Complete Test Bank Human Behavior Chapter.1 - Human Behavior Person & Environment 6e Answer Key + Test Bank by Elizabeth D. Hutchison. DOCX document preview.

Complete Test Bank Human Behavior Chapter.1

Chapter 1: Human Behavior

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Multiple Choice

1. Understanding human behavior to be the result of interactions of biological, psychological, and social systems is known as the ______.

a. multidisciplinary approach

b. transactional approach

c. biopsychosocial approach

d. life course approach

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Understanding human behavior as changing configurations of person and environment over time is the ______.

a. deductive reasoning approach

b. life course approach

c. multidimensional approach

d. interpretist perspective

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: A Multidimenionsal Approach

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Which of the following is not considered a personal dimension that affects behavior?

a. psychological

b. spiritual

c. biological

d. culture

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Personal Dimenisons

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. ______ refers to a feature that can be focused on separately but also needs to be understood by considering other features.

a. Dimension

b. Life course

c. Life events

d. Culture

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: A Multidimensional Approach

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Systems that involve direct face-to-face contact among members are known as ______.

a. mesosystems

b. macrosystems

c. exosystems

d. microsystems

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Environmental Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Interconnections within personal networks are known as ______.

a. mesosystems

b. macrosystems

c. exosystems

d. microsystems

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Environmental Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Linkages and interconnections with larger institutions are known as ______.

a. mesosystems

b. macrosystems

c. exosystems

d. microsystems

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Environmental Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Systems of broader influences like culture, subculture, and social structure are known as ______.

a. mesosystems

b. macrosystems

c. exosystems

d. mircosystems

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Environmental Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Social categorizations of gender, race, and class create ______, or unearned advantage for some groups and disadvantage other groups.

a. prejudice

b. institutional racism

c. social inequality

d. privilege

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Inequality

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. The building blocks of theory which allow us to communicate about the phenomena of interest are known as______.

a. assumptions

b. concepts

c. propositions

d. frameworks

Learning Objective: 1-5: Analyze the roles of theory and research in guiding social work practice.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Theory

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Social and behavioral science theories are based on ______ or beliefs held to be true without testing or proof, about the nature of human social life.

a. assumptions

b. concepts

c. propositions

d. frameworks

Learning Objective: 1-5: Analyze the roles of theory and research in guiding social work practice.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Theory

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Theories are a form of ______ that lay out general, abstract assertions that we can use to generate specific hypotheses to test in unique situations.

a. inductive reasoning

b. assumptions

c. deductive reasoning

d. propositions

Learning Objective: 1-5: Analyze the roles of theory and research in guiding social work practice.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. When a social work researcher uses methods to measure concepts, standardize the collection of data, preselects variables, and uses statistical methods, this is known as ______.

a. quantitative research

b. bidirectional research

c. standard research

d. qualitative research

Learning Objective: 1-5: Analyze the roles of theory and research in guiding social work practice.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Empirical Research

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. When a social worker uses methods that are flexible and experiential this is known as______.

a. quantitative research

b. bidirectional research

c. standard research

d. qualitative research

Learning Objective: 1-5: Analyze the roles of theory and research in guiding social work practice.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Empirical Research

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Differences among individuals, or individual variations, refers to ______.

a. diversity

b. inequalities

c. heterogeneity

d. genetic factors

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Diversity

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Patterns of group differences refers to ______.

a. diversity

b. inequality

c. heterogeneity

d. genetic factors

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Diversity

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. When a social worker considers the personal dimensions of any person in a story, they are thinking about ______.

a. the physical environment, the community, culture, and families

b. the life course, life events, cycles, and trends

c. the biological, psychological, and spiritual

d. the past, present, and future

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. When a social worker considers the environmental dimensions of any person in a story, they are thinking about ______.

a. the physical environment, the community, culture, and families

b. the life course, life events, cycles, and trends

c. the biological, psychological, and spiritual

d. the past, present, and future

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. When a social worker considers the time dimensions of any person in a story, they are thinking about ______.

a. the physical environment, the community, culture, and families

b. the life course, life events, cycles, and trends

c. the biological, psychological, and spiritual

d. the past, present, and future

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. When people believe that they are free and proactive agents in the creation of their behavior, this is related to ______.

a. voluntarism

b. objective reality

c. determinism

d. subjective reality

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. When people believe that there are forces beyond their control, this is related to ______.

a. voluntarism

b. objective reality

c. determinism

d. subjective reality

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. When something exists outside of a person’s consciousness, this is ______.

a. voluntarism

b. objective reality

c. determinism

d. subjective reality

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. When something is based on personal perception, this is ______.

a. voluntarism

b. objective reality

c. determinism

d. subjective reality

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Theory

Difficulty level: Medium

24. The multidimensional approach is rooted in ______.

a. research

b. systems perspective

c. commitment to social justice

d. social work history and practice

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: A Multidimensional Approach

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. The organization responsible for accrediting social work educational programs is ______.

a. NASW

b. CSWE

c. SWEA

d. ASWA

Learning Objective: 1-4: Summarize four ingredients of knowing how to do social work.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: A Multidimensional Approach

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. Which of the following is considered one of the personal dimensions?

a. family

b. culture

c. spiritual

d. chronological age

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. ______ is/are where we fit in a system of social identities, such as race, social class, sexual orientation, and ability/disability.

a. Social locations

b. Social determinants

c. Culture identities

d. Globalization

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Inequality

Difficulty Level: Easy

28. There is growing evidence of the impact of the ______ environment on human well-being.

a. time

b. social

c. biological

d. physical

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. The three major aspects of an approach to human behavior that helps us think about the nature and complexities of the people and situations are person, the environment, and transactions.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. One of the basic tenets of the person and environment approach is that the same person in a different environment, or the same environment with a different person, most likely will yield different behaviors.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Environmental Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Recognizing human behavior as an interaction of person and environment is a new concept in the social work profession.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Human behavior is multidetermined, which basically assumes that it is developed as a result of many causes.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. There has been a steady increase in racial, ethnic, and religious diversity in the U.S.

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Diversity

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Time orientation describes the extent to which individuals and collectivities are invested in two temporal zones, which include present and future time.

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Time Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Linear time is measured by clocks and calendars.

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Time Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Chronological age refers to the specific block or period of time which individual and collective lives are enacted.

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Time Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Diversity is used to refer to patterns of individual differences.

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Diversity

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Globalization is a process by which the world’s people are becoming more interconnected economically, politically, environmentally, and culturally.

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Diversity, Inequality, and the Pursuit of Social Justice: A Global Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. Define the dimension of the biological person and give two examples.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Define the dimension of the psychological person and give two examples.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Define the dimension of the spiritual person and give two examples.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Define the dimension of the physical environment and give two examples.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Define the dimension of culture and give an example of something from your own culture.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Define the dimension of family and give two examples.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Define the dimension of small groups and give two examples.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Define the dimension of formal organizations and give an example of one that you have interacted with.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Define the dimension of community and give two examples.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Define the dimension of social movements and give two examples.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Outline the elements of a multidimensional person-in-environment approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Personal Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Discuss three of the common mechanisms of oppression in our society.

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Pursuit of Justice

Difficulty Level: Hard

12. Identify and define the criteria for evaluating theory.

Learning Objective: 1-5: Analyze the roles of theory and research in guiding social work practice.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Critical Use of Theory and Research

Difficulty Level: Hard

13. Identify and define four of the criteria for evaluating research.

Learning Objective: 1-5: Analyze the roles of theory and research in guiding social work practice.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Critical Use of Theory and Research

Difficulty Level: Hard

14. Use the story of Joshua’s determination to survive to explain the relevant dimensions of person, environment, and time. Define each of the dimensions and give examples of Joshua’s journey for each dimension.

Learning Objective: 1-1: Recognize one’s own emotional and cognitive reactions to a case study.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Knowledge About the Case

Difficulty Level: Hard

15. Explain why effective social work practice draws on general knowledge of theory and research when working with clients. Compare and contrast the use of theory and research with the importance of understanding the unique configurations of person and environment dimensions.

Learning Objective: 1-5: Analyze the roles of theory and research in guiding social work practice.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Scientific Knowledge: Theory and Research

Difficulty Level: Hard

16. Differentiate between the terms heterogeneity and diversity. How does knowledge of these terms contribute to culturally sensitive social work practice?

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Diversity

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Use the idea of American privilege to discuss gender, race, and class, which influence social identities and life chances. Cite examples from Joshua’s story to demonstrate this influence.

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Inequality

Difficulty Level: Hard

18. Define, compare and contrast ‘event’ time and ‘clock’ time and discuss why these concepts are important to understand in social work practice.

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Time Dimensions

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Identify six of the common mechanisms of oppression and define them. How does understanding these mechanisms of oppression help you to recognize injustice when you see it?

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Pursuit of Social Justice

Difficulty Level: Hard

20. Describe what it means to have a global perspective and identify the 6 aspects of a global perspective provided in the text. How would these aspects be helpful to you in working with families like Joshua’s?

Learning Objective: 1-3: Advocate for an emphasis on diversity; inequality; social, economic, and environmental justice; and a global perspective in social work’s approach to human behavior.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Human Behavior: Individual and Collective

Difficulty Level: Hard

21. Discuss why it is important for social workers to understand the differences between ‘knowing about,’ ‘knowing that,’ and ‘knowing how to.’

Learning Objective: 1-4: Summarize four ingredients of knowing how to do social work.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Knowing and Doing

Difficulty Level: Hard

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Chapter 1 Human Behavior
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