Michael D. Bayles | the Professions

question 49

Multiple Choice

Michael D. Bayles | The Professions
In this reading, Bayles discusses the characteristics of being a professional and the complex relationship between generally autonomous professionals and their supervisors. He distinguishes between consulting and scholarly professions, concluding with a discussion of how professions monopolize services in order to keep out untrained practitioners.
-Professionals are trained to provide advice rather than ___________ to society.

• A) guidance
• B) things
• C) counsel
• D) instruction

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Definitions:

Skill Progression

A systematic approach to incrementally increase the difficulty or complexity of a skill being learned.

Physical Change

An alteration in which the form or appearance of matter is changed, but not its composition.

School Assessment

The evaluation process used in educational settings to measure students' knowledge, skills, and achievements.

Plotting

The act of marking or mapping out points, often used in data analysis to visually display trends or distributions.