Since Most Human Service Programs Are Expected to Yield Benefits

question 28

Multiple Choice

Since most human service programs are expected to yield benefits in the years after the program participants leave the program,

• A) cost-benefit studies are conceptually impossible.
• B) costs cannot be related to effectiveness.
• C) the values of future benefits need to be estimated.
• D) sunk costs take on considerable importance.

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Definitions:

Attitudes

Mental and emotional entities that inherit positive or negative evaluations of objects, people, or events, influencing an individual's behavior.

Actions

The things that an individual does, often in response to external stimuli or internal decisions.

Cognitive Dissonance

The psychological discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, values, or ideas simultaneously.

Zimbardo's Simulated Prison

An experiment conducted by psychologist Philip Zimbardo in 1971 to investigate the psychological effects of perceived power, focusing on the struggle between prisoners and prison officers.