To understand the meaning of what a client is saying, a practitioner needs to be all of the following EXCEPT

a. a good academic who understands the major theoretical tenets.
b. a good observer of the behavior that accompanies the content.
c. a good listener for the possible meaning a client gives to an action, thought, behavior, or emotion.
d. a good observer of the tone that accompanies the content.


a

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a. a case for which there is no data on a variable. b. an uncooperative respondent in an field interview. c. a case that deviates from the patterns or themes found in the data. d. an informant whose identity as informant is known to others in the group.

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The authors cite several types of assertive behaviors in the text. Which type of assertion is used when there are incongruencies in the others' words and actions?

a. Empathic assertion. b. Basic assertion. c. Confrontational assertion. d. Escalating assertion. e. Levitating assertion.

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Early philanthropy in America was established on the basis of _______

A. new secular ideas B. ideas borrowed from the Native Americans C. democratic ideals D. religious and civic traditions from Europe

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The four phases of work are termed:

a. Preliminary, Joining, Middle and Ending and Transition
b. Preparatory, Joining, Middle and Ending and Transition
c. Preliminary, Joining, Work and Ending and Transition
d. Preliminary, Beginning, Middle and Ending and Transition

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