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Systems Theory Views human behavior through larger contexts, such as members of families, communities, and broader society. When one thing changes within a system, the whole system is affected Systems tend toward equilibrium and can have closed or open boundaries Social workers ne...

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ASWB social work exam Questions
and Answers (100% Pass)
Systems Theory


✓ Views human behavior through larger contexts, such as members of

families, communities, and broader society.



✓ When one thing changes within a system, the whole system is affected



✓ Systems tend toward equilibrium and can have closed or open

boundaries



✓ Social workers need to understand interactions between the micro,

meso, and macro levels



✓ Ecomaps and genograms can help to understand system dynamics



✓ Understanding "person-in-environment" is essential to identifying barriers

or opportunities for chnage




Closed System


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✓ uses up its energy and dies




Differentiation


✓ becoming specialized in structure and function



✓ the more a client can be an individual while in emotional contact with

the family. Allows a client to think through a situation without being

drawn to act by either internal or external emotional pressures




Entropy


✓ closed, disorganized, stagnant; using up available energy




Equifinality


✓ arriving at the same end from different beginnings




Homeostasis


✓ steady state




Input




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✓ obtaining resources from the environment that are necessary to attain

the goals of the system




Negative entropy


✓ exchange of energy and resources between systems that promote

growth and transformation




Open system


✓ a system with cross-boundary exchange




Output


✓ a product of the system that exports to the environment




Subsystem


✓ a major component of a system made up of two or more

interdependent components that interact in order to attain their own

purpose(s) and the purpose(s) of the system in which they are

embedded




Suprasystem




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✓ an entity that is served by a number of component systems organized

in interacting relationships




Throughput


✓ energy that is integrated into the system so it can be used by the

system to accomplish its goals




Family Theories


✓ a family systems approach argues that in order to understand a family

system, a social worker must look at the family as a whole, rather than

focusing on its members



✓ it is useful in understanding and managing individual problems by

determining the extent to which such problems are related to family

issues




Equifianlity


✓ the ability of the family system to accomplish the same goals through

different routes




Interdependence


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