Cognitive dissonance is an extremely useful tool in social thinking because
a. it comforts those who control the contrived reality in which we live today.
b. it forces people to confront the difference between what we are told shouldexist and what is permitted to exist.
c. it allows people to reconcile the difference between what we are told shouldexist and what is permitted to exist.
d. it allows people to evade the difference between what we are told shouldexist and what is permitted to exist.
Social problems
a. are often amenable to RPS.
b. can generally be quantified in dollars and cents.
c. can rarely be settled once and for all.
d. can usually be permanently resolved.
The following is true of RPS.
a. It is an excellent method for understanding the values embedded in thesolutions the problem-solver wishes to maximize.
b. It can be used with most of the conventional problems that social workersconfront in their professional work.
c. It is an excellent method for actually solving social problems because itencourages people to view their interests in a rational and dispassionateway.
d. Its methodology encourages multi-dimensional thinking.
When calculating benefit-cost ratios:
a. it is important to pay attention to negative numbers.
b. the lower the numeric ratio, the lower the cost of change.
c. the best numeric cost-ratio is usually the best in the real world. d. the more closely the ratio approaches or exceeds 1, the greater thesolution's chance of success.
Understanding why a social problem exists is
a. a matter of understanding the ultimate causation of that problem.
b. is intellectually interesting but of little practical significance.
c. helps you focus on a possible cause and identify patterns to correct theproblem.
d. doesn't really help you identify targets for action.
The most important step in RPS as it is used today
a. selecting a goal or target.
b. asking Why? to observe the patterns underlying problems.
c. thoroughly assessing alternatives.
d. actually implementing your plans.
RPS was popularized and standardized as casework problem solving in
a. the 1950s.
b. the early Industrial Revolution.
c. the Progressive Era. d. the Information Revolution.
Human behavior is
a. unpredictable on a social basis.
b. not well-suited to the rational actor model.
c. often predictable in the aggregate.
d. irrational in foreign affairs.
Rational problem solving (RPS)
a. helps a person make rational decisions in a socially beneficial way.
b. helps a person maximize her or his interests.
c. helps people solve their problems by understanding their irrationality.
d. is a way to deal with emotional problems in a rational way.
The interactivist approach to problem solving is
a. attempts to dissolve social problems by changing the institutionor culturethat causes the problem.
b. willing to utilize moral blame as a successful tactic. c. perceives politics as a game to be played with glee.
d. often utilized in crisis management.
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