Which of the following statements is true of poverty?
A) ?The rate of poverty in the United States is lower now than it was in 1980
B) ?The poor are less likely to receive probation, parole, or suspended sentences.
C) Children raised in poor families are more likely to succeed in life and move to a higher social class.
B
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A spiritual assessment provides:
a. insight into how a client relates to spirituality and religion and how this may be affecting the client. b. the therapist with the opportunity to educate the client on the best religion to follow. c. an opportunity for the therapist to relax and not listen as intently to the client. d. minimal information about the client.
Human Services is a term that means:
a) The services that humans provide. b) Activities that focus on helping c) Only welfare programs. d) Charitable organizations.
Military families experience considerable stress, periods of long separation, and changes to the family system when a family member enters or returns from a war zone. What has the military done regarding families in recent years?
A. It has created a system that recognizes blended families, single-parent homes, multiethnic families, dual-career families, and so on. B. The approach has remained relatively static in that the military still assumes the female will stay at home, and the male will be deployed. C. It has provided strong support for the military member, with the intention of this support trickling down to the family. D. It has created a culture in which military members are expected to recognize that "family comes first."
The psychologist who is considered the father of behavioral psychology and credited with reinforcement theory is
a. Skinner. b. Feuerstein. c. Vygotsky. d. Piaget. e. Kirk.