When Obtaining Assessment Data from Collateral Sources, Social Workers Should

question 9

Multiple Choice

When obtaining assessment data from collateral sources, social workers should:

• A)​exercise discretion.
• B)​avoid consulting collateral contacts suggested by clients.
• C)​avoid consulting family members of clients.
• D)​operate anonymously.

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Definitions:

Demand Characteristics

Factors in an experiment that suggest to participants how the experimenter would like them to behave.

Filler Measures

Tasks or questions used in research to distract from the main variables of interest or to disguise the study's true purpose.

Obscure

Not clearly understood or expressed; lacking clarity or distinctness, often resulting in being unknown or little known.

Wait List Control Group

In a therapy outcome study, group of people that functions as a control group while an experimental group receives an intervention and then receives the intervention itself after a waiting period.