The Importance of Motivational Interviewing to Social Work

question 9

Multiple Choice

The importance of motivational interviewing to social work:

• A) is based on the use of the transtheoretical model
• B) is that it guides social workers with building alliances
• C) is that MI generates motivation by clients toward change
• D) all of the above

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Definitions:

Cultural Adaptation

The adjustment process individuals undergo to integrate with or accommodate themselves to different cultural practices and settings.

Business Practices

Customary methods or procedures in the conduct of business activities.

Socialize

The process by which individuals learn the norms, values, and practices of a social group to integrate and function within it.

Hofstede's Dimensions

A framework for cross-cultural communication developed by Geert Hofstede, that describes the effects of a society's culture on the values of its members, and how these values relate to behavior.