Chapter 5: Group Purposes

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. According to the text, theories and concepts related to social justice should be ______ as groups establish their purposes, goals and objectives.

a. minimally integrated

b. explicitly incorporated

c. superficially mentioned

d. avoided

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Purpose and Social Justice

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Which of the following terms best characterizes the process used to establish a group’s purpose in social justice group work?

a. co-constructing

b. navigating

c. transmitting

d. accepting

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Purpose and Social Justice

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. ______ is a key strategy for infusing social justice into the process of developing group purpose and goals.

a. Assessing member stages of identity developments

b. Surveying member commitment to the group

c. Assessing member abilities to listen and reserve judgment

d. Surveying member history of social action

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Purpose and Social Justice

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Which of the following is a social justice implication regarding intergroup dialogue?

a. Workers should seek to discourage intergroup dialogue.

b. Workers should minimize conflict by redirecting members who bring up sensitive issues.

c. Workers should intentionally provide opportunities for dialogue around difficult issues.

d. Workers should allow group members to resolve issues without intervening.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Leadership and Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Which of the following is an example of a group who might engage in resocialization?

a. formerly-incarcerated individuals

b. newly-married couples

c. college students living on their own for the first time

d. children in their first preschool experience

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: A Typology of Purposes

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. A gay man who is reconsidering his views on masculinity in light of his coming out process is an example of ______.

a. skill development

b. resocialization

c. identity development

d. social control

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: A Typology of Purposes

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Which of the following is an example of a social control purpose for groups?

a. a school social worker facilitating groups around homework completion at administrative request

b. a prison social worker offering social skills groups for incarcerated individuals

c. a social worker in a nursing home offering recreational groups

d. a social worker facilitating a community group in response to concerns about rising crime

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: A Typology of Purposes

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Workers facilitating groups with a resocialization goal must balance the need for members to engage effectively in society with ______.

a. the limited skills of members

b. members’ hesitancy to engage in change

c. agency expectations

d. the potential that social norms may be rooted in injustice

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Social Justice Issues Related to Purposes

Difficulty Level: Hard

9. The fact that women were NOT expected to work and therefore often experienced lower levels of education in the past is an example of how social justice issues can influence ______.

a. goal attainment

b. skill development

c. socialization

d. role fulfilment

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Social Justice Issues Related to Purposes

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Social justice group work can support members’ role performance by ______.

a. replicating roles within the group

b. forcing them to challenge the roles they fill

c. helping members address institutional barriers to fulfilling roles

d. allowing them opportunities to role play

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Social Justice Issues Related to Purposes

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Allowing groups to be driven by their context minimizes the need to develop a clear purpose.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Group Purpose

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Awareness of legal rights and issues is a key responsibility for leadership in social justice group work.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Leadership and Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Social justice outcomes should take priority over processes of defining and moving toward justice.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Leadership and Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Socialization is a natural process of human development.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: A Typology of Purposes

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Group work can support social functioning by helping members challenge socially constructed roles that are causing them conflict.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Social Justice Issues Related to Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium