Social Work Concepts Flashcard

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A new intern at your agency for children who have experienced trauma states that “supportive touch worked for my clients...it should work for everyone.” Which concept does this statement BEST reflect?

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Overgeneralization

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How is ontology BEST defined?

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As the nature of reality and what is real

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A researcher believes in a stereotype of a specific population. This stereotype determines the patterns the researcher looks for in research data. Which behavior is the researcher demonstrating?

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Selective observation

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What is the focus of epistemology?

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Knowledge and how we know things

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What is the PRIMARY purpose of evaluation research?

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To evaluate the outcome of a policy or program

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A social work research project focused on a community church and its members would be at which level of analysis? A social worker develops a research project focusing on a support group and its members. What is the MOST likely level of analysis?

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Meso

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A social worker wishes to precisely predict elements of the social world and how they interact. Which method is MOST useful?

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Quantitative research

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Feminist standpoint theory suggests that:

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Knowledge be understood as partial and connected to our perspectives.

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A social worker reads a journal article that discusses a quantitative survey which focused on social work students’ attitudes towards people with disabilities. Which kind of article is this?

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Empirical

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A social worker reads an article in Time magazine about a study on college campuses showing that students are intolerant of conservative political speakers appearing on campus. Which type of source is this?

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Secondary