A client who has repeatedly stated that she hates her sister tells a social worker that she has just asked her sister to be the maid of honor in her wedding. The social worker points out that this action appears contradictory to her feelings about her sister. This statement by the social worker is known as:
A. Clarification
G. Generalization
C. Paradoxical instruction
D. Confrontation
Answer: D. Confrontation
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A. Asians B. Those who identify as belonging to two or more races C. American Indians and Alaska Natives D. Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders
How do concepts of good and evil influence values about people?
a. People who we might think of as evil are less likely to make progress in their functioning or engage in change work and therefore the social worker may have a bias in whether to attempt to work with them b. If we consider people being inherently good or bad, the fundamental attribution error may exist in our relationships and interactions with people and may negatively impact the work with our clients c. If we consider people being inherently good or bad, we may view them as too difficult to work with and decide to not help them d. If we consider people being inherently good or bad, the temptation to praise or scold them based on their nature may impact our work with them
If job satisfaction is the cause of job performance, you would find research studies that revealed that ______.
A. marital harmony was found to be correlated with job satisfaction B. changes in job performance were found to follow changes in job satisfaction C. changes in job satisfaction were found to follow changes in job performance D. job satisfaction was found to be correlated with work satisfaction
Yolanda is cursing at other members in the group and occasionally at the leader himself. Other than the curses, she is silent. It is interfering with the group, which, as a whole, can't bypass these outbursts. Something must give. The leader should pay particular attention to:
A) ?The severity of the curses B) ?Yolanda's past history C) ?The lowering of her (the leader's) status as an effective controller D) ?What Yolanda is not saying