Intro to Human Services 119 – Flashcards
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Most people will find themselves caught in a tug-of-war with their ethical standards AND
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their emotional desires
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Many times individuals act in ways that are later perceived to be unethical, when at the time they were committing the act they may have believed that they were acting in a very ethical manor, but were forced to choose among:
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competing values
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According to Kohlberg, it is important to consider someone's __________ ability to apply moral reasoning to their behavior before judging them able to make moral decisions.
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cognitive
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Numerous professions espouse basic ethical principles, which serve as a foundation for their business _________
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practices ad standards
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Violations of legally enforced ethical standards can result in:
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professional sanctions including license suspension, financial sanctions and criminal penalties
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Human service professionals face the increased likelihood of confronting ethical dilemmas of greater complexity because
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they work in a broad range of practice settings with a broad range of clients
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One of the first theorists to study the stage of adolescence and who in 1904 described adolescents as possessing a "lack of emotional steadiness, violent impulses, unreasonable conduct, lack of enthusiasm and sympathy" was:
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G. Stanley Hall
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When considering the normative nature of adolescent behavior, what contexts must one keep in mind?
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historical, cultural, regional
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Oppositional defiance disorder is an emotional disorder commonly diagnosed in adolescence and is characterized by:
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negative, hostile and defiant behavior
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Human service professionals working with the adolescent population should look for signs of self-mutilation, which may include:
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wearing long sleeves and pants on warm days, parallel scars on the forearms and thighs, and wounds that tend not to heal
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A majority of adolescents who committed suicide also had a history of involvement with:
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the justice system
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A 2001 study found that African American adolescents were more commonly diagnosed with ________ whereas Caucasian adolescents were more often diagnosed with ___________
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conduct disorder//depression
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The term that relates to the increase in the elderly population in the United States is:
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the Graying of America
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The baby boomers is a cohort of people born:
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after World War II and between 1946-1964
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In 1990 the average human lifespan in the United States was about ___ years, but by 1999 it had increased to about ___ years.
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47/77
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The eighth stage of Erikson's model spanning from age 65 to death is called:
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integrity verses despair
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Researchers have examined individuals who age better than others to determine what differences might account for their "success", and some of the variables at play include:
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having hobbies and attending social events, maintaining a moderately high physical and social activity level and exercising regularly
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Robert Atchley's study of the stages of retirement found that directly after the honeymoon phase, many retirees experienced:
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disenchantment; where retirees became disillusioned with what they thought retirement would be like reorientation; where retirees developed a more realistic view of retirement,both with regard to increased opportunities, but also with regard to increased constraints stability; where retires adjusted to retirement
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School social work has its roots in the:
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settlement house movement
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Most of the children who were the original focus of the elderly efforts of early school social workers were:
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from families who had recently emigrated from non-English speaking countries
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The Disabilities education Act required that public schools provide:
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free and appropriate public education to all school aged children between 3-21 years regardless of their disability and provide increased funding for social work services with students with special needs, when deemed appropriate
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The field of school guidance counseling was influenced by:
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1920s theories of intelligence and cognitive development
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Urban schools face what is referred to as :
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achievement gap
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Therapeutic board games often used in school settings are designed to encourage which skills?
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delaying gratification and managing impulse control
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Human service professionals who work in practice settings dealing with domestic violence, sexual assault, gang activity, and criminal justice agencies such as police departments, prohibition, state and county prosecutor office, and within correctional facilities are considered:
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forensic human service providers
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Domestic violence includes:
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violence between heterosexual intimate partners, violence between same sex partners and violence between siblings
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Approximately ___ percent of sexual assault victims knew their assailant.
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75
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Myths about rapists include assertions that:
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only truly evil or insane men rape and that men just cannot control their sexual desires, and thus are not responsible for sexually assaulting women
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Most victims and victim advocates state that a primary goal of the victim's movement is to ensure that:
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crime victims have a voice within the community, specifically the criminal and justice systems
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Risk factors of gang membership include all but the following:
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having significant health problems early on in lifev
