LMSW Dawn Apgar
Who created cognitive development theory? - answer Jean Piaget
What is cognitive development? - answer The emergence of the ability to think and
understand. Focuses on development in terms of information processing, conceptual
resources, perceptual skills, language learning, and other aspects.
Piaget's cognitive development theory holds that children _______ - answer learn
through interactions with the environment and others
Who originated attachment theory? - answerJohn Bowlby
According to Bowlby, what is the definition of attachment? - answera lasting
psychological connectedness between human beings that can be understood within an
evolutionary context in which a caregiver provides safety and security for a child
Attachment theory suggests that attachment is a set of - answerlearned behaviors
What is the basis for learning attachments? - answerfood, a child will form an
attachment initially with whoever feeds them. The child also finds that crying, smiling,
etc bring desirable responses from others, and through operant conditioning, learn to
repeat these be hav ions to get the things they want
According to Maslow, what are the deficiency needs? (D-needs) - answerPhysiological,
safety, social, and esteem
What are deficiency needs? - answerneeds that arise due to deprivation
According to Maslow, what are growth needs? (Also known as "being needs" or B-
needs) - answerSelf actualization
According to Maslow, when can growth needs (B-Needs) be achieved? - answerA client
must satisfy the lower-level basic needs (deficiency needs) before meeting higher-level
needs like self-actualization.
What are physiological needs? - answerThese need maintain the physical organism.
Food, water, oxygen, and constant body temperature
What are safety needs? - answerThere is a need to feel safe from harm, danger, or
threat of destruction. Clients need regularity and some predictability
,What are social needs? - answerfriendships, intimacy, affection, and love are needed.
Can come from work, family, friends, or romantic relationships
What are esteem needs? - answerpeople need a stable, firmly based level of self-
respect and respect from others
What are self-actualization needs? - answerThere is a need to be oneself, to act
consistently with whom one is. This is an on-going process that involved developing
potential, becoming, and being what one is capable of being
What is strengths perspective/ humanistic approach? - answerBased on the assumption
that clients have the capacity to grow, change, and adapt. Clients also have the
knowledge that is important in defining and solving their problems (Clients are experts
about their own lives and situations). Clients are resilient and survive and thrive despite
difficulties
What does the strengths based approach focus on? - answerUnderstanding clients or
families on the basis of their strengths and resources and mobilizing the resources to
improve their situations
What is the psychosocial model? - answerErikson's stages of development
What stage of the psychosocial model is from birth to 1 year of age, where children
begin to learn the ability to trust others based on the consistency of their caregiver? -
answerTrust VS Mistrust
What stage of the psychosocial model is from age 1 to 3, where children begin to assert
their independence by walking away, picking which toy to play with, and making choices
about what they like to eat or wear? - answerAutonomy VS Shame and Doubt
What stage of Erikson's psychosocial model is from ages 3 to 6, where children assert
themselves more frequently, they begin to plan actives, make up games, and initiate
activities with others? If achieved, this leads to ease with leadership and decision
making. - answerInitiative VS Guilt
What stage of the psychosocial model is from age 6 to puberty, where children begin to
develop a sense of pride in their accomplishments, initiate projects, and see them
through to completion. - answerIndustry VS Inferiority
What stage of the psychosocial model is during adolescence where children become
more independent and look to form their own identity? - answerIdentity VS Role
Confusion
, What stage of Erikson's psychosocial model happens in young adulthood where
individuals begin to share themselves more intimately with those outside the family? -
answerIntimacy VS Isolation
What stage of Erikson's Psychosocial model happens during middle adulthood, where
people look to give back to society through raising children, being productive at work,
and becoming involved in community activities and organizations? - answerGeneratively
VS Stagnation
What stage of the psychosocial model happens as individuals grow older, and
contemplate accomplishments and are able to develop a sense of integrity if they are
satisfied with the progression of their lives? - answerEgo Integrity VS Despair
What is psychodrama? - answera treatment approach in which roles are enacted in a
group context. Members of the group re-create their problems and devote themselves to
the role dilemmas of each member.
What are the five stages of group development? - answer1. Preaffiliation
2. Power and Control
3. Intimacy
4. Differentiation
5. Separation/Termination
What happens in the Preaffiliation stage of group development? - answerDevelopment
of trust known as forming
What happens in the power and control stage of group development? - answerKnown
as storming, there are struggles of individual autonomy and group identification
What happens in the Intimacy stage of group development? - answermembers utilize
self in service of the group, known as norming
What happens in the differentiation stage of group development? - answeracceptance
of each other as distinct individuals, known as preforming
Groups help through... - answera. installation of hope
b. universality
c. Altruism (Concern for the happiness of others)
d. interpersonal learning
e. self-understanding and insight
What factors affect group cohesion? - answer-Group size
-Homogeneity: similarity of group members
-interdependence: Dependent on one another for achievement of common goal
-member stability