Although the human services field can helping people meet their basic physical and emotional needs that for whatever reason
include a variety of job titles and careers, cannot be met without outside assistance
they all have the following in common:
-do not have a supportive family.
Some individuals within society may need
-do not have supportive friends.
human services because they
-suffer from mental illness.
Lack of friends, mental illness, poverty, lack the reason why some individuals are in need of human services.
of education and lack of employment skills
are examples of
The term "generalist" in describing a human that the knowledge base is broad and varied.
service professional implies
Marginalized populations include members in some way experiencing problems related to various social or systemic issues within
of society who are society
Members of society who are displaced due marginalized populations
to poverty, racial disparity, or some other
characteristic that reduces their status in
society and makes them vulnerable to
exploitation and denial of opportunities are
often referred to as
A human services professional is a generic -group homes
term for people who hold paraprofessional -halfway houses
job in settings such as -family, child and youth service agencies
support individuals as well as communities function at their maximum potential in
The chief goal of the human service
overcoming personal and social barriers as effectively as possible in the major domains
professional is to
of living.
Which term implies the broad and varied generalist
knowledge base of the human services
profession?
A conceptual framework that is most evaluates the ways in which individuals manage the stressors of life.
commonly associated with human services
practice is one that
The Microsystem includes individuals
-Groups
The Mesosystem (or Mezzosystem) includes
-Neighborhoods
which of the following?
-Schools
The Exosystem includes the government
The Macrosystem includes the culture at large
Urie Bronfenbrenner's believed that various systems in their lives.
individuals could best be understood when
seen in the context of their relationship with
According to Ecosystems theory reciprocal exchange between a person and environmental systems.
overlapping concentric circles represent the
The idea that 'lower level needs must be met Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
before an individual can achieve higher level
needs' describes which of the following?
Many policy experts frame the feudal system a governmentally imposed form of social equality.
as
, The commonly held societal belief during an unnecessary component of society.
medieval times was that poverty was
3) During the early part of the Middle Ages c) mandatory taxes or compulsory tithing administered by Catholic bishops
in England the church was responsible for
poor relief, which was facilitated through
4) The need for a complete overhaul of the a) Individuals moving to the city to work in factories
social welfare policy in England was b) The decline of the feudal system.
prompted by which of the following? c) The diminishing influence of the church in matters of social care.
5) Vagrants were often considered d) the unworthy poor.
6) Pregnant women, individuals who were a) were often considered the worthy poor
extremely ill and unable to work, or any b) were treated more leniently, including given governmental authorization to beg
person over the age of sixty
7) The Elizabethan Poor Laws of 1601 b) were an organized merging of England's earlier social welfare legislation
8) Outdoor relief refers to assistance c) poor relief should be handled at the local level.
provided
9) Which among the following is a driving c) poor relief should be handled at the local level.
principle of the English Poor Laws of 1601
10) According to Calvinist theology, a) hard work and good moral conduct.
behaviors that became indicators of one's
eternal fate included
11) The reason why Max Weber's analysis of d) society's cultural mores related to poverty.
Calvinism and the Protestant ethic is
important when examining the history of
social welfare policy is because of their
influence on
a) human competitiveness for limited resources is necessary in securing the survival of
12) Social Darwinism posited that
the "fittest" members of society.
13) The COS philosophy was built on the a) American pragmatism.
concept of
14) The overriding purpose of the COS was a) develop a system where each case of aid was thoroughly investigated by "friendly
to visitors" so that the root cause of poverty could be determined and eliminated
15) is defined as d) the belief that assistance encourages independence.
16) The chief founder of the Settlement b) Jane Addams.
House movement was
17) In addition to providing a safe, clean d) psychotherapeutic services.
home, settlement houses also provided all
but which of the following
18) Founders of the Settlement House b) as the primary cause of poverty.
movement perceived societal conditions and
the hardship of immigration
a) that social and economic reform actually called for the settlement house workers to
19) Settlement House founders believed
reside in the home, alongside the immigrant families they helped.
20) Although there are no working d) comprehensive care for individuals who suffer from poverty and social displacement.
settlement houses today, the prevailing
concept espoused by this model remains,
with the recognition of the need for
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