To extend her understanding of a new resident’s family, Carmen Molina, a social worker at Pleasant Valley Nursing and Retirement Center, visually illustrates the structure and interrelationships within the residents’ family. The assessment tool she is using is called a _____.

A. cultural history
B. social history
C. genogram
D. eco-map


C. genogram

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Which factor is not a lasting impact of the Social Security Act of 1935:

A. The Act became the foundational social welfare policy of the United States B. The Act established federal responsibility for the welfare of citizens. C. The Act reinforced family responsibility for care and protection of children D. The Act led to recognition of social and economic forces as contributors to poverty.

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Creating research questions and hypotheses is a crucial component of designing a research

methodology. Dudley, the author of the text describes this task with the adjective crafting. Why does he report using the word crafting? a) Has artistic implications b) Has creative implications c) Is similar to crafting a piece of pottery d) Is similar to crafting a novel

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The Ivey Lane Counseling Center is shifting from using old-fashioned paper records to a sophisticated electronic health records software. This will involve significant training of staff, and multiple policy changes in terms of how records are handled. This is what kind of organizational change?

a) Developmental b) Transitional c) Transformational d) All of the above

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Outcome research in the United States suggests that one thing more than any other accounts for change in individual and family therapy. What is it?

A. The internal characteristics and outside resources the client(s) bring(s) to therapy B. The kind of relationship the therapist forms with client(s) C. The techniques the therapist uses D. The individual or family therapy model that the therapist chooses to use

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