SOWK 301 Exam 1 questions well
answered to pass
Social Work Definition - correct answer ✔✔profession concerned with helping individuals, groups,
families, and communities to enhance their collective and individual well being through similar
perspectives, skills, and a process
SW Definition throughout Time - correct answer ✔✔Harriet Bartlett (1958)- first attempt to define SW,
curative, preventative, and holistic; 1970s-2000s- debate on definition; 2001 conference; Helen Perlman
(1980)- social workers help people address and resolve social problems through a process
Generalist Practice - correct answer ✔✔SW whose knowledge and skills encompass a broad spectrum
and who assesses problems and their solutions comprehensively; coordinates the efforts of the specialist
by facilitating the communication, thereby fostering continuity of care; SW with individuals; main focus:
help individuals help themselves
Specialist Practice - correct answer ✔✔practitioner whose orientation and knowledge are focused on a
specific problem or goal whose technical expertise and skill in specific activities are highly developed and
refined
3 Indicators of General Practice - correct answer ✔✔Similar Perspective, Skills, Process (Planned Change
Process)
Similar Perspectives - correct answer ✔✔strengths, PIE, culture and diversity, professional language, title
protection
Skills - correct answer ✔✔research based knowledge, based on SW values and ethics, help facilitate
change; listening, elicit info, professional relationships, verbal and nonverbal behavior, engagement, etc.
Process (Planned Change Process) - correct answer ✔✔engagement, assessment, intervention,
evaluation; inclusive of individuals, families, groups, and communities; directed toward solutions (clients
are partners in the process)
, SW History and Key Figures (Early 1900s) - correct answer ✔✔Jane Addams and Mary Richmond
Jane Addams - correct answer ✔✔settlement house, community based, working poor and immigrants,
learning work skills
Mary Richmond - correct answer ✔✔charity organization, individual and family based, case work, helped
professionalize SW field
Problem - correct answer ✔✔an event, condition, or experience that stimulates a sense of
disequilibrium and a corresponding motivation to regain a sense of equilibrium through thought, action,
or both
Origins of Problem Solving Rationale and Cognitive Response - correct answer ✔✔John Dewey (1910):
thinking is central to problem solving rather than reacting by impulse; Helen Perlman (1957, 1970, 1986):
applies Problem Solving Theory (planned change process) to SW
Emotional Response to Problem Solving - correct answer ✔✔stress: condition where uncertainty/risks
are perceived in meeting our well-being and desires; threat:reaction is fight or flight; challenge: gather
info and skills; opportunity: desirable situation met with effort
Support Problem Solving - correct answer ✔✔we don't fix problems; develop resources and create
opportunities to increase capacities
Change Requirements - correct answer ✔✔motivation, capacity, opportunity
Motivation - correct answer ✔✔imbalance of hope and discomfort in relation to an imagined solution to
the problem (readiness to make changes, a goal)
Capacity - correct answer ✔✔knowledge, social skills, rational skills, relationship with external reality,
capable bio-psycho-social-spiritual factors in development
answered to pass
Social Work Definition - correct answer ✔✔profession concerned with helping individuals, groups,
families, and communities to enhance their collective and individual well being through similar
perspectives, skills, and a process
SW Definition throughout Time - correct answer ✔✔Harriet Bartlett (1958)- first attempt to define SW,
curative, preventative, and holistic; 1970s-2000s- debate on definition; 2001 conference; Helen Perlman
(1980)- social workers help people address and resolve social problems through a process
Generalist Practice - correct answer ✔✔SW whose knowledge and skills encompass a broad spectrum
and who assesses problems and their solutions comprehensively; coordinates the efforts of the specialist
by facilitating the communication, thereby fostering continuity of care; SW with individuals; main focus:
help individuals help themselves
Specialist Practice - correct answer ✔✔practitioner whose orientation and knowledge are focused on a
specific problem or goal whose technical expertise and skill in specific activities are highly developed and
refined
3 Indicators of General Practice - correct answer ✔✔Similar Perspective, Skills, Process (Planned Change
Process)
Similar Perspectives - correct answer ✔✔strengths, PIE, culture and diversity, professional language, title
protection
Skills - correct answer ✔✔research based knowledge, based on SW values and ethics, help facilitate
change; listening, elicit info, professional relationships, verbal and nonverbal behavior, engagement, etc.
Process (Planned Change Process) - correct answer ✔✔engagement, assessment, intervention,
evaluation; inclusive of individuals, families, groups, and communities; directed toward solutions (clients
are partners in the process)
, SW History and Key Figures (Early 1900s) - correct answer ✔✔Jane Addams and Mary Richmond
Jane Addams - correct answer ✔✔settlement house, community based, working poor and immigrants,
learning work skills
Mary Richmond - correct answer ✔✔charity organization, individual and family based, case work, helped
professionalize SW field
Problem - correct answer ✔✔an event, condition, or experience that stimulates a sense of
disequilibrium and a corresponding motivation to regain a sense of equilibrium through thought, action,
or both
Origins of Problem Solving Rationale and Cognitive Response - correct answer ✔✔John Dewey (1910):
thinking is central to problem solving rather than reacting by impulse; Helen Perlman (1957, 1970, 1986):
applies Problem Solving Theory (planned change process) to SW
Emotional Response to Problem Solving - correct answer ✔✔stress: condition where uncertainty/risks
are perceived in meeting our well-being and desires; threat:reaction is fight or flight; challenge: gather
info and skills; opportunity: desirable situation met with effort
Support Problem Solving - correct answer ✔✔we don't fix problems; develop resources and create
opportunities to increase capacities
Change Requirements - correct answer ✔✔motivation, capacity, opportunity
Motivation - correct answer ✔✔imbalance of hope and discomfort in relation to an imagined solution to
the problem (readiness to make changes, a goal)
Capacity - correct answer ✔✔knowledge, social skills, rational skills, relationship with external reality,
capable bio-psycho-social-spiritual factors in development
