The motivation to define the human services as a scientific discipline has arisen from the

effort to



a. replace scientific researchers with human service researchers.
b. replace human service practitioners with behavioral scientists in the
intervention process.
c. clearly distinguish the boundaries between science and practice.
d. enhance the accountability of the helping professions.


ANS: D

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