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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ✔✔-level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety and Security, (level 3)
Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Estee
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LCSW EXAM PREP Questions &
Answers, Accurate. Graded A+
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ✔✔-level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety and Security, (level 3)
Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5) Self Actualization
Physiological Needs - ✔✔-According to Maslow, ________ are the most fundamental and must get
satisfied first. Food, Water, Oxygen, Constant Body Temperature. If deprived of these needs a person
will die.
Safety Needs - ✔✔-There is need to feel safe from harm, danger, or threat of destruction.
Need to feel that the world is organized and predictable; need to feel safe
Social Needs - ✔✔-Friendship, Intimacy, Love, Affection needs from one's work, group,family,friends,or
romantic relationships
Esteem Needs - ✔✔-People need a stable, firmly based level of self-respect and respect from others
Fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of and by
others.
Self-Actualization - ✔✔-There is a need to be oneself, to act consistently with whom one is. It is an
ONGOING PROCESS.
according to Maslow, the ultimate psychological need that arises after basic physical and psychological
needs are met and self-esteem is achieved; the motivation to fulfill one's potential
Tarasoff - ✔✔-Duty to Protect the intended victim. The Therapist may notify police, warn the intended
victim, and take action to protect the threatened individual.
Duty to Warn - ✔✔-a mental health professional's responsibility to break confidentiality and notify the
potential victim whom a client has specifically threatened
Dementia - ✔✔-a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or
injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning.
Delirium - ✔✔-Acute b. Rapid onset c. Reversible d. Might occur with: high fevers or substance
withdrawal
If it is a question about an ethical dilemma
who do you contact? - ✔✔-Consult the Professional Code of Ethics In instances where social worker's
ethical obligations conflict with agency policy or relevant laws they should resolve the conflict in a
manner consistent with values principles and standards expressed in the Code of Ethics
If it is a question after a visceral reaction or dilemma who do you contact? - ✔✔-Supervisor
Client Self- Determination - ✔✔-Age is not relevant.
Social workers respect and promote the right of clients to self-determination and assist clients in their
efforts to identify and clarify their goals. Social Workers may limit self determination when clients
actions or potential actions pose a threat, risk to themselves or others.
Contemplation - ✔✔-strategy to reduce resistance
keep friends close and enemies closer
Name two stages of change is client in - ✔✔-precontemplation, contemplation
Lack of motivation found in both stages
How to deal with lack of motivation and resistance in precontemplation stage. - ✔✔-establishing a
rapport, acknowledge resistance, keep conversation informal, engage a client and recognize a clients
thoughts feelings fears and concerns.
How to deal with resistance in contemplation stage (behavior) - ✔✔-emphasize a clients free choice and
responsibility as discuss pros and cons of changing. discuss how change will assist client in achieving his
goals in life.
Problem Solving Model - ✔✔-6 Stages 1. Engaging 2. Assessing 3.Planning 4. Intervening 5. Evaluating 6.
Terminating
Behavioral Approach - ✔✔-suggests that personality is a result of interaction between the person and
the environment. Does not look at thoughts and feelings.
respondent involuntary behavior - ✔✔-anxiety. automatically elicited by certain behavior. A stimulus
elicits a response
Operant voluntary behavior - ✔✔-walking, talking. voluntary behavior that is controlled by its
consequences in the environment
Classical Conditioning - ✔✔-A type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli. A
neutral stimulus that signals an unconditioned stimulus (US) begins to produce a response that
anticipates and prepares for the unconditioned stimulus. Also called Pavlovian or respondent
conditioning.
Operant Conditioning - ✔✔-A type of associative learning that occurs through rewards and punishments
for behavior (Skinner).
Structural family Therapy - ✔✔-interpersonal boundaries, boundaries with outside world permeable
enough hierarchical organization rules define parent child roles, rights, and responsibilities.
Primary role of Social Worker - ✔✔-Acts as a resource
Contracts with patients - ✔✔-not legally binding provides blueprints for change it encourages social
workers to rethink assumptions and steps ensuring that all change efforts are unique to individual client
situation.
Phases of intervention/treatment - ✔✔-method of evaluation effectiveness of our services.
clients will have deficiency needs before growth needs. always rule out medical and or substance use
first.
deficiency needs - ✔✔-physiological security social and estemm needs
growth needs - ✔✔-self-actualizatio
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