Which of the following statements is true of explanatory hypotheses?
A. A social worker should provide professionally based explanatory hypotheses about how personal
and situational factors influence issues and vice versa after hearing client-generated hypotheses.
B. A social worker should always provide professionally based explanatory hypotheses about how
needs and problems affect people and circumstances during the contracting phase.
C. A social worker should not provide explanatory hypotheses in the assessing stage.
D. A social worker should focus on System 1 thinking rather than System 2 thinking while
formulating explanatory hypotheses.
ANS: A
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Feedback: Having reflected and considered client-generated hypotheses, a social worker may now share
professionally based explanatory hypotheses about how personal and situational factors influence issues and vice
versa—how needs and problems affect people and circumstances
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