The goals of social welfare programs derive from:
A. the number of people affected by the social problem
B. who defines the social problem and the criteria used
C. the goals of the larger society and the views society holds of
itself
D. the current state of the economy and which political party is in
power
C
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In some states with high concentrations of Native peoples, more than 50% of American Indian children experience poverty as defined by the federal guidelines.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A written document that provides information about the way an individual experiences problems, past problem-solving behaviors, developmental stages, and interpersonal relationships is a(n):
A) ?psychological report. B) ?educational assessment. C) ?social history. D) ?vocational evaluation.
When the Yale Group studied the power of "counternorm communications,” they found that committed, highly involved group members (such as fans of a sports team) are
a) easily persuaded that another group is better than theirs b) vulnerable to a persuasion strategy based on attitudinal inversion
According to Erving Goffman, we are constantly
a) shifting between various social worlds as we move through daily life b) using media to compare our own situation to that of other people c) moving from fantasy to reality as we go from TV to the real world d) making framing mistakes that we experience as frightening and unreal