Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes

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Chapter 1: An Introduction to Macro Practice in Social Work

Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes Learning Outcome 1.1: Define macro practice and its relationship to micro practice.[Q1] The authors define “macro practice” as professionally guided

• intervention(s) designed to bring about change in organizational, community, and/or policy

arenas. [correct]

• radical redistribution of wealth based on socioeconomic status.
• empowerment of disenfranchised groups at risk by replacing insensitive policies, rules, and

regulations.

• practice beyond common “micro” interventions that seeks to make a difference in the lives of

vulnerable population groups.[Feedback for Correct Answer 1] This definition is provided early in Chapter 1 and guides the remainder of the book. While macro practice fosters empowerment and includes economic justice issues like the redistribution of wealth, it has been defined by the authors as encompassing a breadth of arenas in which these activities are performed.[Feedback for Answer Choice 2] The redistribution of wealth is an economic justice issue, but it is only one of many policy issues within macro practice.[Feedback for Answer Choice 3] Empowerment is an important social work outcome, but macro practice is a much broader concept.[Feedback for Answer Choice 4] Macro is not defined by what isn’t micro, but often overlaps and is interconnected with micro activities.[Q2] Professional identity is

• using one’s credentials to make good judgments for others.
• being sure one’s diploma is hung in the office.
• telling everyone that he or she is a social worker.
• identifying with a community of colleagues. [correct]

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2 Copyright © 2023, 2017, 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Social workers value the dignity of their clients and seek to empower their clients to make their own decisions, rather than to make decisions for them. Professionals do not make decisions for others.[Feedback for Answer Choice 2] Hanging a diploma is only documentation that one has done the coursework to receive a degree. Professional identity requires a connection with others in a chosen field.[Feedback for Answer Choice 3] Telling everyone about being a social worker is just providing information about one’s career, but it does not say anything about the values and community of professionals with whom one identifies.[Feedback for Correct Answer 4] Professional identity is seen as “relational” and implies a connection between oneself and a community of professional colleagues. It means putting the client first, not simply using one’s credentials to make judgments, hanging one’s diploma, or declaring oneself a social worker.[Q3] Social work has a dual calling because

• it is an ambiguous profession that is always trying to address the uncertainty of the

environment.

• it must respond to immediate need while simultaneously planning for social change. [correct]
• it is both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary.
• it is not well understood by others, and the profession is always trying to explain itself.

[Feedback for Answer Choice 1] Certainly social workers must learn to address ambiguous situations in an uncertain environment, but the profession is clear about its value base.[Feedback for Correct Answer 2] In his classic book, Social Work as Cause and Function, Porter Lee (1937) described the dual calling of social work—to address systemic social problems and to provide for the needs of individuals and families. Lee acknowledged the inherent tension in trying to do both.[Feedback for Answer Choice 3] Social work as a profession draws from many disciplines, but that is not why it is seen as having a dual calling.[Feedback for Answer Choice 4] Social work is often misunderstood, but that is not why it is seen as having a dual calling.[Q4] A feature that the authors think makes social work unique among helping professions is

• having a “both-and” focus on arenas of change. [correct]
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• being licensed and therefore officially credentialed by state oversight agencies.
• working with communities at both the grassroots level and the policy level.

[Feedback for Correct Answer 1] The “both-and” focus of social work that requires continually thinking in terms of how practice affects policy and policy affects practice (micro and macro combined) is seen as unique to the profession. Other helping professionals work with oppressed populations, are licensed, and work with communities.[Feedback for Answer Choice 2] Other helping professions work with oppressed populations. This is not unique to social work.[Feedback for Answer Choice 3] Other helping professions are licensed and, depending on the state, social workers’ credentials will vary.[Feedback for Answer Choice 4] Professionals who work with communities come from multiple fields. Community work is not unique to social work.[Q5] Why do the authors say that workers in micro-level roles are so critical to macro interventions?

• They are more skilled in dealing with interpersonal issues.
• They may be the first to recognize patterns indicating the need for change. [correct]
• They are gatekeepers to getting into communities and agencies.
• They tend to understand human behavior better than their macro colleagues.

[Feedback for Answer Choice 1] Every social worker should be able to deal with interpersonal issues, whether they consider themselves more macro- or micro-focused.[Feedback for Correct Answer 2] The micro service worker or clinical social worker is often the first to recognize patterns indicating the need for change and has a responsibility to convey this information to others. This makes the micro practitioner invaluable to their macro colleagues.[Feedback for Answer Choice 3] There may be situations in which a micro-level worker assists others in gaining entry to a community or an agency, but this is not always the case.[Feedback for Answer Choice 4] All social workers should be skilled in understanding human behavior, regardless of the roles they play.

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Learning Outcome 1.2: Discuss case examples used to illustrate macro practice.

[Q1] In the child protective services case in Chapter 1, the social worker’s notes indicated that

• no one cares about abused and neglected children.
• there is nothing that can be done to help these children.
• focusing on success needs to replace focusing on failure. [correct]
• the children should be immediately placed in a foster home.

[Feedback for Answer Choice 1] Although the parents are neglectful, it does not mean that they don’t care about their children.[Feedback for Answer Choice 2] There is always something that can be done. Conditions may not be optimal, but it is the role of the social worker to find ways to address the situation.[Feedback for Correct Answer 3] In excerpts from the social worker’s notes, he asks the question about how to give these children a chance of success, rather than simply focusing on deficits. He believes there must be strengths from which to draw support. As he thinks this through, he tries to find ways to succeed with these children.[Feedback for Answer Choice 4] A careful assessment should be first made to see if there are options, one of which may be foster care. If foster care becomes the best option, it would take time to make a placement.[Q2] In the child protective services case in Chapter 1, an initial community intervention might be

• finding a way to help parents overcome their deficits so they can try to rebuild a stable

family. [correct]

• issuing a protective order against the parents and being certain that it is appropriately

implemented.

• trying to find the parents and getting them into a rehabilitation program as quickly as

possible.

• having a local church provide shelter for the children and being certain that the parents do

not have access to them.[Feedback for Correct Answer 1] In the third excerpt from the social worker’s notes, he says “Is there some way we can help parents like these overcome their deficits and have some chance of rebuilding a stable family?This might be approached either from a condition or a community arena perspective.” [Feedback for Answer Choice 2] Not only is this premature, but it is not based on a strengths perspective in which the social worker would assess potential strengths before moving forward.

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