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