Some Possible Explanations for the Continuing Decrease in Foster Homes

question 13

True/False

Some possible explanations for the continuing decrease in foster homes may be due to: increased employment of women;inadequate support services for foster payment;and,low payments made to foster parents.

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Definitions:

Passive Resignation

A behavioral response characterized by a willingness to accept or submit to a situation or process without active resistance or protest.

Pessimistic Explanatory Style

A tendency to explain negative events as being inevitable and due to internal, stable, and global factors.

Learned Helplessness

A state where someone feels incapable of controlling their life, often due to a traumatic experience or repeated failures.

Attributional Explanation

The analysis and reasoning behind attributing specific causes or factors to behaviors and outcomes, explaining why something happened.