Attitudes Are Useful Because They

question 46

Multiple Choice

Attitudes are useful because they

• A) allow us to judge whether something we encounter is good or bad.
• B) bias the way we interpret new information.
• C) make it more likely that we will change our minds later.
• D) allow us to take more time to evaluate others.

Appreciate the importance of knowledge, skills, values, and the ecological perspective in foundational generalist practice.

Understand the definition and importance of social welfare policy in social work.

Recognize the levels of assessment in generalist social work practice.

Understand the planning process, including the role of contracts in social work.

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Definitions:

Stare Decisis

A legal principle that dictates that courts are bound by their own earlier decisions and the decisions of higher courts when the same points arise again in litigation.

Unconstitutional

Actions or laws that violate the principles or specific provisions of the Constitution.

Eighth Amendment

A provision of the U.S. Constitution that prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments.

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

A legal principle found in the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that prohibits the government from imposing severe, excessive, or arbitrary punishments.