Which of the Following Statements Is True of a Social

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of a social work skill?

• A)It enables a social worker to maintain the status quo in a society while helping the underprivileged groups.
• B)It should be applied mechanically or bureaucratically to all people and in all contexts.
• C)It eliminates the need for professionalism in social work.
• D)It is a circumscribed set of discrete cognitive and behavioral actions that are consistent and congruent with research-based knowledge.

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Definitions:

Self-Serving Bias

The common human tendency to attribute one's successes to personal factors while attributing failures to factors beyond one's control.

Fundamental Attribution Error

A cognitive bias where people tend to attribute others' actions to their character or disposition while underestimating situational factors.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true due to the feedback between belief and behavior.

Projection

A defense mechanism in psychology where individuals attribute their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or motives to another person.