LMSW Exam Preparation Questions and Answers Graded A+
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LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker
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LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker
LMSW Exam Preparation Questions and Answers Graded A+
Systems Theory
Views human behavior through larger contexts, such as members of families, communities and broader society. When one thing changes within a system, the whole system is affected.
Homeostasis
Families strive for a sense of...
LMSW Exam Preparation Questions and
Answers Graded A+
Systems Theory - answer Views human behavior through larger contexts, such as
members of families, communities and broader society. When one thing changes within
a system, the whole system is affected.
Homeostasis - answer Families strive for a sense of balance
Genograms - answerAre diagrams of family relationships beyond a family tree allowing
a social worker and client to visualize hereditary patterns and major personality traits of
each family member. They also help to uncover intergenerational patterns of behavior,
marriage choices, family alliances, and conflicts, the existence of family secrets, and
other information that will shed light on a family's present situation.
Bowenian Family Therapy - answerThe goal of this approach is not symptom reduction.
Rather, a Bowenian-trained social worker is interested in improving intergenerational
transmission process.
Stages of Group Development - answer1. Preaffliation- development of trust (known as
forming)
2. Power and control- struggles for individual autonomy and group identification (known
as storming)
3. Intimacy- utilizing self in service of the group (known as norming)
4. Differentiation- acceptance of each other as distinct individuals (known as
performing)
5. Seperation/Termination- independence (known as adjourning)
Groups help through: - answer1. Installation of hope
2. Universality
3. Altruism
4. Interpersonal learning
5. Self-understanding and insight
Factors affecting cohesion include: - answer1. Group size
2. Homogeneity; similarity of group members
3. Participation in goal and norm setting for group
4. Interdependence: dependent on one another for achievement of common goals
5. Member stability; frequent change in membership in less cohesiveness
,What is Groupthink? - answerGroupthink is when a group makes a faulty decisions
because of group pressures. Groups affected by groupthink ignore alternatives and tend
to make irrational actions that dehumanize other groups. A group is especially
vulnerable to group think when its members are similar in background, when the group
is insulated from outside opinions, and when there are no clear rules for decision
making.
What is Ego Strengths? - answerEgo strengths is the ability of the ego effectively deal
the demands of the id, the superego, and reality. Those with little ego strength can
become too unyielding and rigid. Ego strength helps maintain emotional stability and
cope with internal and external stress.
Oral Stage - answerAge: Birth to roughly 12 months
Sources of Pleasure: Activities involving the mouth, such as biting, sucking, and
chewing
Result of Fixation: Excessive smoking, overeating, or dependence on others.
Anal Stage - answerAge: 2, when the child is being toilet trained
Sources of Pleasure: Bowel movements
Result of Fixation: An overly controlling (anal-retentive personality) or an easily angered
(anal-expulsive personality
Phallic Stage - answerAge: 3 to 5
Sources of Pleasure: Genitals
Result of Fixation: Guilt or anxiety about sex
Latency Stage - answerAge: 5 to puberty
Sources of Pleasure: Sexuality is latent, or dormant during this period
Result of Fixation: No fixations at this stage
Genital Stage - answerAge: Begins at puberty
Sources of Pleasure: The genitals sexual urges return
Result of Fixation: No fixations at this stage
Who was Alfred Adler? - answerThe creator of individual psychology
What is Individual Psychology? - answerAlfred Adler believed the main motivation for
human behavior are not sexual or aggressive urges, but striving for perfection. The aim
of therapy is to develop a more adaptive lifestyle by overcoming feelings of inferiority
and self-centeredness and to contribute more toward the welfare of others.
What is Self Psychology? - answerThe objective of self-psychology is to help a client
develop a greater sense of self-cohesion. Through therapeutic regression, a client re-
experiences frustrated self-object needs.
What is Mirroring? - answerValidates the child's sense of a perfect self
,What is Idealization? - answerChild borrows strength from others and identifies with
someone more capable.
What is Twinship/Twinning? - answerChild needs an alter ego for a sense of belonging.
What is Ego psychology? - answerFocuses on the rational, conscious processes of the
ego. Ego psychology is based on an assessment of a client as presented in the present
(here and now). Treatment focuses on the ego functioning of a client because healthy
behavior is under the control of the ego.
It addresses how a client behaves in relation to the situation he or she finds himself or
herself in.
What is Reality testing? - answerA client's perception of the situation
Father of Psychosocial Development - answerErik Erikson
Trust vs. Mistrust - answerStage: Infancy (birth to 18 months old)
Important events: Feeding
Outcome: Children develop a sense of trust when caregivers provide reliability, care and
affection. A lack of this will lead to mistrust
Autonomy vs. Shame and Guilt - answerStage: Early Childhood (2 to 3 years old)
Important events: Toilet Training
Outcome: Children need to develop a sense of personal control over physical skills and
sense of independence. Success leads to feelings of autonomy, failure results in
feelings of shame and doubt.
Initiative vs. Guilt - answerStage: Preschool (3 to 5 years old)
Important events: Exploration
Outcome: Children need to begin asserting control and power over the environment.
Success in this stage leads to sense of purpose. Children who try to exert too much
power experience disapproval resulting in a sense of guilt.
Industry vs. Inferiority - answerStage: School age (6 to 11 years old)
Important Events: School
Outcome: Children need to cope with new social and academic demands. Success
leads to a sense of competence which failure results in feelings of inferiority.
Identity vs. Role Confusion - answerStage: Adolescence (12 to 18 years old)
Important Events: Social Relationships
Outcome: Teens need to develop a sense of self and personal identity. Success leads
to an ability to stay true to yourself, while failure results in loneliness and isolation
Intimacy vs. Isolation - answerStage: Young Adulthood (19 to 49 years old)
, Important events: Relationships
Outcome: Young adults need to form intimate, loving relationship with other people.
Success leads to strong relationships while failure results in loneliness and isolation.
Generativity vs. Stagnation - answerStage: Middle Adulthood (40 to 65 years old)
Important events: Work and Parenthood
Outcome: Adults need to create or nurture things that will outlast them, often by having
children or creating a positive change or benefits other people.
Success leads to feelings of usefulness and accomplishment while failure results in
shallow involvement in the world.
Ego Integrity vs. Despair - answerStage: Maturity (65 years old to death)
Important events: Reflection on Life
Outcome: Older adults need to look back on life and feel a sense of fulfillment.
Success at this stage leads to feelings of wisdom, while failure results in regret,
bitterness, and despair.
Margaret Mahler's work focused on: - answerObject relations therapy is centered on
relationship with others. According to this theory, lifelong relationship skills are strongly
rooted in early attachments with parents, especially mothers.
Classical Conditioning - answerPavlov
Operant Conditioning - answerB.F. Skinner
Jean Piaget - answerwas a developmental psychologist best known for his theory of
cognitive development. His stages address the acquisition of knowledge and how
humans come to gradually acquire it. This theory holds that children learn through
interaction with the development and others.
Moral Development - answerMark Kohlberg
What is moral development? - answerThis theory holds that moral reasoning, which is
the basis for ethical behavior, has six identifiable developmental constructive stages--
each more adequate at responding to moral dilemmas than the last.
Behaviorist Theory - answerPavlov, Skinner:
Learning is viewed through change in behavior and stimuli in the external environment
are the locus of learning. Social workers aim to change the external environment in
order to bring about the desired change.
Humanistic Theory - answerMaslow
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