The medical model of illness:

a. has many components. The model stresses the interaction between human biology and socioeconomic status, psychological state, racial and ethnic background, gender, lifestyle, occupation, social support, and environmental elements such as housing, nutrition, and exposure to certain chemicals.
b. focuses on disease and its treatment. It assumes that poor health is caused primarily by genetic malformations, internal chemical imbalances, and the attacks of viruses, bacteria, and other agents on our bodies.
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B


b. focuses on disease and its treatment. It assumes that poor health is caused primarily by genetic malformations, internal chemical imbalances, and the attacks of viruses, bacteria, and other agents on our bodies.

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National alcohol prohibition did not simply spring forth, fully formed, in 1920. It emerged out of social, cultural, and political processes that brought it into being. What were the most important of these processes, and why did they put their stamp on prohibition legislation? And what were the social, cultural, and political forces that took place during the 1920s and early 1930s that brought about the demise of Prohibition?

What will be an ideal response?

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In the multisensory approach to spelling, the student

a. pronounces the word. b. looks at the word visually. c. recalls the visual image of the word. d. writes the word. e. All of these.

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When interacting with the referral source, therapists should gather:

a. information about the problem. b. what the referral source has tried to alleviate the problem. c. a and b. d. none of the above.

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“Special Needs Adoption” refers to:

a. Adoption of infants. b. Adoption of children whose parents have died c. Adoption of children from the public child welfare system. d. Adoption by parents on welfare.

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