on externalizing problems and finding narrative solutions that lead
to a greater sense of well-being
Narrative - correct answer ✔✔"a story which performs social function". Narrative are said to
have particular structures, which serve to provide some kind of meaning for the teller. Most
narratives contain a temporal ordering of events, or an incident and a consequence that follow"
Mountain-mountain Theories - correct answer ✔✔theories that seek to eliminate disadvantage
and empower people to realize their hopes for themselves, their families, and their
communities. These theories, which include feminist, anti-oppressive, Indigenous, structural
social work, and critical social work, connect the personal with the political and shift the focus
from individual blame to collective solutions across social, economic, and political domains
Id - correct answer ✔✔refers to one's unconscious and is composed of powerful forces of
drives, instincts, and desires
Superego - correct answer ✔✔acts as the conscience and develops during ones childhood
through socialization. It is the internalization of the values and norms of society, taught by
parents and caregivers. The superego is meant to control the drives and desires of the id
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Social Welfare - correct answer ✔✔an organized system which provides social services and
programs to assist individuals and factors only
Medicine Wheel - correct answer ✔✔an ancient symbol that signifies a holistic method of
healing and helping individuals, families, and communities
Inuit Quajimajatuqangit (IQ) - correct answer ✔✔The Inuktitut (Inuit language) term for
traditional or Indigenous knowledge of the Inuit
Deserving Poor - correct answer ✔✔Individuals in poverty assessed as being poor through no
fault of their own
Undeserving Poor - correct answer ✔✔Those assessed to be physically capable of work in some
form or another but are unemployed
Indoor Relief - correct answer ✔✔assistance provided in an institutional setting, such as a
poorhouse, almshouse, or workhouse
Outdoor Relief - correct answer ✔✔Material assistance given to individuals and families in their
own homes
Less Eligibility - correct answer ✔✔Principle requiring that the standard of living of an individual
receving public assistance or the conditions of work (e.g. workhouse conditions) had to be less
favourable than what a labourer would receive who worked the lowest-paying labour market
job
,Social Casework - correct answer ✔✔Addressing an issue by systematically gathering detailed
data regarding an individual's environment and analyzing the data, follow by making a data-
based diagnosis and treatment plan
Social Darwinism - correct answer ✔✔as related to poverty, the belief that indiscriminate relief
would weaken a person's moral character, contributing to the weakening of society and those
who were poor were "unfit" while those who were wealthy were "fit" but possessed higher
moral character
Social Gospel Movement - correct answer ✔✔an integrated theological and social movement
centered on social development and change
Family Ethic - correct answer ✔✔a perspective that began in the colonial era defining a
woman's role solely as a wife and mother
Welfare State - correct answer ✔✔a country in which the government assumes responsibility
for ensuring that it's citizens basic needs are met
Concept - correct answer ✔✔building blocks of theory and tend to have two parts, a symbol
(representing a word or term) and a definition. Concepts also contain built-in assumptions of
the nature of human beings, social reality, or a particular phenomenon
Purist Approach - correct answer ✔✔a practice when a particular theory or theoretical
perspective is regularly drawn upon regardless of the nature of a client's presenting issues
Eclectic Approach - correct answer ✔✔an approach a social worker uses drawing upon a range
of theories and techniques from different theoretical perspectives not specifically favoring one
theory but uses theory flexibly
, Ecosystem Theories - correct answer ✔✔a way to think about the fundamental interactions
between people and their social and physical environments
Onion-peeling Theories - correct answer ✔✔theories that focus on peeling back the layers of
past experiences in order for people can gain insight and awareness into what prevents them
from moving forward in their lives
Faulty-engine theory - correct answer ✔✔shift the focus of practice attention not to the past,
but to the here and now. These sets of theories aim to alter fault or distortd think that impede
optimal functioning
Story-telling stories - correct answer ✔✔the ways that stories can be reinterpreted to enable
more positive and rewarding life-outcomes. Building on notions of strengths-based practice,
story-telling theories focus on externalizing problems and finding narrative solutions that lead
to a greater sense of well-being
Narrative - correct answer ✔✔"a story which performs social function". Narrative are said to
have particular structures, which serve to provide some kind of meaning for the teller. Most
narratives contain a temporal ordering of events, or an incident and a consequence that follow"
Mountain-mountain Theories - correct answer ✔✔theories that seek to eliminate disadvantage
and empower people to realize their hopes for themselves, their families, and their
communities. These theories, which include feminist, anti-oppressive, Indigenous, structural
social work, and critical social work, connect the personal with the political and shift the focus
from individual blame to collective solutions across social, economic, and political domains
Id - correct answer ✔✔refers to one's unconscious and is composed of powerful forces of
drives, instincts, and desires
Superego - correct answer ✔✔acts as the conscience and develops during ones childhood
through socialization. It is the internalization of the values and norms of society, taught by
parents and caregivers. The superego is meant to control the drives and desires of the id
