Skills needed to be effective as a leader include:
A) Aggressiveness
B) Communication skills
C) Understanding the media
D) b and c only
E) a and c only
In the colonial period, the principle of local responsibility meant
A) residents turned to local authorities for relief from poverty.
B) the unsettled poor had no place to turn for relief.
C) strict residency requirements were in place, to be eligible for relief.
D) all of these.
Aggressive communication involves the speaker devaluing herself or himself completely.
A) True
B) False
In England, the Statute of Labourers passed in 1348 was a response to
A) a growing population on relief.
B) a change of government.
C) an economic downturn.
D) a labor shortage.
Assertiveness involves expressing yourself without hurting others or stepping on their rights.
A) True
B) False
A person who believed the pauperization argument would be strongly opposed to
A) giving cash relief to the poor.
B) civil rights legislation.
C) Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty.
D) providing education or training to end poverty.
Using the word why can be threatening and can put the burden of seeking out a solution on the individual to whom it is directed.
A) True
B) False
A person who argues that poverty can be eliminated through skills education and job training is using a ________ explanation of poverty.
A) culture of poverty
B) restricted opportunities
C) human capital
D) personal failings
Are you coming to tomorrow's boring staff meeting? is an example of an open-ended question.
A) True
B) False
The principle of less eligibility stems from the view that
A) poverty motivates people to work.
B) without the threat of poverty, factories would be unable to find workers.
C) people who get relief should not be paid as well as the lowest-paid worker.
D) all of these.
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