Cory Is a Social Worker Responsible for Removing Children from Homes

question 10

Multiple Choice

Cory is a social worker responsible for removing children from homes where parents were cruel and neglectful.After two years of being assaulted by parents and getting body lice from children,Cory has a difficult time getting up to go to work in the mornings.Often he starts crying as he showers and dresses.Eventually,he quits going to work altogether.Cory is probably ____.

• A) burned out
• B) experiencing dissociative disorder
• C) experiencing a posttraumatic stress disorder
• D) employing cognitive coping skills

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Definitions:

Inconsistent Statement

An assertion that does not align or match with previous statements or facts, leading to a contradiction.

Truth Table

A table in logic that is utilized to assess if a complex statement is true or false by examining the truth values of its constituent parts.

Negation

The logical operation of denying or contradicting a statement or proposition, creating its opposite in meaning.

Tautology

A statement that is true by necessity or by virtue of its logical form, often involving redundancy.