Chapter 2: History of Group Work

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Industrialization and the harsh living conditions that resulted provided an impetus for the early development of group services as ______:

a. politicians sought to organize the poor

b. workers from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds formed multicultural social change movements

c. organizations were formed by people with similarities in order to access services or push for social change

d. group workers provided mental health care in group settings to maximize the number of individuals they could help

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Emergence of Group Work: 1861-1927

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Settlement houses were different from other social services because they focused on ______.

a. providing physical resources such as food and housing to people living in poverty

b. identifying and addressing the oppressive conditions suffered by their “members”

c. helping the poor and immigrants adjust to the existing social order

d. ensuring that people living in poverty also received mental health care

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Emergence of Group Work: 1861-1927

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Coyle suggested that group work contributed to social change by providing ______:

a. political power for marginalized individuals

b. mental health services to large numbers of people

c. meaningful skills for group members

d. an experience in collective living

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Clarification of the Method: 1928-1946

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. In the late 1930s, one of the dominant critiques of group work within the social work profession came from its association with ______.

a. recreation

b. social activism

c. poverty

d. education

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Clarification of the Method: 1928-1946

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. During the 1940s and 1950s, group work was primarily focused on ______ .

a. organizing new waves of immigrants

b. expansion of theory and practice settings

c. addressing emerging struggles for racial justice

d. helping marginalized communities access newly-established social services

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Diffusion of Practice: 1947-1963

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. A ______ model of group work views the group as a means for meeting individual treatment goals.

a. remedial

b. reciprocal

c. recreational

d. social goals

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Move to the Concept of a Generic Method: 1964-1979

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Throughout its history, attention to the social justice aims of group work has tended to increase in periods which were marked by ______.

a. high numbers of international conflicts

b. large shifts in the demographics of immigrant populations

c. conservative political environments

d. strong movements for social change

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Revitalization of Group Work: 1979-2000

Difficulty Level: Hard

8. Which of the following is a result of movements toward managed care and the use of group services for rehabilitation services?

a. a revitalization of the social justice origins of group work

b. diminishing opportunities for individuals to receive group services

c. tension between the social change and behavioral change goals of group work

d. poor outcomes for group mental health care

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Revitalization of Group Work: 1979-2000

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. From a social justice perspective, ______ is/are a limitation of reciprocal models of group work.

a. environmental issues

b. individual needs

c. social needs

d. diversity

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Revitalization of Group Work: 1979-2000

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. According to the text, a social justice approach in groups must ______:

a. be generalizable to various populations experiencing marginalization

b. develop members’ ability and comfort engaging in protest movements

c. be highly specific to the identity, needs, and contexts of individuals

d. be facilitated by workers with specific training in group methods

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Revitalization of Group Work: 1979-2000

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Settlement houses were leaders in supporting African Americans’ fight for racial justice.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Emergence of Group Work: 1861-1927

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. The beginnings of group work were highly associated with community organizing.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Emergence of Group Work: 1861-1927

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Recreational, reciprocal, and social goals represent three key group work models that were developed in the 1960s and continue to be used today.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Move to the Concept of a Generic Method: 1964-1979

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. One of the results of the movement toward generalist practice in social work has been a proliferation of specialized training and practice in group work.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Move to the Concept of a Generic Method: 1964-1979

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Although it focuses on systemic inequality, one limitation of a feminist approach to group work is its emphasis on collective identities.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Revitalization of Group Work: 1979-2000

Difficulty Level: Medium