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Social Work Comprehensive Exam / Comprehensive
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Which of the following approaches proposes that the superego is the personality
structure that guides moral development?
A. Social learning approach
B. Behavioral developmental approach
C. Psychodynamic approach
D. Cognitive developmental approach - (answers)C. Psychodynamic approach
A __________________ is a set of persons who were born at the same historical
time and who experience particular social changes within a given culture in the
same sequence and age.
Support group
Class
Cohort
Subsystem - (answers)Cohort
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________ is the ability of an individual, family, group, community or organization
to recover from adversity and resume functioning even when suffering serious
trouble, confusion, or hardship.
Transitions
Adaptation
Strength
Resilience - (answers)Resilience
This perspective emphasizes the importance of relationships between systems
within an environment and considers how the environment affects human
development, interaction, and quality of life.
Sociopsychological perspective
Human ecology perspective
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Theoretical community perspective
Structural perspective - (answers)Human ecology perspective
A primary goal within the area of Social Work is that of empowering people. The
concept of empowerment in social work is defined as _________.
None of the above
Increasing personal, interpersonal, or financial resources of individuals to help
them take action to improve their situations
Increasing personal, interpersonal, or political power so that individuals can take
action to improve their situations
Increasing client political power and financial resources to improve their
situations - (answers)Increasing personal, interpersonal, or political power so that
individuals can take action to improve their situations
According to Mary Ainsworth's theory of attachment, when a child uses the
mother as a home base and feels comfortable leaving this base to explore their
environment. This is considered to be which of the following types of
attachment?
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Avoidant attachment
Secure attachment
Positive attachment
Anxious attachment - (answers)Secure attachment
Which of the following approaches proposes that behavior is shaped by
environmental reinforcements and punishments?
Behavioral developmental approach
Psychodynamic approach
Cognitive developmental approach
Social learning approach - (answers)Social learning approach
In this stage within Piaget's cognitive development, children begin to think
logically on a concrete level, begin to develop the capacity to think from other
Social Work Comprehensive Exam / Comprehensive
Study Guide – Expert Strategies, Review of Key
Quizzes, and Practice Questions for Guaranteed
Success
Which of the following approaches proposes that the superego is the personality
structure that guides moral development?
A. Social learning approach
B. Behavioral developmental approach
C. Psychodynamic approach
D. Cognitive developmental approach - (answers)C. Psychodynamic approach
A __________________ is a set of persons who were born at the same historical
time and who experience particular social changes within a given culture in the
same sequence and age.
Support group
Class
Cohort
Subsystem - (answers)Cohort
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________ is the ability of an individual, family, group, community or organization
to recover from adversity and resume functioning even when suffering serious
trouble, confusion, or hardship.
Transitions
Adaptation
Strength
Resilience - (answers)Resilience
This perspective emphasizes the importance of relationships between systems
within an environment and considers how the environment affects human
development, interaction, and quality of life.
Sociopsychological perspective
Human ecology perspective
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Theoretical community perspective
Structural perspective - (answers)Human ecology perspective
A primary goal within the area of Social Work is that of empowering people. The
concept of empowerment in social work is defined as _________.
None of the above
Increasing personal, interpersonal, or financial resources of individuals to help
them take action to improve their situations
Increasing personal, interpersonal, or political power so that individuals can take
action to improve their situations
Increasing client political power and financial resources to improve their
situations - (answers)Increasing personal, interpersonal, or political power so that
individuals can take action to improve their situations
According to Mary Ainsworth's theory of attachment, when a child uses the
mother as a home base and feels comfortable leaving this base to explore their
environment. This is considered to be which of the following types of
attachment?
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Avoidant attachment
Secure attachment
Positive attachment
Anxious attachment - (answers)Secure attachment
Which of the following approaches proposes that behavior is shaped by
environmental reinforcements and punishments?
Behavioral developmental approach
Psychodynamic approach
Cognitive developmental approach
Social learning approach - (answers)Social learning approach
In this stage within Piaget's cognitive development, children begin to think
logically on a concrete level, begin to develop the capacity to think from other
