Critique how holistic life course perspectives are.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: life course perspectives typically do not support social work’s emphases on a holistic understanding of individuals as bio-psycho-social spiritual beings. For example, these theories do not readily address intellectual and spiritual development as their focus is linked to Freudian thought and to intrapsychic identity development. They take into account the impact of a broad range of historical and social environmental “causes” of identity development. However, it must be noted that life course theories continue to ignore broader societal phenomena such as discrimination and oppression as they impact individual and community growth and development.
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The American Bar Association Commission of Women in the Profession reports that
A) women of color employed by private law firms are more likely than White men employed by private law firms to experience demeaning comments or harassment. B) White women employed by private law firms are more likely than White men employed by private law firms to experience demeaning comments or harassment. C) White men employed by private law firms are as likely to experience demeaning comments or harassment. D) Men of color employed by private law firms are more likely than White men employed by private law firms to experience demeaning comments or harassment.
What is the dual focus?
a. Focusing on both client problems and common factors conditions and processes b. Being able to focus on the work and on what you want to have for dinner later at the same time c. Ensuring that the client is as focused as you, the social worker, during the work together d. A contest, or duel, between the social worker and the client about who can stay the most focused on the problem at hand between the social worker and the client
A social work researcher is a participant observer for a study on the experiences of the "working
poor." The goal of the research is to exist along side others who earn equal to, or less than the minimum wage and are providing for a family. During this experience the researcher tends to loose objectivity by "overidentifying" with the research participants. What is the term anthropologist use for the phenomena of "overidentification" with research participants? a) Subjectivity b) Objectivity c) Going native d) Bias
A problem with preventive commitment is that
A. It is against the law. B. It can be problematic when adequate resources are not available. C. Was popular in the 1960s, before the deinstitutionalization movement. D. It goes against the civil rights of all citizens.