SOCW 357 - Chapter 1 Quiz | Review
of Chapter 1 from the textbook
Empowerment Series: Understanding
Human Behavior and the Social
Environment verified to pass 2025
NASW - correct answer ✔National Association of Social Workers
Social Work Definition - correct answer ✔The professional activity of helping
individuals, groups, or communities to enhance or restore their capacity for
social functioning and to create societal conditions favorable to their goals.
Social Work practice consists of... - correct answer ✔Helping people obtain
tangible services
Providing counseling and psychotherapy for individuals, families, and groups
Helping communities or groups provide or improve social and health services
Participating in relevant legislative processes.
One of the primary steps in the helping process - correct answer
✔Assessment
Social Work Definition of Assessment - correct answer ✔The identification
and exploration of variables affecting people's behavior, functioning, and well-
being.
,Assessment for social workers entails... - correct answer ✔investigating
people's strengths, problems, needs, and issues to begin understanding how
to help people and improve their lives
Social work is unique in that it... - correct answer ✔emphasizes a focus that
stretches far beyond that of an individual.
The 3 Major Thrusts - correct answer ✔1. Social workers can help people
solve their problems and cope with their situations.
2. Social workers can work with systems (i.e. social service agnecies)
3. Social workers can "link people with systems"
Why is social work distinct from other professions? - correct answer ✔It has
the responsibility and mandate to provide social services
Problem Solving Approach - correct answer ✔1. Identify as precisely as
possible the problem or problems; in other words, conduct an assessment of
the situation.
2. Generate possible alternative solutions, evaluate their potential
effectiveness, and establish a plan of action for intervention.
3. Implement the plan and carry out the intervention.
4. Evaluate the intervention's effectiveness.
, 5. Terminate the process.
One primary task for the practitioner is to help the client define the
____________ available to him or her. - correct answer ✔alternatives
The positive and negative consequences of each alternative should be... -
correct answer ✔clearly stated and weighed
Four Main Phases of the Lifespan - correct answer ✔Infancy and childhood
Adolescence
Young and middle adulthood
Later adulthood
bio-psycho-social development - correct answer ✔The combined
consideration of Biological, Psychological, and Social development and
theories which integrally affect each other.
Biological Development and Theories - correct answer ✔concern the
physical aspects of a person's life
Psychological Development and Theories - correct answer ✔concern
individuals' functioning and cognitive or thought processes. (Development of a
sense of morality is involved)
Social Development and Theories - correct answer ✔concern people's
interaction with others around them in the social environment
Throughout each of the life periods, people tend to experience
____________________________________ related to biological,
of Chapter 1 from the textbook
Empowerment Series: Understanding
Human Behavior and the Social
Environment verified to pass 2025
NASW - correct answer ✔National Association of Social Workers
Social Work Definition - correct answer ✔The professional activity of helping
individuals, groups, or communities to enhance or restore their capacity for
social functioning and to create societal conditions favorable to their goals.
Social Work practice consists of... - correct answer ✔Helping people obtain
tangible services
Providing counseling and psychotherapy for individuals, families, and groups
Helping communities or groups provide or improve social and health services
Participating in relevant legislative processes.
One of the primary steps in the helping process - correct answer
✔Assessment
Social Work Definition of Assessment - correct answer ✔The identification
and exploration of variables affecting people's behavior, functioning, and well-
being.
,Assessment for social workers entails... - correct answer ✔investigating
people's strengths, problems, needs, and issues to begin understanding how
to help people and improve their lives
Social work is unique in that it... - correct answer ✔emphasizes a focus that
stretches far beyond that of an individual.
The 3 Major Thrusts - correct answer ✔1. Social workers can help people
solve their problems and cope with their situations.
2. Social workers can work with systems (i.e. social service agnecies)
3. Social workers can "link people with systems"
Why is social work distinct from other professions? - correct answer ✔It has
the responsibility and mandate to provide social services
Problem Solving Approach - correct answer ✔1. Identify as precisely as
possible the problem or problems; in other words, conduct an assessment of
the situation.
2. Generate possible alternative solutions, evaluate their potential
effectiveness, and establish a plan of action for intervention.
3. Implement the plan and carry out the intervention.
4. Evaluate the intervention's effectiveness.
, 5. Terminate the process.
One primary task for the practitioner is to help the client define the
____________ available to him or her. - correct answer ✔alternatives
The positive and negative consequences of each alternative should be... -
correct answer ✔clearly stated and weighed
Four Main Phases of the Lifespan - correct answer ✔Infancy and childhood
Adolescence
Young and middle adulthood
Later adulthood
bio-psycho-social development - correct answer ✔The combined
consideration of Biological, Psychological, and Social development and
theories which integrally affect each other.
Biological Development and Theories - correct answer ✔concern the
physical aspects of a person's life
Psychological Development and Theories - correct answer ✔concern
individuals' functioning and cognitive or thought processes. (Development of a
sense of morality is involved)
Social Development and Theories - correct answer ✔concern people's
interaction with others around them in the social environment
Throughout each of the life periods, people tend to experience
____________________________________ related to biological,
