____ are client’s predictions about how resolution of problems or achievement of goals could or should

occur.



A. Explanatory hypotheses
B. Change-oriented hypotheses
C. Policy-analyses
D. Intersectional analyses


ANS: B
PG: 348
Feedback: In addition to explanatory hypotheses, many clients have ideas about what should be done to resolve a
problem. In effect, they generate change-oriented hypotheses. These are predictions about how resolution of
problems or achievement of goals could or should occur.

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