The current perspective of the biopsychosocial approach
a. focuses on life span rather than life course concepts.
b. adheres to reductionist principles.
c. focuses on how biological, psychological, and social systems influence the current state of affairs.
d. looks at how biological, psychological, and social systems lead up to specific developmental outcomes
The McDonaldization of social life is
a. a fundamental characteristic of the CLAS standards.
b. a characteristic and consequence of globalization.
c. an older approach to organizing social organizations.
d. a new way of socializing in the workplace
The CLAS standards refer to
a. the standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
b. standards created to identify cultural approaches to assessing students.
c. standards for enhancing critical literary assessment skills.
d. the standards for culture, language, attitudes, and society.
Examples of elements of the social environment do NOT include
a. your best friend and mother.
b. laws and household rules.
c. the house you grew up in.
d. your family's cultural traditions.
Rothbart and Putnam defined temperament as
a. constitutionally-based individual differences in reactivity and self-regulation.
b. in-born propensities toward arousal and strength of emotion.
c. constitutionally-based anger and anxiety levels.
d. the impact of environment on behavior.
In order to avoid ethnocentrism, practitioners should
a. accept the fact that all traditions are equally valid.
b. not impose a value judgment from one's own community on the practices of another culture.
c. not discredit the practices of other cultures.
d. change their own value system
Unlike the United States, the French culture puts more emphasis on
a. assimilation.
b. regionalism.
c. multiculturalism.
d. multilingualism.
The multidimensional framework include
a. physical hazards and the biophysical dimension.
b. physical hazards, the biophysical dimension, the psychological dimension, and the social dimension.
c. the biophysical dimension, the psychological dimension, and the social dimension.
d. biochemical systems, cell systems, organ systems, and physiological systems.
As social workers we assume
a. that the environment should receive priority in our assessments of human behavior.
b. that professionals must operate from a single theory that provides scientific explanations of their subject area.
c. that socialization is the most important contributor to a person's behavior patterns.
d. that no single factor can account for behavioral responses.
The term life course is defined as
a. age-differentiated life patterns embedded in social institutions and subject to historical changes.
b. the stable component of a direction towards a life destination.
c. short-term state changes that are marked by life events.
d. universal needs according to developmental stage.
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