Colonial Americans viewed people with mental illness as:

a. dangerous to society and always needing to be incarcerated.
b. the unworthy poor
c. divinely inspired.
d. another class of people in need.


d. another class of people in need.

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Suppose you wish to measure progress in increasing the amount of time a child in institutional care spends studying as an indicator of the effectiveness of your groupwork intervention. Which of the following approaches most likely would be least vulnerable to reactivity problems?

a. Have the child record the amount of time and report back to you. b. Have cottage parents run spot checks in the cottage at different intervals. c. Interview the child each day about the time spent studying the previous day. d. Show up at the cottage and observe the child yourself for one hour during the same period each day.

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Define negative correlation.

What will be an ideal response?

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The assumptions of the generalist practice model include all of the following except

A) human services professionals use problem-solving approaches and intervention strategies that are well researched, planned, and effective B) all intervention occurs within an ethical framework, based on adopted ethical guidelines and standards C) assumptions cannot be made about the nature of a client's or client system's functioning within their respective environments because most systems are unique and do not ascribe to particular patterns D) a basic skillset that goes beyond one's natural inclinations and abilities

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A "mark-up" session is held

A) to draft a bill for submission. B) to determine whether there are enough votes to overturn a presidential veto. C) after a committee has held hearings on a bill. D) to bring together advocates and legislators to review a bill.

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