Chapter 2 Practice Quiz

Social Work Theories

. What is the goal of mountain-moving theories?

. Mary Richmond, who wrote Social Diagnosis in the early 1900s, worked with which population?

. According to onion-peeling theories, human behaviour is a consequence of which of the following?

. According to psychodynamic theory, the past is critical in understanding what?

. In social work, behavioural approaches are used to help clients who are dealing with which situation?

. Which of the following approaches is strength-based?

. Which theories focus practice on participatory and/or revolutionary consciousness-raising and political action?

. Which feminist perspective challenges the very core of feminist theory itself?

. Which theoretical perspective originated with the work of Canadian social work professor Maurice Moreau?

. What are two important elements of empowerment?

. Which type of therapy focuses on using language to shape truths?

. Which theory aims to deconstruct systems of oppression embedded in society to instill positive change?

. What are the layers of Bronfenbrenner's ecological model?

. Concepts, the building blocks of theory, tend to have three parts: a symbol, a definition, and an eco-map.

. Theorizing is a neutral process.

. One cannot ignore the role of power and privilege when considering the development of theories in social work.

. Ludwig von Bertalanffy developed general systems theory.

. According to Uri Bronfenbrenner, the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem are mutually influential in understanding individual experience.

. According to John Bowlby, if children have consistent attachment relationships, they tend to later experience anxiety and disturbances in behaviour.

. Faulty-engine theories aim to actively alter behaviours in the here and now.

. From a cognitive-behavioural framework, clients are viewed as dependent and unable to influence their own lives.

. Liberal feminists brought forth a class analysis and highlighted the unequal distribution of power as a critical component of women's oppression.

. Residential schools represent an example of colonial practice by the social work profession.

. Critical race theory emerged in the context of the civil rights movement.

. Intersectionality highlights the multiple distinctions between different marginalized or oppressed groups.

. While trauma-informed social work practice focuses on the past, solution-focused therapy focuses on the present and future.

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