Deck 4: Lenses for Conceptualizing Problems and Interventions: Sociocultural Dimensions

Question 1

Sociological theories are a good fit for social work, a field that emphasizes "the person in the environment", because of all the following reasons EXCEPT:

A) Individual behavior is deemed as more important that social interactions
B) Outside social forces are seen as having influence on human behavior
C) Sociological theories emphasize the connection between our personal lives and the larger social forces that influence us
D) Sociological theories focus on the relationship between the individual and the wider society

Answer 1

Individual behavior is deemed as more important that social interactions

Question 2

What theory maintains that struggle among classes is inevitable?

A) Symbolic interaction
B) Conflict theory
C) Functionalist theory
D) Cultural perspective

Answer 2

Conflict theory

Question 3

Weber argued that groups could be defined by all of the following EXCEPT:

A) Class
B) Status
C) Religion
D) Party

Answer 3

Religion

Question 4

Simmel argued that all conflict serves to do which of the following:

A) Centralize power
B) Establish clear boundaries among groups
C) Restrict deviance among group members
D) All the above

Question 5

W.B. Du Bois, another conflict theorist, founded what organization?

A) National Urban League
B) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
C) The Rainbow Coalition
D) Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History

Question 6

Arguing that unequal distribution of resources and access to opportunities, as well as inequality that is being maintained by societal values keeps families like Aisha's birth family in poverty is part of which theory?

A) Functionalist theory
B) Conflict theory
C) Feminist Theory
D) Social constructionism

Question 7

Critical Practice Theory argues:

A) Clients can change when they understand the social structures and are empowered to take action for social change.
B) Equal distribution of resources and access to opportunities, as well as inequality that is being maintained by societal values keeps in poverty.
C) The stability of a society is impacted by various aspects of that society, such as diverse organizations, programs, institutions, beliefs, ethics, traditions, and norms.
D) All of the above

Question 8

The term Critical Practice Theory uses for helping clients' understand how their own experiences of injustice show how society functions in order to enhance people's capacity to pursue social change (and to promote that clients must gain knowledge about their current reality and then act upon their environment for social change) is:

A) Praxis
B) Consciousness Building
C) Dialogue
D) Dialectic thinking

Question 9

Critical Practice Theory suggests when working with a client who has spent several years in foster care and is currently struggling in her new adoptive home, the social worker should:

A) explain to the client that her years in foster care and her separation from her birth mother is not her fault and doesn't stem from individual failings or weaknesses. The focus would be on macro causes of her situation.
B) Engage with client in an egalitarian relationship to discuss her experiences, her views on her current situation in her adoptive family, and her ideas about how she wants things to change.
C) Tell the client what her views should be on what is happening and how she should interact better with the different social structures.
D) Both a and b

Question 10

Which theory attempts to explain how various aspects of a society work together to maintain stability?

A) Functionalist theory
B) Conflict theory
C) Feminist Theory
D) Social constructionism

Question 11

Which of the following is true about Durkheim's assertions?

A) Society must be considered as a functioning whole
B) Behavior must be considered within its social context
C) Parts of society serve a function
D) All the above

Question 12

Those parts of society whose purposes are readily discernible are:

A) Latent functions
B) Manifest functions
C) Dysfunctions
D) Anomie

Question 13

Institutions that society uses to pass on norms, values, and beliefs are:

A) Functions
B) Dysfunctions
C) Latent functions
D) Manifest functions

Question 14

One main limitation is that functionalist theory

A) address only the possible inequity within a system.
B) does not take into account the complex interactions that take place among systems, which can create a great deal of conflict.
C) lends itself too well to developing interventions for clients.
D) may offer the client an alternative way to think about problems

Question 15

"We all attach meaning to our communications with others within the context in which the interaction takes place." This describes:

A) Symbolic interaction theory
B) Functionalist theory
C) Anomie
D) Manifest functions

Question 16

Which theory asserts that we construct our reality based on our experiences?

A) Deconstruction
B) Social Constructionism
C) Functionalist theory
D) None of the above

Question 17

According to Cooley's Looking Glass Theory the process of developing a self- identity generally takes place in which phase?

A) We have a perception of how we present ourselves to others around us.
B) We then have a perception of how others evaluate us based on this presentation.
C) We develop feelings about ourselves based on these perceived evaluations.
D) All of the above

Question 18

The branch of feminist theory that first supported the idea of equal rights and equal treatment for women is:

A) Socialist feminism
B) Radical feminism
C) Liberal feminism
D) Symbolic feminism

Question 19

Which strength of feminism has also been criticized as perhaps perpetuating inequality?

A) Its focus on equality
B) It questions dominant structures
C) It has validated alternative approaches to generate knowledge
D) Its focus on women

Question 20

Culture is made up of which of the following?

A) Norms, values, and customs
B) Symbols, thoughts, and traditions
C) Politics, religions, and philosophies
D) All the above

Question 21

The idea that different cultures should be treated equally is a tenet of:

A) Cultural relativism
B) Cultural pluralism
C) Multiculturalism
D) Both a and c

Question 22

Which term expresses how individuals associate themselves with a group through values, traditions, customs, etc.?

A) Culture
B) Cultural relativism
C) Ethnicity
D) Multiculturalism

Question 23

Which word is defined as "one's dominant ideas about what is correct and how things should be"?

A) Ideology
B) Dominant reality
C) Ethnocentrism
D) Dysfunction

Question 24

Which of the following implies recognizing and accommodating a variety of cultures?

A) Multiculturalism
B) Cultural relativism
C) Ethnic identity
D) Cultural pluralism

Question 25

How does Conflict Theory help explain problems low income families face in receiving adequate health care?

Question 26

Describe the connection between Conflict Theory and social work.

Question 27

List 3 critiques of Conflict Theory.

Question 28

Explain two critiques of the Critical Practice Theory.

Question 29

Describe the relationships among manifest functions, latent functions, and dysfunctions.

Question 30

Explain deconstruction and how social workers might use it.

Question 31

Apply Symbolic Interaction theory to Aisha's case.

Question 32

How would a social worker use Symbolic Interaction theory to help explain body piercing to a teens' mother?

Question 33

Briefly describe how 4 tenets of Feminist theories could be useful in helping to understand the behavior of people involved in Aisha's case.

Question 34

Describe why it is important for social workers to understand different cultural perspectives prior to working with clients.

Question 35

Discuss how social workers know if they are providing culturally competent services to Aisha?

Question 36

What culturally perceived notions about African-American women from the Collins article) would a young, white social worker have to acknowledge and move past in order to practice culturally competent social work?

Question 37

Compare how to Critical Practice Theory and Feminist Theories would approach Aisha's case differently.

Question 38

Describe restorative justice and its relationship to social work ethics and values.

Question 39

Briefly explain Rational Choice Theory and its relevance as social workers address social and environmental justice issues for low income communities.

Question 40

Discuss two examples of how the Coventry and Okereke article illustrating the concepts of Conflict Theory.