Pursuing Content That Is Only Tangentially Related to Client Concerns

question 34

Multiple Choice

Pursuing content that is only tangentially related to client concerns, issues of client and family safety, or legal mandates:

• A)​dominates the interaction with the client.
• B)​justifies the rationale for the social worker's exploration of the topic.
• C)​makes it impossible to shift the focus to the present experiences of the client.
• D)​is a counterproductive interviewing strategy.

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Definitions:

Cueing

The process of signaling or prompting that takes place to guide behavior, attention, or processing towards a specific target or direction.

Shadowing

A technique used in cognitive psychology and language learning where a participant repeats speech immediately after hearing it to study attention and language processing.

Short-term Memory

The ability to keep a limited quantity of data in a state of immediate accessibility for a brief duration.

Limited Capacity

A concept referring to the finite cognitive resources available at any given time to process information.