According to Porter R. Lee, the primary task of professional social work is:
a) To institutionalize the gains won through working to effect social change.
b) To serve the marginalized.
c) To organize a successful campaign to change legislation.
d) None of the above
A
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
It is better to draw attention to events or statements that reveal stereotypes or prejudice than to let them pass unaddressed.
The action-social model that social workers help people construct is a. based on the military, because it is the most intensely emotional of all largehuman organizations
b. based on the family, because family is the basis of society: what we learn inthe home is normal to us and we take it out into the world. c. based on the ability of individuals to build healthy social selves and developstrong relational groups. d. based on the corporation, because with all its flaws, no other organizationhas liberated so much human creativity.
Most homeless clients have the following characteristics EXCEPT that
a. Most are white. b. The majority completed a high school education. c. Most homeless clients are single. d. A majority of homeless women had children under the age of 17.
Family members' appraisals and interpretation of the behavior of others influence:
a. Emotional responses b. Behavioral responses c. Both a and b above d. Neither a or b above