Social Work Concepts Quiz

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?

• Overgeneralization

• Direct experience

• Client-centered practice

How is ontology BEST defined?

• As evidence-based social work practice

• As an ethical commitment to client-centered strategies

• As the nature of reality and what is real

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?

• Selective observation

• Ethnomethodology

• Epistemology

What is the focus of epistemology?

• What is real

• Value commitments

• Knowledge and how we know things

When would a social worker use research? (Choose all that apply).

• To determine the best intervention for a client

• To report the effectiveness of a program funded by a grant

• To test a new intervention to make sure it works

What is the PRIMARY purpose of evaluation research?

• To evaluate the outcome of a policy or program

• To provide data for promotion of social workers

• To allow individuals to understand the outcome of treatment

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?

• Micro

• Meso

• Macro

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

• Quantitative research

• Qualitative research

• Constructivist research

Feminist standpoint theory suggests that:

• Knowledge be understood as partial and connected to our perspectives.

• The knowledge of women is more important than that of others.

• Researchers should take a stand for feminist ideas.

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?

• Empirical

• Theoretical

• Practical