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social constructionism - ANSWER-Is a psychological
expression of this postmodern worldview; it values the
client's reality without disputing whether it is accurate or
rational.
Our knowledge about realities is: - ANSWER-Socially
constructed.
,Ie - a person is depressed when she adopts a definition of
self as depressed. Without the cultural conditions that
accept the concept of depression, talking about a person
with depression would mean nothing.
In postmodern thinking, forms of language and the use of
language in stories create: - ANSWER-Meaning
The postmodern view incorporates: - ANSWER-- reality is
based on the use of language
- reality is socially constructed
- each individual experiences their own unique reality
- (NOT reality is objectively defined)
,In the view of the postmodern therapist, the most essential
element of therapy is: - ANSWER-the collaborative
therapeutic relationship.
Social constructionism explains how values are
transmitted through language by the social milieu and
suggests that individuals are constantly changing with the
ebb and flow of the influences of all of the following: -
ANSWER-- Family
- Culture
- Society
- (NOT behavior)
, From a social constructionist perspective, change begins
with: - ANSWER-deconstructing the power of cultural
narratives (and then proceed to the construction of a new
life of meaning)
Of the following, what is an interest that social
constructionists tend to share? - ANSWER-generating new
meaning in the lives of individuals
The criterion of the self, which dominated MODERNIST
search for human essence and truth:
A. Is being replaced by postmodernists with the concept of
socially storied lives.
B. Is also a key concept of postmodern approaches.