Professionalism and Ethics- TCOLE questions with correct answers

In the earliest meaning comes from those professing the vows of a religious order. It meant the act of professing, a spiritual commitment, a range of academic expertise or both. CORRECT ANSWER Professionalism "The occupation which one professes to be skilled and to follow. A vocation in which professed knowledge of some branch of learning is used in it application to the affairs of others, or in the practice of an art based upon it. Applied specifically to three learned professions of divinity, law, and medicine; also military profession." CORRECT ANSWER Profession A _____________ is one who is "engaged in one of the learned or skilled professions, or in a calling considered socially superior to a trade or handicraft" CORRECT ANSWER professional Characteristics of Professionalism: CORRECT ANSWER Service to Others Assessment of Client needs Theoretical body of knowledge obtained through extended pre-service education Standards for entry, practice, and ethical conduct Professional association to maintain standards