Chapter 14: Activities

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Which paradigm best describes non-deliberative social work practice?

a. think, then plan

b. plan, then act

c. act, then reflect

d. do, then think

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. According to the text, non-deliberative social work practice can support social justice aims by ______.

a. lessening pressure on members to see things as being imposed by external forces and allowing them to feel and act in ways that emerge organically

b. helping members to deeply consider the implications of social justice issues on their concerns

c. allowing member to avoid self-reflection when they are uncomfortable with it

d. decreasing the focus on thoughts and beliefs and increasing the focus on doing social justice work

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. The ______ and ______ compose the activity setting.

a. physical space; member beliefs

b. social environment; physical space

c. social context member; actions

d. physical field; constituent performances

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Use of an Analytic Framework

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Which of the following best describes a key implication of Vinter’s model ?

a. Ideally, workers should allow changes in the activity setting to occur organically through respondent behaviors.

b. Changing respondent behaviors is best done through worker-driven directives.

c. Changing dimensions of the activity setting are likely to produce changes in respondent behaviors.

d. Respondent behaviors are largely driven my internal forces within members themselves.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Use of an Analytic Framework

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Which of the following is an example of an inappropriate activity for a group that includes children with mobility challenges?

a. relay races designed to use the skills of individuals in assigned teams

b. attending a march related to an important issue for the group

c. a group hike through rocky terrain

d. incorporating various types of movement with music

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Inappropriate use of Activity

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. The ______ largely dictates the institutionalized controls that govern participant activity.

a. group’s power structure

b. worker

c. agency

d. social environment

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Institutionalized Controls Governing Participant Activity

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Camping, adventure therapy, and rock climbing all take advantage of changes in ______ to facilitate new interactions among members.

a. constituent performances

b. controls governing participant activity

c. the physical field

d. respondent behaviors

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Activities Involving Physical Challenges and New Physical Fields

Difficulty Level: Hard

8. From a social justice perspective, what are the potential benefits of activities involving music, art, and/or drama?

a. They offer exposure to cultures that may be foreign to group members.

b. They offer opportunities to have fun and let go of concerns for a period.

c. They offer relaxation and the opportunity to learn new skills.

d. They offer members new avenues for connection and expression that may open up their ability to explore social justice issues.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Activities involving Art | Activities Involving Music | Activities Involving Drama

Difficulty Level: Hard

9. Activities to help individuals cope with loss, form social networks, and manage societal change would be most relevant for which of the following groups?

a. the elderly

b. individuals with anxiety

c. non-verbal individuals

d. individuals with serious mental illness

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Activities for Various Types of Issues

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Group ______ include(s) all the tasks that group members undertake together.

a. goals

b. activities

c. interactions

d. engagement

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Activities

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. According to the text, activities should be largely worker planned and worker driven in order to be effective.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Activities

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Social justice activities should avoid enacting or replicating power hierarchies.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Activities

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. In response to spontaneous events, the most effective course of action is for workers to exert control and tell members what to do.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Use of Spontaneous Events

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. When patterns of participation in activities are prescribed in social justice group work, these patterns should be adopted democratically.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Prescriptiveness of the Pattern of Constituent Performances.

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. In social justice group work, activities may be suggested by the worker but should be approved and accepted by members.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Summary

Difficulty Level: Medium