Malthus Argued That

question 64

Multiple Choice

Malthus argued that

• A)population would increase in geometric progression.
• B)food and other resources would increase in arithmetic progression.
• C)people would reproduce to a point beyond what the planet could support.
• D)All of these responses are correct.

Recognize the importance of beginning where the client is to facilitate engagement and successful intervention.

Understand the definition and significance of empathic responding in social work.

Distinguish between empathic and sympathetic responding, including examples.

Comprehend the characteristics of language used in an empathic response.

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Definitions:

Res Ipsa Loquitur

A doctrine in tort law that infers negligence from the very nature of an accident or injury, in the absence of direct evidence on how any defendant behaved.

Causation

The relationship between cause and effect, where one event (the cause) directly leads to the occurrence of another event (the effect).

Duty of Care

A legal obligation imposed on individuals or organizations to adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing acts that could foreseeably harm others.

Battery

A civil wrong that occurs when one person intentionally and voluntarily brings about a nonconsented harmful or offensive contact with a person or something closely associated with him or her. Battery requires an actual contact.