In the Context of Social Work, Which of the Following

question 17

Multiple Choice

In the context of social work, which of the following statements is true?

• A)Social workers attend exclusively to problems faced by people rather than looking for people's strengths, assets, and abilities.
• B)The social work mission involves the elimination of "discrimination, oppression, poverty, and other forms of social injustice."
• C)Social workers seek to maintain the status quo in a society rather than empowering and liberating people.
• D)The social work mission requires the use of esoteric terminology rather than the use of the "language of the people."

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Definitions:

Phallic Stage

Stage in which, according to Sigmund Freud, boys become focused on their penis and girls become aware that they do not have one. Girls are said to develop penis envy (that is, they desire to have a penis and feel cheated).

Little Hans

A case study by Sigmund Freud involving the analysis of a 5-year-old boy's fear of horses, which Freud interpreted as a manifestation of the Oedipus complex.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.