The goal of social work is to:
a) teach individuals how to function according to the rules of society
b) reconcile the well-being of individuals with the welfare of society
c) promote community well-being
d) promote social well-being.
b
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Why must a human services worker not simply go back and forth from one theory to
another in guiding her practice? A. None of the theories she is trying out may be correct. B. More than one theory may be necessary to practice at a time. C. The worker probably does not know enough and should become more educated. D. The worker should find out from the client what practice would work best.
Hank just finished a project that determined the effectiveness of a substance abuse intervention. The
sample consisted of 400 clients who were randomly selected from 12 different programs. He chose random sampling because he wanted the outcomes to estimate probabilities. What is the definition of probability? a) Guarantee that something will occur b) A chance that something will occur c) An educated guess d) An educated guess of expected relationships among variables
Which of the following is not a contributing factor to the influx of unaccompanied minors from the Central American states of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala into the U.S. that occurred in 2014?
a. severe and persistent poverty b. organized criminal violence c. willingness by family members in the U.S. to pay traffickers thousands of dollars to transport the child to the U.S. d. high demand for adoptions of these children by prospective adoptive parents in the U.S.
A counseling technique that works well with clients who feel paralyzed in response to the
challenges of various psychosocial problems, that is typically short and is focused on problem solving, is called A) the task-centered approach B) cognitive-behavioral therapy C) holistic intervention style D) psychoanalysis