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Anal - ✔✔-Which of the following stages coincides with Erikson's stage of autonomy vs. shame?
Splitting - ✔✔-The defense mechanism that is used at the
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answers, 100% Accurate. Rated A+
Anal - ✔✔-Which of the following stages coincides with Erikson's stage of autonomy vs. shame?
Splitting - ✔✔-The defense mechanism that is used at the youngest age is
Task - ✔✔-A group worker who attempts to organize members so everyone has an opportunity to
participate is probably in a ____________ group.
Down syndrome - ✔✔-An infant displaying a small skull and protruding tongue generally has
First few months - ✔✔-Prototaxic mode occurs during the
Scripts - ✔✔-Transactional analysis entails
Isolation of affect - ✔✔-With borderline personality disorder, it is most likely that the individual has a
problem with which of the following defense mechanisms?
Continue treatment - ✔✔-The social worker's first recommendation for this client upon release would
be to
Bowen - ✔✔-Triangulation is a central concept for which theorist?
Preaffiliation stage - ✔✔-During an hour of observation of an adolescent group, you notice several
different small groups talking between themselves and laughing. At a very serious time when one
member is trying to speak, another member distracts the group with a story about his latest drug
experience. Most likely this group is the
Give the client opportunity to talk about the situation further - ✔✔-A new client informs you at the
beginning of the first session that she had sex with her former therapist. You know who this therapist is
and have always thought very highly of him. Your next step should be to
Gestalt therapy - ✔✔-In a therapeutic session, the client starts speaking to an empty chair as if someone
is sitting there. This is most likely occurring in
Contact a homeless shelter - ✔✔-The doctor who saw the client during her inpatient stay noted that
getting in touch with the client was difficult because she was homeless. As a social worker in the
hospital, it would be your responsibility to
Talk with the director - ✔✔-At an agency whose funding has diminished, the new budgetary manager
insists that 90% of all clients must have insurance from this point on. This is up from 50%. You are
concerned with the impact this will have on clients. Your first step would be to
Open group - ✔✔-A therapeutic group in an impatient setting of an adult psychiatric hospital is designed
to provide feedback and therapeutic care to patients while in residence. The average stay of a hospital
patient is two weeks. The patients range in age from 18 to 65 and have a variety of problems. A patient
who is psychotic and can't seem to get under control has been disruptive in the group.
Intermittently - ✔✔-An established behavior pattern is more likely to be strengthened if the
reinforcement is provided
Conventional - ✔✔-According to Kohlberg, the level of morality most individuals reach is
Creates mental retardation - ✔✔-PKU is an illness that
Doing to oneself what one wants to do to others - ✔✔-Retroflexion entails
Premack principle - ✔✔-Utilizing a high-probability behavior to reinforce a low-probability behavior is an
example of
Intensity of extremes - ✔✔-The difference between bipolar I and bipolar II is
Scapegoating - ✔✔-All of the following are circular models of causality to Satir except
Complementary - ✔✔-Communication can be either symmetrical or
Agency - ✔✔-The supervisor of workers is important in helping develop professional social workers. The
supervisor's first responsibility is to the
Democratic - ✔✔-An administrator in a social service decides to consult with front-line social workers
regarding a policy of change the Board of Directors is making. Which style of leadership is this
administration using?
Inform the client - ✔✔-During a third visit to an agency, the client reveals to the social worker the name
of her husband from whom she is estranged. The social worker recognizes the name as someone she has
previously dated. The social worker should
Build a therapeutic relationship - ✔✔-A young woman comes to see you regarding her fear of
relationships. Although she states she has a good job and some family some family relations, she has
never had a close personal friend and does not go out of her apartment often. While her clothing
appears clean, she does little to her hair and wears no makeup. Her nails are bitten down and her body
odor is strong. A good first step in working with this client would be to
Paradoxical directive - ✔✔-In a family in which the 4-year old is wetting the bed, the social worker
suggests to the parents that they take shifts each night in which they wake the child up every 30
minutes to ensure that he does not need to go to the bathroom. The purpose in doing this is to decrease
the parents' overanxiety about the bedwetting. This is called a
Structure was the focus of the intervention - ✔✔-Structural family therapy is most likely the type of
family therapy being used because
Subsystems - ✔✔-The child's reaction may also reflect on the __________ of the family.
Join with the family - ✔✔-A structural family therapist's initial action is to
Based on the work of Minuchin - ✔✔-Structural family therapy is
Older adults - ✔✔-Disengagement theory is related to
Schizophrenia - ✔✔-A man arrives at a mental hospital and displays disorganized thought, speaks in
rhymes, and attempts to be admitted to the hospital. He is very likely suffering from
Empty chair - ✔✔-A Gesalt therapist would most likely utilize
POR - ✔✔-A record-keeping method which includes follow-up plans is
Talk with the nurse about the client - ✔✔-In a session with a client in an impatient mental health setting
who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, the client appears to be groggy and off-balance in her
chair. The social worker needs to
Coach clients - ✔✔-If you utilize Bowen's brand of therapy, it would be important to
Behavioral therapy - ✔✔-The best approach for dealing with adolescents has been found to be
A dangerous medical condition - ✔✔-Narcolepsy is
Malingering - ✔✔-A person who fakes being emotionally or physically ill to avoid being held responsible
for his or her inappropriate behavior would likely be diagnosed with
One year - ✔✔-A diagnosis of cyclothymic disorder in an adolescent requires the presence of symptoms
for what period of time
Frotteurism - ✔✔-A man rubs his body against a woman he does not know in a subway. When arrested,
it is discovered that he has been previously arrested for this type of behavior. The man would likely be
diagnosed with
Unethical - ✔✔-A social worker who has seen a client in treatment for three months agrees to allow the
client to make draperies for her office in lieu of payment. This action is
Snowball sample - ✔✔-A social work researcher wants to survey a group of fathers who have sole
custody of disabled children. The best type of sample to use in this study is a
Sexual abuse in this family - ✔✔-A family comes to see a social worker in a child welfare agency to
discuss family problems. The father discusses the fact that he was sexually abused by his father. This fact
is strongly related to possible
Refer the couple to another agency - ✔✔-In a private adoption agency, a lesbian couple makes an
application to adopt a child. The new caseworker begins a file but is told later that this is not an
approved family structure for placing children. The social worker should first
Aid the client in looking at all options open to her - ✔✔-In working with a young woman (age 18) in
treatment, the client informs the social worker that she would like to have an abortion for her
unexpected pregnancy. The first step the social worker should take is to
Show the records if it will not harm the client - ✔✔-A client in a family agency requests to see her
records. The social worker should
Communication between therapists - ✔✔-A client is using both group and individual therapy. The client
is improving. The most likely reason is
Treatments are introduced over time - ✔✔-An ABAC design occurs when
Trust vs. Mistrust - ✔✔-dependency on mother, food, nurture
Autonomy vs shame - ✔✔-starts doing things independently
Initatives vs guilt - ✔✔-language, competence, guilt about sexual urges
industry vs inferiorisy - ✔✔-task completion = satisfaction
identity vs identity difussion - ✔✔-identity conflict - body/personality image
intimacy vs isolation - ✔✔-intimate relationships or isolation
generativity vs self absorbtion - ✔✔-children with someone
integrity vs despair - ✔✔-old happy life, and death
Erikson Stage Trust Vs Mistrust = Freud's stage? - ✔✔-Oral
Erikson Autonomy vs Shame = Freud's Stage - ✔✔-Anal
Erikson Initiative vs Guilt = Freud's stage - ✔✔-Phallic
Eriksons Industry vs Inferitority = Freud's Stage - ✔✔-Latency
Symetrical Communication - ✔✔-Believe that people are created equal
Complementary Communication - ✔✔-interactions with one another, fit between different roles
transferance - ✔✔-client onto therapist
counter-transference - ✔✔-therapist onto client
Oral Stage - ✔✔-birth - 1 year, dependency on mother, nourisment sucking
Anal Stage - ✔✔-2-3 years, poo
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