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According to Caplan and Nelson (1973), why are some individuals prone to placing responsibility on individuals who are disadvantaged rather than on society or the environment?
 
  a. Such explanations free the government and cultural institutions from blame.
  b. Such explanations remove the burden for solving the problem from government and cultural institutions.
  c. Such explanations legitimize the traditional clinical practice of treating individuals.
  d. all of the above

Question 2

Which of the following correctly illustrates blaming the victim?
 
  a. Society views the person addicted to drugs as a product of a bad social environment.
  b. Society views the high school dropout as making an incorrect decision regarding his/her future.
  c. Society views the long-term unemployed adult as the victim of poor schooling and inadequate social programs.
  d. none of the above


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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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