Feeling that one is flawed, invalid, and/or unworthy of love is known as

a) abandonment/instability.
b) social isolation/alienation.
c) defectiveness/shame.
d) functional dependence/incompetence.


Answer: c) defectiveness/shame.

Social Work & Human Services

You might also like to view...

This percentage of the population 65 and older lives in skilled nursing facilities

A) 4% B) 10% C) 25% D) 50%

Social Work & Human Services

The enactment of what two government healthcare programs in the 1960s significantly increased the demand for healthcare social work?

What will be an ideal response?

Social Work & Human Services

According to the Coreys, an indirect way of getting clients to express self-appreciation when they are not accustomed to doing so is to

a. have them write a balance sheet stating both their negative and positive points. b. ask how their best friend would describe them. c. confront their reluctance. have them describe their "ideal self.".

Social Work & Human Services

Which statement below pertaining to sexual intimacy in later life is accurate?

a. The number of people who engage in sexual activity decreases with each decade, but many people remain sexually active well into their 80s and even later. b. Poor health is the factor that carries the most weight in influencing one's level of sexual activity in older adulthood. c. Poor health has little influence on one's level of sexual activity in older adulthood. d. a and b e. a and c

Social Work & Human Services