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Q:
Which of the following is a method for tracking and contacting hidden and oppressed populations to retain their ongoing participation in longitudinal research studies include:
a. Identify as many anchor points as possible.
b. Make repeated reminder calls to anchor points in advance of scheduled sessions.
c. Use mail tracking.
d. Ask service providers or other community agencies whether they have been in recent contact with participants whom you are unable to locate.
e. Talk with people on the streets about where to find particular participants
f. All of these.
Q:
In considering Sampson and Laub's age-graded theory, describe the concept of social capital, including examples. Explain why you agree or disagree with this theory.
Q:
Which of the following statements is true about sampling with populations that are oppressed, hidden and/or stigmatized?
a. Assuring prospective participants anonymity may help to secure their willingness to engage in a study.
b. Snowball sampling or purposive sampling may be necessary.
c. Disproportionate stratified sampling may be necessary to ensure that enough cases of certain minority groups are selected to allow for subgroup comparisons.
d. All of these.
Q:
Sampling with hidden and oppressed populations:
a. almost always should involve probability sampling methods.
b. should avoid using the researcher's judgment about finding potential participants.
c. often must utilize the snowball sampling method.
d. never should combine probability and non-probability sampling methods.
Q:
Describe the concept of problem behavior syndrome (PBS). Explain why you agree or disagree with this concept.
Q:
In considering life-course theory, describe how disruption promotes delinquency. Explain why you agree or disagree with this concept.
Q:
Which of the following has been recommended to enhance the cultural competence of interviews:
a. use interviewers who are of the same ethnicity as the members of the minority population whom you seek to interview.
b. use interviewers who have had adequate previous experience or training in working with members of the target population.
c. use bilingual interviewers
d. use role playing in training interviewers
e. all of these
Q:
Recruitment of minority and oppressed populations in research studies can be enhanced by:
a. providing transportation to the research site.
b. conducting research activities in participants' homes.
c. providing childcare for young children
d. all of these.
Q:
On a verification form, what date should a case manager put on the date line?
Q:
Describe why the work of Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck had such a great influence on developmental theory. Explain your view on the value of their work as it applies to problems with delinquency today.
Q:
Describe the three interrelated views of developmental theory. Explain your overall view of this theory and which one of the three views you find most significant.
Q:
Name 2 of the 4 guidelines for filling out forms.
Q:
Compensation for participants in research should
a. be as large as your budget permits.
b. be large enough to provide an incentive yet not so large that it becomes coercive.
c. always be in the form of money.
d. never be in the form of money.
Q:
When recruiting minority and oppressed populations in research studies, you should
a. use exactly the same informed consent procedures as with the majority population.
b. use the same types of advertisements or referral sources as with the majority population.
c. obtain endorsement for your study from community leaders.
d. avoid the use of community members as research staff.
Q:
According to the text, what, since its publication, remains one of the most important and heavily researched views of the onset and continuity of a delinquent career?
Q:
As pertains to the Verification of Appointment Form, the signature of the person conducting the intake must appear in proper alignment. The landmarks of the signature placement are:
a. "Respectfully" and "Intake conducted by"
b. "Sincerely" and "Case Manager"
c. "Disposition" and "Date"
d. "Date," "Name," and "I swear these facts to be correct and accurate to the best of my knowledge"
Q:
Margaret is conducting the intake. The first place in which her name appears on the intake form is:
a. Step 1
b. Step 3
c. Step 9
d. At the bottom of the final page along with the date
Q:
The propensity to commit crime profoundly and permanently disrupts normal socialization over the life course. What is this concept?
Q:
While assessing the mood of the person undergoing a phone intake, it is essential to concurrently, if applicable, assess and record information regarding:
a. Risks of harm to self and/or others
b. Intonation of voice
c. Intonation of voice
d. Motivation
Q:
Culturally competent problem formulation involves
a. being well read in the culture of concern before beginning any investigation in it.
b. being ethnocentric.
c. making broad generalizations about the culture as a whole.
d. all of these.
Q:
Culturally insensitive research can
a. produce misleading results.
b. poison the climate for future research among a particular population.
c. have a harmful financial impact on a minority community.
d. all of these.
Q:
Who are escalators?
Q:
Children who suffer from what during the birthing process are most likely to lack self-control later in life?
Q:
Which of the following is an appropriate description of the mood of a client undergoing intake?
a. Mark expressed feelings of hopelessness; however after speaking with me, he seemed as if an initial weight had been lifted from his shoulders.
b. Mark initially cried inconsolably, stating he believed he was the only person in the world with such a problem.
c. Mark reports that he has been episodically depressed since his mother passed away last year.
d. Mark, a court-referred client, expressed hostility and anger.
Q:
Incorporation of social, personal, and developmental factors into complex explanations of human behavior is presented through what theory?
Q:
Culturally competent research involves awareness of the ways in which cultural factors could influence
a. what we investigate.
b. how we investigate.
c. how we interpret our findings.
d. all of these.
Q:
According to the NASW Code of Ethics, social workers violate their ethical responsibilities if they refrain from using research to guide their practice.
Q:
When recording the "chief complaint," the person conducting the intake should:
a. Strive to be concise yet accurate
b. Go into as much detail as possible; the details of the complaint can be "whittled down" later
c. Describe the reasons in generalities
d. Include all relevant background information
Q:
Pertaining to the intake item of "chief complaint," it is essential to record:
a. Why the client called but only in general terms
b. The specific catalyst for the call
c. How the client obtained the contact details for the agency (if self-referred) plus the complaint itself
d. Why the client decided to call now
Q:
What is social capital?
Q:
If the person undergoing intake is employed, input the following information to the form:
a. Name of employer
b. Name, address, and telephone number of employer
c. Name and telephone of employer, length of employment
d. Name and telephone number of employer
Q:
Because social scientists rarely plan studies that could physically harm subjects, the issue of no harm to subjects is not a real problem.
Q:
It is often as important to report that variables are not related as to report that they are related.
Q:
According to the text, what combined with family dysfunction predisposes life-course persisters to antisocial behavior patterns?
Q:
The information included in Step 1, at the top of the form, is:
a. Person's name, DOB, your name
b. Person's name, sex, DOB, address, your name
c. Person's name, sex, DOB, address
d. Person's name, DOB, sex, address, type of referral, your name
Q:
A client intake is taking place. The individual has recently completed high school and is scheduled to begin studies at Wake Forest University in two short months. The line on the form pertaining to "school" should read:
a. Wake Forest University
b. Sunderland High School
c. "Vacation/Break"
d. N/A
Q:
Once people are told that their participation in a research study is voluntary, there are no ethical problems.
Q:
According to some researchers, the general theory of crime is tautological. What is meant by "tautological"?
Q:
When conducting a client intake by phone, which of the following is not deemed an appropriate reason for speaking with an individual other than the client him- or herself?
a. The client is in the midst of a mental-health-related crisis.
b. The referred client is 14 years old.
c. The client is mute and needs a helper to facilitate the call.
d. The referral is court mandated.
Q:
What theory holds that antisocial behavior is caused by a lack of self-control stemming from an impulsive personality?
Q:
The norm of voluntary participation threatens the social research goal of generalizability.
Q:
As a case manager, give a few examples of how you would help your clients talk about change.
Q:
What, according to the Gluecks, is the most important factor related to persistent offending?
Q:
As soon as you tell subjects that you are doing research, the ethical issue of the researcher's identity is no longer a problem.
Q:
Science can be affected by political matters.
Q:
A key concept in Human Services and case manager is the client's right to self determination. Discuss your understanding of that concept in a few brief sentences.
Q:
Who, according to Terrie Moffitt, are abstainers?
Q:
Discuss what is meant by the following statement: Recovery should address the client in an holistic manner.
Q:
The ethical issues are always readily apparent in research projects.
Q:
What theory places a lot of emphasis on the stability brought about by romantic relationships?
Q:
Children who will later become the most serious delinquents begin their deviant careers at what age?
Q:
Discuss 2 common mistakes case managers make when they see ambivalence in their clients
Q:
Concealing the nature of the study from those being observed violates the norm of voluntary participation.
Q:
Wright and his associates found evidence that low self-control in children predicts disrupted social bonds and delinquent offending later in life. What theory does this finding support?
Q:
The ethical research issue(s) raised by the Trouble in the Tearoom study was/were:
a. invasion of privacy.
b. deception.
c. confidentiality.
d. invasion of privacy and deception.
Q:
Name 3 things a cased manager can do/be in order to encourage clients.
Q:
The NASW Code of Ethics stipulates that social workers should:
a. use research to guide their practice.
b. critically examine and keep current with emerging knowledge relevant to social work.
c. base practice on empirically based knowledge.
d. All of these.
e. None of these.
Q:
Name 2 symptoms of a discouraged client.
Q:
What theory places more emphasis on the fact that behavior is linked less to personal change and more to changes in the surrounding world?
Q:
A number of delinquency control and prevention efforts are based on what theory?
Q:
Which of the following statements is true about the dilemma involving the right to receive services versus the responsibility to evaluate service effectiveness?
a. This is not really a dilemma, since no conflict in values is involved.
b. All professionals agree that services should never be delayed, even if their effects have not yet been verified.
c. No professionals question the ethics of providing untested services, as long as we have good intentions.
d. None of these.
Q:
Coming Alongside is another way of saying what?
Q:
What ethical guideline(s) is are violated in the following study? A child therapist thinks the new, untested psychotherapy she recently developed is more effective than physician-prescribed medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. To research the effectiveness of her therapy, she tells parents that the therapy replaces the need for the medications and then provides the therapy to half of her clients, without telling parents about the study or which treatment group their child is in.
a. voluntary participation and informed consent.
b. no harm to the participant.
c. deceiving subjects.
d. all of these.
Q:
In ch 12, the author states who is responsible for change?
Q:
What pathway to delinquent deviance begins at an early age with stubborn behavior, and leads to defiance and then to authority avoidance?
Q:
Name 2 of the 5 stages of change.
Q:
Ethical issues are distinguished from political issues in research in that
a. ethics deals more with the substance of research.
b. politics deals more with the methods of research.
c. formal codes of accepted political conduct are not comparable to the codes of ethical conduct.
d. ethics deals more with theuse of research.
Q:
Rather than a product of other social problems, how does problem behavior syndrome (PBS) portray crime?
Q:
Resistance is always deemed a sign that the counselor must take which first step?
a. Pushing ahead as a breakthrough is most likely on the verge of occurring
b. Engaging in reflective listening
c. Backing up
d. Displaying unconditional positive acceptance
Q:
Ethical obligations regarding analysis and reporting
a. require that technical shortcomings and failures of the study be revealed.
b. allow the researcher to determine whether or not to report negative findings.
c. Encourage the researcher to always describe the findings as the product of a carefully preplanned analytical strategy.
d. all of these.
Q:
Which of the following can harm subjects?
a. having them face aspects of themselves that they do not normally consider.
b. asking them to reveal their unpopular attitudes.
c. asking them to identify their deviant behavior.
d. allowing them to easily identify themselves in the final report.
e. All of these.
Q:
As people mature, their thinking patterns change due to what type of changes?
Q:
Miller and Rollnick suggest that an effective precursor to the ability to "summarize" is a counselor's ability to engage in:
a. Collaboration
b. Reflective listening
c. Open-ended questioning
d. The fostering of self-determination
Q:
A client presents a series of arguments as to why he or she cannot change. The counselor admits that the situation is helpless. This approach is:
a. A good example of reverse psychology
b. Shown to be effective in a number of studies
c. Beneficial in reframing the client's situationthat only with change can a positive outcome be achieved
d. Effective only in backing a client into an inescapable corner
Q:
Ethical considerations are invoked by
a. the kinds of individuals serving as participants.
b. the setting in which the research is to take place.
c. the analysis of the data.
d. the reporting of the data.
e. All of these may invoke ethical considerations.
Q:
Taking the client's side in reflective listening can be particularly effective when the client is expressing:
a. Anger
b. Being stuck in a quagmire
c. Reluctance
d. Rebelliousness
Q:
When names are removed from questionnaires and are replaced with identification numbers so that only the researcher can later link a response to a name, the researcher should tell the respondent that the information is
a. anonymous.
b. confidential.
c. anonymous and confidential.
d. harmless.
Q:
What theory holds the view that that criminality is a dynamic process, influenced by social experiences as well as individual characteristics?
Q:
The lack of intrusion of the researcher's own political position on research is called
a. value-free research.
b. anonymity.
c. confidentiality.
d. the identity of the researcher.
e. deception.
Q:
Which of the following is a drug prevention program designed to strengthen the bonds between adults and children and provide opportunities for positive community involvement?
a. SMART
b. Across Ages
c. Positive Action
d. Fast Track