Complete Test Bank for Research for Effective Social Work Practice, 4th Edition by Judy L. Krysik ; ISBN13: 9781138819535. (Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 12).....1. The Context of Social Work Research 2. The Politics and Ethics of Social Work Research 3. Research Problems and Research Quest...
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Research for Effective Social Work
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by Judy L. Krysik
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Research For Effective Social Work Practice (4th Ed.)
Judy L. Krysik
Chapter 1
The Context of Social Work Research
Objective Test Questions (20-30 with 4 options)
1. Research skills and knowledge can have a positive impact on social work practice
and social conditions by answering which of the following questions?
a. Did I help the individual, couple, or family I worked with?
b. What types of interventions are most likely to lead to positive changes?
c. Who is not receiving social work services although he or she is eligible to
receive such services?
d. All of the above (p. 3)
2. Which of the following represents a function of social work research?
a. Enhancing communication between social workers, key stakeholders, and
the public (p. 9)
b. Limiting access to scare resources to maximize cost savings.
c. Providing a means for social workers to obtain grant funding.
d. Increasing the confidentiality and privacy of social work actions and
decision making.
3. Persons who seek the services of curanderas likely base their knowledge of the
healing power of these Mexican folk healers on which of the following types of
knowledge?
a. Scientific method
b. Intuition
c. Authority
d. Tradition (p. 7)
4. Which of the following represents a definition of social work research?
a. Identifying a problem and seeking to resolve it.
b. Gathering data according to prescribed processes.
c. Developing knowledge in a systematic way that relies on the scientific
method (p. 8).
d. Developing a plan to answer a practice-related question of interest.
5. Which of the following most accurately describes what is meant by “critically
evaluating ways of knowing and making judgments based on the best information
available?”
a. Discounting other ways of knowing that are not based on the scientific
method.
b. Questioning basic values and claims, even those based on published
scientific findings. (p. 9)
c. Relying on isolated observation or anecdotal information.
d. Questioning knowledge claims from known unreliable sources.
6. The scientific method includes which of the following steps?
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a. Drawing conclusions from the data. (p. 8)
b. A process of accumulating knowledge.
c. Consulting an individual in authority.
d. Questioning what you know and how you know it.
7. Flexner’s criteria for defining professional status include which of the following?
a. The work involves personally responsible intellectual activity.
b. The work is teachable in a curriculum.
c. The content of the discipline is derived from science and learning and does
not employ knowledge that is generally accessible to the public.
d. All of the above. (p. 11)
8. It has been argued that social work research is unique not because of the methods
used to conduct the research, but because of the aims toward which the research is
conducted. Which of the following accurately characterizes social work research?
a. Social workers use research to create knowledge simply for the sake of
creating knowledge.
b. Social workers use research to create applied knowledge or knowledge
that will inform practice. (p. 12)
c. Social workers use research to study topics of interest to them; enhancing
human well-being and meeting human needs are secondary goals of their
research endeavors.
d. Social workers use research to maintain competitiveness with other
helping professions.
9. Logical positivism is defined by which of the following?
a. An empirical analysis that relies on observation and measurement as ways
of knowing (p. 13).
b. Distancing oneself from the subjects of research.
c. Religious, spiritual, or authoritarian explanations of human behavior.
d. Engineering individual and social problems.
10. Rosenblatt (1968) and earlier researchers found that social workers rated research
as the least valued activity in making treatment decisions, as evidenced by:
a. Often reading research articles.
b. Frequently using research studies in their professional work.
c. Having difficulty accepting findings that challenged their beliefs (p. 12)
d. Working in agencies that barely tolerated research.
11. Which of the following represents criticism of the logical positivist paradigm?
a. Scientists, like all humans, are socialized to a certain set of values and
beliefs that influence their interpretations.
b. Despite claims to objectivity, the paradigm is biased and serves as a
source of power rather than a source of truth.
c. Knowledge flows one way, from expert to non-expert, and leads to
division and distrust.
d. All of the above. (p. 14)
12. The interpretivist paradigm is concerned with:
a. Understanding social conditions through the meaning individuals ascribe
to their personal experiences (p. 15).
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