SOWK 370 Exam Review (Quizzes)
Comprehensive Questions (Frequently
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The traditional view of helping clients involves asking them questions primarily about what? -
Answer: problems, mistakes, causes, and solutions; focus on client's feelings
The traditional view is similar to the model used in what other profession - Answer: Medical
Model (emphasizes diagnosis rather than treatment)
Which type of questions did the students not ask Rosie
a. Questions about times which go better for her
b. Questions about her problems
c. Questinos about potential solution that might help her
d. Questions about her mistakes - Answer: a. Questions about times which go better for her
Which is not a stage of problem solving?
a. Intervention
b. Exploration of the client's feelings
c. Description of the problem and data collection
d. Problem assessment - Answer: b. Exploration of the client's feelings
The strengths perspective of practice:
a. Regularly uses categories of psychological dysfunction in the helping process
b. Relies mainly on scientific expertise to solve client problems
c. Emphasizes uncovering the underlying causes of problems
,d. Focuses on discovering how clients have managed to survive in their circumstances - Answer:
d. Focuses on discovering how clients have managed to survive in their circumstances
WHat was different about Cheryl's interview with Rosie? - Answer: When Cheryl interviewed
Rosie she directed the conversation around describing the problem, developing well-formed
goals, exploring the exceptions, giving feedback, and evalutating Rosie's progress. Basically, this
allows Rosie to be the expert of her own life rather than depending on Cheryl to solve her
problems
Solution-builing relies on clients' frames of reference for definitions of:
a. What they would like different in their lives
b. What will be different in their lives when their problems are solved
c. Their inner and outer resources
d. All of the above - Answer: d. All of the above
What does it mean to be "not-knowing"? - Answer: Adopting the posure of not knowing means
to rely on the client's perceptions and explanations. It allows the clinician to develop the need
to know more about a client rather than forming pre-conceived notions about them
Give an example of a relationship question - Answer: Who knows you well?
Describe your relationship with your mother/father/husband/wife/childredn/etc...
In what ways can you appreciate _____?
How do you with they would act differently?
If they were here right now how would they describe you?
, Allowing the client to be the "expert" means that the practitioner
a. Has to educate the client on how to interpret their situation
b. Is actively engaged but seeking the client's perspectives
c. Takes a mostly passive role and allows the clients to do almost all of the work in the interview
d. Does the majority of the work in the interview - Answer: b. Is actively engaged but seeking
the client's perspectives.
What two things does the text recommend going when you first meet your client - Answer:
Introduction and role clarification
What is one potential benefit of asking a client how they spend their workday? - Answer:
Getting to know a client allows the practitioner to indentify strengths, get details about a client,
and look for hints of possibility
If a client told you that a lack of education was a problem for them, what question would the
text suggest you follow up with? - Answer: What in your life makes you say that a lack of
education is a problem right now?
Client perceptions about the situation are:
a. Rarely impacted by the interviewing process
b. Concrete and measurable
c. More or less fluid and shifting
d. Usually difficult to shift - Answer: c. More or less fluid and shifting
What message can we send by asking clients what they have tried do far? - Answer: This sends
the message that we think our clients are competent
Comprehensive Questions (Frequently
Tested) with Verified Answers
The traditional view of helping clients involves asking them questions primarily about what? -
Answer: problems, mistakes, causes, and solutions; focus on client's feelings
The traditional view is similar to the model used in what other profession - Answer: Medical
Model (emphasizes diagnosis rather than treatment)
Which type of questions did the students not ask Rosie
a. Questions about times which go better for her
b. Questions about her problems
c. Questinos about potential solution that might help her
d. Questions about her mistakes - Answer: a. Questions about times which go better for her
Which is not a stage of problem solving?
a. Intervention
b. Exploration of the client's feelings
c. Description of the problem and data collection
d. Problem assessment - Answer: b. Exploration of the client's feelings
The strengths perspective of practice:
a. Regularly uses categories of psychological dysfunction in the helping process
b. Relies mainly on scientific expertise to solve client problems
c. Emphasizes uncovering the underlying causes of problems
,d. Focuses on discovering how clients have managed to survive in their circumstances - Answer:
d. Focuses on discovering how clients have managed to survive in their circumstances
WHat was different about Cheryl's interview with Rosie? - Answer: When Cheryl interviewed
Rosie she directed the conversation around describing the problem, developing well-formed
goals, exploring the exceptions, giving feedback, and evalutating Rosie's progress. Basically, this
allows Rosie to be the expert of her own life rather than depending on Cheryl to solve her
problems
Solution-builing relies on clients' frames of reference for definitions of:
a. What they would like different in their lives
b. What will be different in their lives when their problems are solved
c. Their inner and outer resources
d. All of the above - Answer: d. All of the above
What does it mean to be "not-knowing"? - Answer: Adopting the posure of not knowing means
to rely on the client's perceptions and explanations. It allows the clinician to develop the need
to know more about a client rather than forming pre-conceived notions about them
Give an example of a relationship question - Answer: Who knows you well?
Describe your relationship with your mother/father/husband/wife/childredn/etc...
In what ways can you appreciate _____?
How do you with they would act differently?
If they were here right now how would they describe you?
, Allowing the client to be the "expert" means that the practitioner
a. Has to educate the client on how to interpret their situation
b. Is actively engaged but seeking the client's perspectives
c. Takes a mostly passive role and allows the clients to do almost all of the work in the interview
d. Does the majority of the work in the interview - Answer: b. Is actively engaged but seeking
the client's perspectives.
What two things does the text recommend going when you first meet your client - Answer:
Introduction and role clarification
What is one potential benefit of asking a client how they spend their workday? - Answer:
Getting to know a client allows the practitioner to indentify strengths, get details about a client,
and look for hints of possibility
If a client told you that a lack of education was a problem for them, what question would the
text suggest you follow up with? - Answer: What in your life makes you say that a lack of
education is a problem right now?
Client perceptions about the situation are:
a. Rarely impacted by the interviewing process
b. Concrete and measurable
c. More or less fluid and shifting
d. Usually difficult to shift - Answer: c. More or less fluid and shifting
What message can we send by asking clients what they have tried do far? - Answer: This sends
the message that we think our clients are competent
