A client sees a woman get brutally beaten and killed during an incident of domestic violence. Shorty after the incident, the client reports the inability to see. This client is MOST likely experiencing the defense mechanism of:

A. Conversion
B. Acting out
C. Compensation
D. Reaction formation


Answer: A. Conversion

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A striking result shown in government-funded studies on food security is that

a. even after the recession that was over in 2009, the rate of very low food security in the U.S. actually rose b. the majority of increase in food insecurity after 2009 occurred in the middle class c. only people who were still not working after the recession was over suffered food insurity d. persons with very high food security before the recession experienced a sharp drop after the recession ended

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Some researchers say, put theory into practice, and use the results of the practice to reformulate theory such that research encourages action in which people learn how to change the world. This idea is called

A) replication. B) verstehen. C) praxis. D) a paradigm. E) none of the above

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______ leadership focuses on status changes and supports social justice work by being non-complicit with oppressive social structures.

a. Shared b. Transformational c. Reciprocal d. Transactional

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_________ is the term used when a client demonstrates no expression or facial movement

A) ?Flat affect B) ?Expressionlessness C) ?Sad affect D) ?Labile affect

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