The ______ perspective emphasizes a community's purpose and how that community can continue working to attain that purpose.

A. functionalist
B. structural
C. social systems
D. human ecology


Answer: A

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Hassan, his wife and two daughters aged 11 and 13, moved to the United States from the Sudan seven years ago. Both parents sought and achieved citizenship. The year, prior to a planned brief visit to Khartoum in the Sudan, both daughters ran away from home several times and were returned by the police. When asked by a social worker whether their parents mistreated them, both girls said their parents loved them and took good care of them. After careful inquiry, the social worker learned that the girls did not want to return to the Sudan because the purpose of the visit was to perform clitorectiomies on both girls. What should the social worker do with this information?

A. The social worker can and should do nothing. Female circumcision is an accepted cultural practice in North Africa and among many Islamic cultures, and the worker has no warrant to impose her values on the family. B. There is no question that this situation fits the criteria of child abuse. The worker should take immediate steps to involve the child protective agency and to prevent the family from performing the surgery. C. The social worker should suggest that the family enter family counseling to try and reach some accommodation that all could agree with. D. The social worker should suggest that the family have the procedure done in the US to reduce the girl's fear and to insure a better medical result.

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A focus on how issues related to classism and economic injustice are the products of imperial systems and powers

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During the initial stage, interventions are aimed at providing encouragement. During the working stage, the leader will:

A) ?encourage the member to identify ways in which he or she has already inhibited him or herself because of fear of judgment B) ?provide encouragement, but try not to push the member to connect with other members C) ?look for ways to involve the entire group in a member's work D) ?limit the amount of depth the member is allowed to share so other members do not feel the burden of sharing

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An example of a social welfare program that is serviced through third-party

payments is _______. A. Medicare B. Medicaid C. Social Security D. Veterans Administration

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