Social Work

Items

• people-centredness

  Prioritizing individual needs/preferences in service delivery.
• personality

  Unique patterns of thinking/feeling/behaving defining individual.
• personality trait

  Stable characteristic influencing consistent behavior.
• photovoice

  Participatory method using photography for marginalized voices.
• physical disability

  Impairment substantially limiting major life activities.
• plan of action

  Detailed strategy outlining steps/resources for goals.
• policy advocacy

  Influencing legislation/policies for social justice.
• population

  Total individuals in defined geographic/social unit.
• positive regard

  Unconditional acceptance valuing client's inherent worth.
• positivism

  Knowledge from observable, measurable empirical evidence.
• post-test

  Measurement after intervention assessing change.
• post-modernism

  Rejects grand narratives; emphasizes pluralism/relativism.
• poverty

  Inability to meet basic needs due to insufficient resources.
• poverty line

  Minimum income threshold for basic needs coverage.
• power

  Capacity to influence/control behavior/resources/outcomes.
• practice

  Application of social work knowledge/skills in real situations.
• practicum

  Supervised field training applying theory to practice.
• pre-test

  Baseline measurement before intervention.
• pre-modern/pre-positivism

  Historical approaches before scientific/empirical methods.
• presenting problem

  Client's chief complaint/reason for seeking help.
• prevalence rate

  Proportion having condition at specific time.
• prevention

  Strategies stopping problems before occurrence.
• principle

  Fundamental truth guiding ethical/professional conduct.
• private practice

  Independent social work services for fee.
• privilege

  Unearned advantages from dominant social group membership.