SOCW 6111 WEEK 5 ASSIGNMENT COMPLETE
ANSWER GUIDE AND EXPLANATIONS 2026
◉ Mezzo Practice. Answer: working with families and other small
groups
◉ Macro Practice. Answer: work to change the larger social
environment so that it benefits individuals and families
◉ Ethics. Answer: standards based on values that serve to guide
one's behavior
◉ Values. Answer: principles, qualities, and practices that a
designated group, individual, or culture deems inherently desirable.
◉ CSWE (Council on Social Work Education). Answer: is the
standard setting and accrediting organization for social work
education
◉ NACSW. Answer: The North American Association of Christians in
social work.
-not motivated by money
-or status
,-or power
-or security.
Their mission is to equip members to integrate Christian faith and
professional social work practice
◉ Profession of Social Work. Answer: focus on any problem, target
the external environment for change, advocacy, professional values
and ethics, partnerships with clients, adherence to professional
standards.
◉ Profession of Psychiatry. Answer: evaluate, diagnose, and treat
patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
◉ Psychology. Answer: the scientific study of behavior and mental
processes. Gather information and evaluate behavior through
experiments, psychoanalysis, or psychotherapy.
◉ Counselor. Answer: qualified individual who uses methods to help
people manage and overcome mental and emotional issues.
◉ Sociologist. Answer: A Scientist who works in the area of
sociology, which examines the relationships, values, and institutions
of communities of people
,◉ Professional boundaries. Answer: Avoid dual relationships,
conflicts of interest, social media contacts. Always take notes.
◉ Self-determination. Answer: each individual's right to make his or
her own decisions
◉ Informed Consent. Answer: the condition where clients grant
permission for the worker to undertake the intervention process
after the worker clearly informs clients of all the facts, risks, and
alternatives involved.
◉ Confidentiality. Answer: the ethical principle workers should not
share information provided by a client or about a client unless that
worker has the client's explicit permission to do so.
◉ Oppression. Answer: the longer-term result of putting extreme
limitations upon or discrimination against some designated group.
◉ Marginalized groups. Answer: a group of people who have been
relegated to the lower echelons, outer edges, or "margins" of society
based on such characteristics as gender, economic status, education,
culture, race, religion, ethnicity, or political affiliation. This group is
seen as being of little importance by the dominant cultural group.
, ◉ Culturally Competent. Answer: understanding a group's cultural
values as embodied in its history, rituals, and religion, a group's
migration experience or other processes in which the encounter
with mainstream culture took place, and the way a group organizes
its family systems.
◉ Prejudice. Answer: an opinion or prejudgement about an
individual, group, or issue that is not based on fact and is usually
negative
◉ Refugees. Answer: individuals forced out of their countries
because of human rights violations against them.
◉ Discrimination. Answer: unequal treatment of people based on
prejudgment because they belong to some category, such as one
involving race, ethnicity, gender, or religion.
◉ Unprejudiced nondiscriminator. Answer: not prejudiced against
other groups and, on principle, will not discriminate against them
◉ Unprejudiced discriminator. Answer: is not personally prejudiced
but may sometimes, reluctantly, discriminate against other groups
because it seems socially or financially convenient to do so.
ANSWER GUIDE AND EXPLANATIONS 2026
◉ Mezzo Practice. Answer: working with families and other small
groups
◉ Macro Practice. Answer: work to change the larger social
environment so that it benefits individuals and families
◉ Ethics. Answer: standards based on values that serve to guide
one's behavior
◉ Values. Answer: principles, qualities, and practices that a
designated group, individual, or culture deems inherently desirable.
◉ CSWE (Council on Social Work Education). Answer: is the
standard setting and accrediting organization for social work
education
◉ NACSW. Answer: The North American Association of Christians in
social work.
-not motivated by money
-or status
,-or power
-or security.
Their mission is to equip members to integrate Christian faith and
professional social work practice
◉ Profession of Social Work. Answer: focus on any problem, target
the external environment for change, advocacy, professional values
and ethics, partnerships with clients, adherence to professional
standards.
◉ Profession of Psychiatry. Answer: evaluate, diagnose, and treat
patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
◉ Psychology. Answer: the scientific study of behavior and mental
processes. Gather information and evaluate behavior through
experiments, psychoanalysis, or psychotherapy.
◉ Counselor. Answer: qualified individual who uses methods to help
people manage and overcome mental and emotional issues.
◉ Sociologist. Answer: A Scientist who works in the area of
sociology, which examines the relationships, values, and institutions
of communities of people
,◉ Professional boundaries. Answer: Avoid dual relationships,
conflicts of interest, social media contacts. Always take notes.
◉ Self-determination. Answer: each individual's right to make his or
her own decisions
◉ Informed Consent. Answer: the condition where clients grant
permission for the worker to undertake the intervention process
after the worker clearly informs clients of all the facts, risks, and
alternatives involved.
◉ Confidentiality. Answer: the ethical principle workers should not
share information provided by a client or about a client unless that
worker has the client's explicit permission to do so.
◉ Oppression. Answer: the longer-term result of putting extreme
limitations upon or discrimination against some designated group.
◉ Marginalized groups. Answer: a group of people who have been
relegated to the lower echelons, outer edges, or "margins" of society
based on such characteristics as gender, economic status, education,
culture, race, religion, ethnicity, or political affiliation. This group is
seen as being of little importance by the dominant cultural group.
, ◉ Culturally Competent. Answer: understanding a group's cultural
values as embodied in its history, rituals, and religion, a group's
migration experience or other processes in which the encounter
with mainstream culture took place, and the way a group organizes
its family systems.
◉ Prejudice. Answer: an opinion or prejudgement about an
individual, group, or issue that is not based on fact and is usually
negative
◉ Refugees. Answer: individuals forced out of their countries
because of human rights violations against them.
◉ Discrimination. Answer: unequal treatment of people based on
prejudgment because they belong to some category, such as one
involving race, ethnicity, gender, or religion.
◉ Unprejudiced nondiscriminator. Answer: not prejudiced against
other groups and, on principle, will not discriminate against them
◉ Unprejudiced discriminator. Answer: is not personally prejudiced
but may sometimes, reluctantly, discriminate against other groups
because it seems socially or financially convenient to do so.
