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social justice - correct answer ✔✔the level of fairness that exists in society
micro - correct answer ✔✔the social work practice that helps individuals in their environment
strengths perspective - correct answer ✔✔framework used by social workers
macro - correct answer ✔✔type of social work practice that changes a patient's environment
person and environment - correct answer ✔✔social work is unique because it looks at both:
theory - correct answer ✔✔systematic set of statements to explain a social aspect of life
absolute terms (an absolute dollar amount) - correct answer ✔✔the poverty level in the US is
measured in:
great depression - correct answer ✔✔this event -> prior
social work - correct answer ✔✔professional activities to help individuals or communities to
enhance social functioning
oppression - correct answer ✔✔a systematic effect based on race or class
, orphans and disabled - correct answer ✔✔according to the Elizabethan poor laws, who would
be the worthy poor
worthy poor - correct answer ✔✔Elizabethan poor laws state that orphans and the disabled are
considered:
generalist practitioner - correct answer ✔✔practitioner with many different skills
NASW (National Association of Social Workers) - correct answer ✔✔writers of the code of ethics
cultural competency - correct answer ✔✔skill that respects diversity; promotes the ability to
interact with a diverse group or people/clients
Ludwig van Bertalanffy - correct answer ✔✔writer of the systems theory
systems theory - correct answer ✔✔theory that describes the interconnected elements of a
system in which a change in one element affects all of the other elements; explains how
elements of the home works together with the client
ecological systems approach - correct answer ✔✔the view that in the study of human
development, the person should be considered in all the contexts and interactions that
constitute a life
change agent - correct answer ✔✔a social worker or other professional who's purpose is to
facilitate improvement
Social work as a profession: becoming a change agent - correct answer ✔✔what is the title of
this courses textbook