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An example of a cause for neglect at the ontogenic level is:
- A. Poor communication skills
- B. Inadequate support from the child's father
- C. Inadequate public funding
- D. Neighbourhood drain
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Poor communication skills are an individual (ontogenic) factor contributing to neglect.
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he Montessori approach believes that children learn best in
- A. Competitive environment
- B. Controlled environment
- C. Prepared environment
- D. Structured environment
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Montessori's prepared environment is designed to support self-directed learning.
is a factor that plays a role in both human and animal aggression.
- A. Personality
- B. Social
- C. Gender
- D. Instinct
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Instinct, an innate drive, contributes to aggression across species, per ethological perspectives.
Based on the fact that you family unit client is experiencing a situational crisis that has led to dysfunctional communication within the family unit, you have recommended that the entire nuclear family and members of the extended family who live in the family's home begin family therapy. The grandparents tell you that it is their grandson, rather than their son, who is addicted to prescription pain killers, is the cause of the problem; therefore, they do not have to participate in this group therapy. How should you respond to these grandparents?
- A. You should try to come to a few sessions at least because they may be very informative to you'.
- B. You are probably correct. This really is not your problem'.
- C. Despite the fact that it is your grandson's drug addiction, situations such as this affect all members of the family including grandparents who live in the home.'
- D. You should attend because the doctor has ordered family therapy for you as extended family members'.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Family therapy (C) addresses the impact on all members, including grandparents.
Which of the following is NOT a risk factor for becoming a child abuser?
- A. Abused as a child
- B. Grew up in poverty
- C. Heavy drinker
- D. Poor coping mechanisms to deal with frustration
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Poverty by itself is not a risk factor though it may contribute to it in the presence of these other responses. Child abuse occurs at all socioeconomic levels.
Jean Piagets theory focuses on a persons ability to reason. The stage of a person between 12 years of age and an adult according to Piaget would be:
- A. Sensorimotor.
- B. Preoperational.
- C. Concrete operational.
- D. Formal operations.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: During the formal operational age, the person develops adult logic, is able to reason, plans for the future, and able to form conclusions.