A family’s standard of living in comparison to that of other community members is a measure of ______.

A. absolute poverty
B. relative poverty
C. feminization of poverty
D. persistence of poverty


B. relative poverty

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A system of shared values, beliefs, ideas and learned patterns of behavior, grounded in

common history and experiences shared by a group is considered to be: a. culture b. family c. fellowship d. class

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The leadership skills of __________ are often undervalued because they are viewed as socio-emotional experts rather than as instrumental experts

a) Adolescents b) Women c) Men d) Group workers

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Suppose that you have two clients in treatment, one is an adult female being treated for depression and another is a 6-year-old child being treated because of poor motivation in school. For each of these situations, indicate whether you would be inclined to seek a standardized scale for measuring client progress or develop your own individualized scale. Explain why.

What will be an ideal response?

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An important part of an assessment as a clinician working with military members includes asking:

a. if a client has been intimate in the past 6 months b. what sexual/gender orientation a client is c. how old the client's partner is d. if the client's partner has any medical issues

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