The key to managing conflict is to encourage people to do all of the following EXCEPT:

A) maintain a high level of civility
B) have strong differences of opinion
C) debate their ideas
D) to resolve their own differences


Ans: D

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A social worker invents a new therapy that brings her fame, fortune, and a large following of professional disciples. Two studies evaluate her new therapy. One is scientifically weak in its design, and concludes that her therapy is extremely effective. The other is scientifically very strong in its design, but concludes that her therapy is not effective at all. She writes a letter to the journal

publishing both studies. In her letter she severely criticizes the design of the strong study (and therefore also criticizes the credibility of its findings), and she praises the design and findings of the weak study.

a. overgeneralization. b. ego-involvement in understanding. c. premature closure of inquiry. d. made-up information. e. mystification.

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Positive psychology is an important tool when dealing with the poor and distressed because

a. It emphasizes the harsh and unforgiving nature of social realities that people can overcome. b. It aligns itself with logical positivism and empirical science at its core c. It emphasizes the human ability to derive meaning from grim circumstances. d. If focuses on making people feel better, rather than develop their own capacity to transform their lives.

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The primary role of Western states in the developing economy of the 1800s was to purchase

manufactured goods from the East. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A relativistic perspective that emphasizes the subjective construction of reality, and implies that what we see in families is based as much on our preconceptions as on what is actually going on, is known as:

a. pluralism b. constructivism c. feminism d. ethnocentrism

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