SOCIAL WORK 238 COMPLETE EXAM
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●● What is an informal assessment?
Answer: An assessment that does not require specific data, performance
is gauged by their own performance levels within the specific demands
of the situation or programs
●● What is general systems theory?
Answer: A theory that tries to understand an individual or circumstance
as a whole, not just one individual factor
●● What is a community needs assessment?
Answer: identifies the strengths and resources available in a community
to meet the needs of youth and families
●● What is an example of informal assessments for students?
Answer: -observations
-presentations
-jounraling
-self-eval
●● What are formal assessments?
, Answer: Pre-planned assessments that have specific criteria that is used
for scoring analysis
●● What are examples of a formal assessment for students?
Answer: -state testing
-progress reports
●● Ecological systems theory
Answer: examines how individuals' environments shape them into who
they are
●● Psychodynamic theory
Answer: Freudian theory that unconscious forces determine behavior
●● Goal Attainment Scale
Answer: A rating system with a range of values used to assess success in
meeting goals
●● What is the purpose using a Goal Attainment Scale for interventions?
Answer: To see the progress of the intervention
●● What is an Alateen?
REVIEW WITH FULL SOLUTIONS
●● What is an informal assessment?
Answer: An assessment that does not require specific data, performance
is gauged by their own performance levels within the specific demands
of the situation or programs
●● What is general systems theory?
Answer: A theory that tries to understand an individual or circumstance
as a whole, not just one individual factor
●● What is a community needs assessment?
Answer: identifies the strengths and resources available in a community
to meet the needs of youth and families
●● What is an example of informal assessments for students?
Answer: -observations
-presentations
-jounraling
-self-eval
●● What are formal assessments?
, Answer: Pre-planned assessments that have specific criteria that is used
for scoring analysis
●● What are examples of a formal assessment for students?
Answer: -state testing
-progress reports
●● Ecological systems theory
Answer: examines how individuals' environments shape them into who
they are
●● Psychodynamic theory
Answer: Freudian theory that unconscious forces determine behavior
●● Goal Attainment Scale
Answer: A rating system with a range of values used to assess success in
meeting goals
●● What is the purpose using a Goal Attainment Scale for interventions?
Answer: To see the progress of the intervention
●● What is an Alateen?
