SOWK 200 Midterm (All Accurately Answered)

two or three significant milestones in the evolution of social work correct answers - 1800s-1900s: Social Welfare Organizations emerge to address challenges connected to poverty, immigration, mental illness, physical disabilities, industrialization, & urbanization - : Social Work Education programs emerge to provide education and training in practicing social work -: Professional Status of Social Work Enhanced through the establishment of a accrediting body for social work education and a professional association for social workers definition of social work correct answers 1. promotes social change, 2. problem solving in human relationships, 3. and the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance well-being. 2 skills/attributes of a social worker correct answers - have good oral and written communication - intervene: identify challenges, assess client abilities/strengths, set goals/solutions, and evaluate change why should social workers understand culture? correct answers -Identify culturally rooted forms of social injustices and structural inequalities in society -Identify cultural strengths and positive social and physical environment factors ascribed culture vs. constructed culture correct answers - ascribed culture: culture you are born into (beliefs/characteristics/values passed down from generation to generation) - constructed culture: assigned by those in power (education, neighborhood, politics) techniques/methods used to understand and highlight culture in the helping process correct answers Cultural Sensitivity: being aware of the needs & emotions of your own culture & the culture of others Cultural Awareness: being cognizant, observant, & conscious of similarities & differences among cultural groups 3 categories of human rights correct answers 1. civil and political rights (freedom of speech, right to vote) 2. social and economic rights (ensure well being -- education, health care, clean water) 3. collective (people's) rights (solidarity among nations -- globalization) purpose of NASW code of ethics correct answers intended to serve as a guide to the everyday professional conduct of social workers 6 core values of social work correct answers 1. service 2. social justice 3. dignity and worth of the person 4. importance of human relationships