SOCIAL WELFARE, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS

Social Work Dictionary Augmentation Drill – June 5, 2023

1. A group of persons usually living together or constituting a single household,

composed of the head and other persons related to the head by blood, marriage or
adopting, interacting and communicating with each other in their respective roles of
being husband an/or wife, mother and/or father, son and/or daughter, brother
and/or sister, and creating and maintaining a common culture.

a. Organization d. Cult
b. Family e. Home
c. Society

2. The lowest level of mental deficiency, usually with an IQ of 0-20 which shows no
significant degree of learning.

a. Idiocy d. Dull-Normal
b. Mentally Ill e. Deviant
c. Insane

3. An adjustment made, often unconsciously, either through action or the avoidance of

action in order to escape recognition by oneself of personal qualities or motives that
might lower self-esteem or heighten anxiety; it protects the psyche from anxiety,
shame, or guilt; e.g., rationalization or devising self-satisfying but incorrect reasons
for one's behavior.

a. Depression d. Regression
b. Defense Mechanism e. Aggression
c. Development

4. The application of the community organization method using the barangay council
or a similar structure as a point of entry for gaining access or coming closer to the
community.

a. Baranganic Approach d. Crisis Intervention

b. Total family approach e. Eligibility Study
c. Community Approach

5. The collection of information pertinent to the client and his problem which will
provide adequate knowledge and better understanding of the client and his situation
so that he can be helped.

a. Consolidation d. Communication
b. Data Gathering e. Investigation
c. Interview

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6. The inability of the individual or family to sustain life without assistance from the
government and/or community.

a. Poverty d. Eligibility
b. Mental Illness e. Impairment
c. Absolute Poverty

7. The interaction between two or more individuals.

a. Social Process d. Relationship

b. Social Interaction e. Communication
c. Social Change

8. The process of making the most out of one's capabilities leading to excellence.

a. Social Development d. Victory

b. Self-Centered e. Self-Improvement
c. Self-Actualization

9. The carry into action repressed impulses which have been brought out to a conscious
level.

a. Acting Out d. Maturity

b. Cause-Oriented e. Growing up
c. Role

10. The behavior expected of an individual which he assumes in a specific situation in

his relationship with others --- thus one person could play different roles; e.g.,
husband, father, worker, community leader, etc.

a. Responsibility d. Social Role

b. Acting Out e. Obligation
c. Role

11. Induced termination of pregnancy before the fetus is capable of survival as an

individual.

a. Fallacy d. Recision
b. Abortion e. Abandonment
c. Miscarriage

12. The discovery and utilization of the strengths within the family; i.e., among family
members to solve individual and family problems.

a. Family-Oriented b. Family Conference

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 c. Total family approach e. Family Gathering
d. Family Intervention
13. Generally one between the ages of 21 years to 30 years.

a. Youth d. Adulthood
b. Adolescent e. Juvenile
c. Young Adult

14. One who has been taken in as a child by a single individual or a couple through legal
means; He may be a relative or a total stranger to the adoptive parent/s.

a. Adopted Child d. Espouse

b. Adoption e. Babysitter
c. Nanny

15. Individuals and groups who support and work for environmental, institutional and
structural reforms; e.g., human rights.

a. Cause-Oriented d. Humanitarian
b. Organization e. Volunteers
c. NGO

16. In the normal individual, a state of dependency characterized by feelings of

inadequacy, lowered activity and pessimism about the future; In another sense it is
prolonged, unresolved state of grief. Its symptoms include any one or a combination
of the following: painful subjective feelings of hopelessness, despair, helplessness,
worthlessness, guilt and emptiness; also headache, gastro-intestinal discomfort,
chest tightness, difficulty in breathing and urinary problems; insomnia, fatigue,
appetite loss, weepiness, retarded speech and anxiety.

a. Stress d. Dependency
b. Depression e. Repressions
c. Insanity

17. The process of preparing or setting up selected services to achieve program purposes;
It involves the establishment of priorities, proper sequencing and timing, and
specifying the type of services to be applied.

a. Organizing d. Inductor
b. Programming e. Enabler
c. Facilitating

18. The worker who makes change possible by supplying the client with the means, the
knowledge or the opportunity to be or to do something.

a. Educator b. Facilitator
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 c. Enabler e. Agent
d. Service Provider

19. The person who helps remove the obstacles to the exercise of rational thinking or
learning by the use of non-formal adult teaching and learning methodologies and
strategies.

a. Enabler d. Agent
b. Educator e. Broker
c. Facilitator

20. The branch of medicine specializing in old age.

a. Geriatrics d. Neurology
b. Gerontology e. Science
c. Pediatrics

21. A political and economic system wherein the land is owned by a landlord for whom
the peasants work under conditions of homage and service.

a. Federalism d. Political Law

b. Feudalism e. Martial Law
c. Democracy

22. Involves the control, conditioning or modification of the person's environment in

such a way that it will have a beneficial effect on his treatment, the alleviation of his
deviant behavior, or his capacities to learn to become socialized; It is used mainly in
mental hospitals, mental health centers and residential treatment centers for
children.

a. Milieu Therapy d. Guidance

b. Geriatrics e. Controlling
c. Marxism

23. The accounting i.e., recording and reporting to the supporting community or entity
or the direct services rendered by the worker; also a report in what he has learned
from his experiences about the adequacy of program design, it's feasibility and
functional relationship to articulated policy goals, and the adequacy and implications
of existing problem conceptualization.

a. Documentation d. Investigation
b. Recording e. Interview
c. Data-gathering

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24. The act or manner by which the worker is profoundly absorbed in the affairs of the
community, making it his place of residence so that he can get to know and
understand the people and their problems more and be in a better position to help
them.

a. Intervention d. Agent of Change

b. Immersion e. Practicum
c. Innovation

25. An orchestrated attempt to influence persons or systems in relation to some goals; It

implies overall planning and command.

a. Technique d. Process
b. Strategy e. Intervention
c. Blueprint

26. According to law, a young person below 15 years of age at the time of the commission
of the crime.

a. Young offender d. Deviant

b. Criminal e. Felonious
c. Juvenile Offender

27. The person who works alongside or assists the professional in direct service
functions under the latter's supervision; In social work he may be known as case aide,
social welfare aide, community worker, youth development worker, indigenous
worker, etc.

a. Para Professional d. Professional

b. Prodigy e. Field Worker
c. Assistant

28. Services extended to a client after his release from an institution; usually used in
connection with juvenile offenders.

a. Social Services d. House of Hope

b. Women Care Facility e. Juvenile Care Services
c. After Care

29. The balance or relatively stable state of equilibrium between the different elements
of an organization or system.

a. Homeostasis b. Immersion
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d. Equilibrium

30. Lack of education, employment skills; e.g., the illiterate, the unskilled.

a. Uneducated d. Felonious
b. Impairment e. Dependent
c. Personal Inadequacy

31. In a social situation, the reproduction, usually written, of what happened between
the client and the worker in the process of the former's seeking help and the latter's
responding to the former's need.

a. Recording d. History
b. Documentation e. Genogram
c. Data-Gathering

32. The establishment of a conjugal relationship between one man and one woman
which is socially recognized.

a. Marriage d. Pre-marital Relationship

b. Engagement e. Marital Relationship
c. Common Law Marriage

33. A tendency to allow one's behavior to be influenced by prevailing attitudes and

opinions.

a. Conformity d. Repression
b. Adaptation e. Congruence
c. Crab Mentality

34. This is an imbalance between the individual's needs, aspirations, and functional
capacities on the one hand and situational expectations, opportunities and resources
on the other.

a. Social dysfunctioning d. Equilibrium

b. Socialization e. Homeostasis
c. Group contagion

35. A written account of what transpired about a specific event or topic.

a. Record d. History
b. Receipt e. Report
c. Evaluation

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36. The actual process or procedure taken to ensure the fulfilment of the goal of the
helping process.

a. Intervention d. Social Process

b. Implementation e. Acting Out
c. Assessment

37. The concept or theory that the behavior of a living being can be explained only in
terms of the behavior of all its parts instead of only one or a few of its parts.

a. Developmental Approach d. Crisis Intervention

b. Holistic Approach e. Historical Approach
c. Psychosocial Approach

38. The art and science of helping adults to learn through practical ways.

a. Gerontology d. Genealogy
b. Andragogy e. Neurology
c. Paleontology

39. The process which alters the structure of social relationships in society; e.g., the
landless peasants becoming farm owners thus joining the middle class.

a. Social Process d. Social Development

b. Social Change e. Social Service
c. Social Welfare

40. The manner in which change as a response is brought about in a particular direction
through a sequence of change in a given period; It is a forward movement consisting
of a series of actions, changes, or functions that bring about an end or result.

a. Strategy d. Process
b. Process e. Intervention
c. Role

41. A particular living condition primarily characterized by deprivation of basic needs

for decent and meaning existence; or it may be a condition that us said to exist when
people lack the means to satisfy their basic needs.

a. Indigence d. Absolute Poverty

b. Self-Actualization e. Impairment
c. Poverty
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42. The act of measuring or estimating the impact of the social worker's intervention by
comparing the conditions obtaining prior to treatment or intervention and that at
the end of the helping process, to find out whether or not the goal has been achieved.

a. Planning d. Estimation
b. Programming e. Assessment
c. Evaluation

43. Used in case work, it focuses on the growth and development of the individual's
potentials and capabilities. In group work it is concerned with building of strengths
rather than analyzing of weaknesses, with ways of more effective rather than
explanation of defenses. In community organization it refers to the development of
the people's capabilities to attend to, develop and improve their communities.

a. Holistic Approach d. Historical Approach

b. Baranganic Approach e. Multidisciplinary Approach
c. Developmental Approach

44. The worker's visiting the client in the latter's own home to gather information
necessary to help him or to give or deliver a tangible service.

a. Family Conference d. Family Evaluation

b. Acting Out e. Family Interview
c. Home Visit

45. A guide for settled course of action composed or consisting of all collective decisions
directly concerned with promoting the well-being of all or parts of the population;
for special welfare it is a verbal, written, or implied expression of agency puspose
that provides the guidelines for executive action.

a. Law d. Rules
b. Ordinance e. Regulation
c. Policy

46. A scientific and scholarly inquiry, investigation or study.

a. Research d. Investigation
b. Technology e. Inquisition
c. Science

47. The utilization of a child for a slefish purpose as in the use of child labor to ensure
more profit for the capitalist ; e.g., the use of small children to beg on the streets
under the director of an adult ---a familiar sight in metro manila.
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 a. Child Exploitation d. After Care
b. Child Abuse e. Child Labor
c. Child Care
48. In casework it refers to the delivery of the service as the focus of intervention. In
social casework, it is a method for engaging the client through a relationship
essentially one-to-one, in the use of a social service toward his own and the general
social welfare (Ruth Smalley, 1977).

a. Developmental Approach d. Historical Approach

b. Holistic Approach e. Multidisciplinary Approach
c. Functional Approach

49. It is an organized system af a social service and institutions designed to aid

individuals, groups and communities to attain satisfying standards of life and health ,
and personal and social relationships which permit them to develop their full
capacities, and to promote their well-being in harmony with the needs of their
families and the community. (Walter Friedlander)

a. Social Services d. Social Process

b. Social Functioning e. Social Development
c. Social Welfare

50. A client or a patient of a physician, psychiatrist, lawyer, social worker; In social work
it also refers to a situation in which the client finds himself, or a problem or question
with which he is confronted and for which he needs help.

a. Patient d. Partner
b. Case e. Client
c. Report

51. A whole made up of interrelated and interdependent parts; The parts exists in a state
of balance, and when change takes place within one there should be compensatory
change within the others or the system becomes ineffective.

a. Body d. Unit
b. System e. One
c. Cooperative

52. A means of coordination among people, groups, or organization of various interests

and orientation, working together as in a chain so as to function in a specific manner;
e.g., child welfare network-groups and organizations concerned with the various
aspects of child welfare.

a. Networking c. Union
b. Entrepreneurship d. Internet
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53. A reasonable, fair and just sharing of goods and services --- not to be confused with
"equal" which means having the same capability, quality, or effect on another; e.g.,
equitable distribution of the national income and wealth.

a. Equality d. Quality
b. Equitable e. Quantity
c. Unity

54. A program or composite of intervention measures or services focused on the

prevention or resolution of problems of role functioning and relationship that
threaten the stability of the family as a social unit.

a. Total Family Approach d. Family Service

b. Family Day e. Social Service
c. Family Welfare

55. A settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions, e.g., a parent will
permit a teenaged daughter to go to a party provided she comes home midnight.

a. Compromise d. Agreement
b. Analysis e. Treaty
c. Interview

56. The breaking up of a problem situation, or a collection of data in it's simplest or

elementary part so as to explore the content, the issues and relationships involved in
order to gain insight and understanding of the problem. This is a preliminary step to
planning the solution.

a. Compromise d. Evaluation
b. Analysis e. Record
c. Interview

57. An economic theory which advocates class struggle as a fundamental force for
changing, or reforming society; It entails a revolutionary seizure of power by the
workers from the capitalist class and the establishment of a classless society.

a. Big Bang Theory d. Friedlanderism

b. Labelling Theory e. Marcism
c. Marxism

58. A client qualified for social services according to an agency's standards.

a. Eligible b. Indigent
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d. Client

59. The professional relationship which the worker establishes with the client for the
purpose of helping resolve or manage the latter's problem.

a. Client-Worker Relationship d. Empathy

b. Marriage e. Sympathy
c. Friendship

60. Paralysis accompanied by coarse tremor of the hands.

a. Epilepsy d. Gastritis
b. Palsy e. Mongolism
c. Ulcer

61. A process of defining and attaining the objectives of an organization through a

system of coordinated and cooperative effort.

a. Supervision d. Cooperative
b. Administration e. Policy
c. Execution

62. The application of a helping repertoire which consists of selected social work
methods and processes used by the worker to attain the objectives of the helping
process. They are change-inducing and resource-providing actions guided by the
professional knowledge, values and skills of the worker.

a. Implementation d. Assessment
b. Evaluation e. Acting Out
c. Intervention

63. As used in counseling, it is the recounting of events up to the on-set of the problem.

a. Process Recording d. Evaluating

b. Historical Approach e. Detail
c. Enumerating

64. An organization, public or private, which employs social workers to provide

programs and services to promote the well-being of individuals, groups, and/or
communities who are experiencing some difficulty in the management of their own
affairs.

a. Social Welfare Agency d. DSWD

b. NGO e. DOLE
c. Government
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65. The individual's role in the group; more specifically the group's expectations as to
the behavior, attitude, and other attributes of the occupant of a given position in a
social system; e.g., the father, as family head.

a. Social Justice d. Social Function

b. Social Role e. Role
c. Social Interest

66. The process of overseeing the work of another with responsibility for its quality; It is
necessary in social work to assure a program and a quality of service which both the
supporting and using community can use.

a. Governance d. Cooperation
b. Administration e. Coordination
c. Supervision

67. A person who gives expert and professional advice.

a. Consultant d. Agent
b. Adviser e. Worker
c. Psychologist

68. The segment of the population producing marketable goods and services; as used in
census and statistics, it includes those who have the capability to work or are looking
for work.

a. Labor Force d. Displacement

b. Employment e. Job Placement
c. Economy

69. Used in case work and conceptualized by Helen Perlman, it refers to problem-solving
as the medium of treatment. It assumes that the person's normal problem-solving
capabilities or resources have broken down, have been impaired or are maladaptive
in vew of which he has turned to a social agency for material and/or psychological
help to Cope with his present problem.

a. Historical Approach d. Multidisciplinary Approach

b. Problem-Solving Approach e. Functional Approach
c. Holistic Approach

70. A person, group or community who finds himself or is forced to be in need of help in
some aspect of his/it's social-emotional living and is provided professional assistance
by a social worker.

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 a. Case d. Child Labor
b. Patient e. Discrimination
c. Client
71. The people or sector of the population for whom a program or service is intended.

a. Target Population d. Target Client

b. People e. Indigent Community
c. Community

72. A way of life that develops among the poor as an adaptation to their deprived
condition.

a. Crisis Intervention d. Hereditary Poverty

b. Poverty Threshold e. Absolute Poverty
c. Culture of Poverty

73. The worker's ability to put himself in the shoes of the client so that he can
understand what the latter is thinking of and feeling about her problem.

a. Empathy d. Acting Out

b. Sympathy e. Understanding
c. Self-Care

74. A non-government, non-profit organization with funds and programs established to

maintain or aid social, educational, charitable, religious, or other activities; It may
either be a trust or a corporation.

a. Institution d. Incorporation
b. Organization e. NGO
c. Foundation

75. The assignment of an individual to a job on the basis of his abilities, experiences,
interests, and the requirements for the position.

a. Job Placement d. Deployment

b. Employment e. Immersion
c. Task

76. The rapid spread of emotional reactions or behavior patterns through group as a
result of heightened suggestibility.

a. Conformity d. Group Conflict

b. Impassiveness e. Regression
c. Group Contagion

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77. Behavior which does not conform with prevailing standards for acceptable behavior;
e.g., homosexuality.

a. Deviant d. Superiority
b. Juvenile Offender e. Conformity
c. Empathy

78. The process of determining "where to go" and identifying the requirements for
getting there in the most effective and efficient manner possible; It involves the
collection and examination of information and ideas and the casting of programs or
policies to guide future actions.

a. Programming d. Blueprint
b. Planning e. Observing
c. Organizing

79. The act of compromising, reconciling, adjusting and adapting to competition and
conflict.

a. Facilitating d. Conformity
b. Accommodation e. Fighting
c. Nursing

80.A comfortable, warm and close relationship between the worker and the client
ensuring their working together to solve the latter's problem.

a. Love d. Empathy
b. Rapport e. Sympathy
c. Mutual Understanding

81. The dissolution of a marriage by law, or in primitive societies, by custom.

a. Divorce d. Decouple
b. Annulment e. Break Up
c. Separation

82. The process whereby the social worker assists couples to resolve problems, especially
interpersonal ones that exist after marriage, principally through interviews and
discussions.

a. Marital Counselling d. Marital Conference

b. Marital Conflict e. Family Counselling
c. Family Conference
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83. These are effective (emotional) disorders manifested by anxiety, drugs and alcohol
addictions, organic mental disorders, psychosexual problems and schizophrenia.

a. Mental Illnesses d. Mental Incapacity

b. Disorders e. Mentally Retarded
c. Psychological Disorders

84. The profession which helps individuals, groups, and communities to develop,
enhance, or restore their capability for coping with the demands of their
environment through the use of social work methods.

a. Social Work d. Agent

b. Social Worker e. Community Organizer
c. Social Welfare

85. Also called the "diagnostic" approach, it is concerned with both the inner
psychological realities of man and the social context in which he lives (Gordon
Hamilton, 1941); The focus of the treatment is the individual and his functionality.

a. Holistic Approach d. Multidisciplinary Approach

b. Historical Approach e. Holistic Approach
c. Psychological Approach

86. One concerned with the needs of mankind and the alleviation of human suffering; a
philanthropist.

a. Volunteerism d. Sponsor
b. Humanitarian e. Guarantor
c. Patriot

87. Formulations of preferred behavior held by individuals or groups, their preference

for certain means, ends, and conditions of life, which are often accompanied by
strong feelings.

a. Ethics d. Ordinance
b. Values e. Culture
c. Traits

88.A moral or ethical weakness in the person, consisting of ingrained, habitual, or rigid
patterns of behavior or character that severely limit the individual's adaptive
potential; The individual may not see his behavior as maladaptive although society
does; also known as personality disorder.

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 a. Mental Disorder d. Behavioral Disorder
b. Character Disorder e. Social Disorder
c. Psychological Disorder

89. A face to face meeting usually between two persons. In social work it is used to
gather or give information, give therapy, resolve a disagreement, consider a joint
undertaking, etc.

a. Interviewing d. Assembly
b. Meeting e. Gathering
c. Conference

90. A couple living together as man and wife without benefit of marriage either in church
or in a civil ceremony --- it is more stable and of longer duration than the 'live-in'
arrangement. They are children, usually, and to all intents and purposes constitute a
family.

a. Live-in Partner d. Pledge

b. Common-Law Marriage e. Betrothal
c. Engaged

91. Having less than normal ability or having an anatomical or functional defect which
makes it difficult for the individual to compete with his peers.

a. Impaired d. Idiocy
b. Mentally Retarded e. Dull-Normal
c. Handicapped

92. The process by which the objectives of a social welfare agency or organization are
met and services are rendered or delivered through the efficient utilization of man,
money, materials, machines, methods, time and space.

a. Management d. Intervention
b. Accounting e. Evaluation
c. Supervision

93. A prolonged exchange of ideas and opinions between two or more people; not to be
confused with "small talk" which is inconsequential conversation.
a. Debate d. Counsel
b. Conference e. Argument
c. Dialogue

94. The measurement of accomplishments of an agency relative to the total need of a

drug, the securing of it's supply, and a high tendency to relapse after withdrawal.

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 a. Efficient d. Exemplary
b. Excellence e. diligence
c. Adequacy Performance

95. A deterioration in the individual's social functioning.

a. Impairment d. Idiocy
b. Insanity e. Palsy
c. Epilepsy

96. A program of research whose ends are practical as opposed to theoretical --- e.g., to
evaluate the effectivity of the baranganic approach in working with depressed
communities.
a. Scientific Research d. Disquisition
b. Community Organization e. Inquiry
c. Action Research

97. Material or cash assistance to individuals and/or families who are in crisis or
stressful situations such as fires, floods, typhoons, earthquakes, etc.
a. Cash Assistance d. Disaster Assistance
b. Financial Assistance e. Community Assistance
c. Emergency Assistance

98. An educationally or vocationally retarded individual due to subnormal mentality; the

term does not imply feeble mindedness or mental deficiency.
a. Mentally Handicapped d. Insanity
b. Retardation e. Idiocy
c. Deviant

99. Here a case is handled simultaneously by several professionals and/or auxiliaries

from the human service professions or organizations, each attending to a specific
need or problem of the client.
a. Multidisciplinary Approach d. Historical Approach
b. Holistic Approach e. Crisis Intervention
c. Psychological Approach

100. Specific services addressed to disadvantaged individuals or groups in society to

maximize their social functioning; e.g., for socialization and development, for
therapy, rehabilitation and social protection, for help and assistance, and for
providing opportunities or access to services that the client needs.
a. Social Services d. Social Policy
b. Social Welfare e. Social Functioning
c. Social Programs

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