Explain Why Protecting the Confidentiality of Files and Records on Clients

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Essay

Explain why protecting the confidentiality of files and records on clients in human service organizations is becoming much more difficult as the electronic technology of compiling, receiving, and storing information on clients expands exponentially.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Growth

The intellectual development that occurs as we learn, understand, and apply knowledge over time.

Dualistic Thinking

A cognitive tendency to see situations and issues in polarized terms of two mutually exclusive categories, such as right/wrong or good/evil, common in early cognitive development and adolescence.

Goal-Directed Behavior

Actions taken with the intention of achieving a specific outcome or target.

Sensorimotor Period

A stage in early childhood development, according to Piaget's theory, where infants learn about the world primarily through their senses and motor activities.