Standard Operating Procedures May Become Frustrating to Citizens and Obstacles

question 122

Multiple Choice

Standard operating procedures may become frustrating to citizens and obstacles to action when they

• A)do not directly apply to a particular situation.
• B)slow bureaucratic responses to citizens' needs.
• C)are not specifically codified.
• D)transfer personnel to different posts.
• E)are not closely followed.

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Definitions:

Theoretical Orientation

A specific set of beliefs, attitudes, and practices that guide a therapist or counselor in their approach to understanding clients' issues and helping them.

Deductive Logic

A method of reasoning from one or more statements (premises) to reach a logically certain conclusion, based on the principle that if the premises are true, the conclusion must be true.

Formal Operational

This refers to the final stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, where individuals (typically adolescents and adults) gain the ability to think abstractly, logically, and systematically.

Hypothesis Testing

A statistical method that is used to determine whether there is enough evidence in a sample of data to infer that a certain condition is true for the entire population.