ASWB PRACTICE QUIZ Flashcards
A defense mechanism in which anxiety or emotional conflict is transformed into overt physical manifestations or symptoms such as pain, loss of feeling, or paralysis
Conversion
An internal experience of emotional change and distress; precipitated by a perceived life problem resulting in internal discord because the individual’s typical coping strategies are inadequate
Crisis
A mental mechanism in which the individual derives feelings from another person or object and directs them internally to an imagined form of the object or person
Introjection
The advantages or benefits one derives from a physical or mental illness, such as attention, freedom from responsibility, and disability benefits
Secondary Gain
The process of distinguishing between similar mental disorders or social problems on the basis of their compared and unique characteristics
Differential Diagnosis
Conscious or unconscious avoidance behavior used by the client to protect oneself from the influence of the social worker
Resistance
A mental process that protects an individual from anxiety, feelings of guilt, or unacceptable thoughts
Defense Mechanisms
A principle of ethics according to which the social worker
or other professional may not disclose information about a client
without a client’s consent; In specific circumstances, such as threats of violence, commission of crimes, and suspected child abuse, the social worker may be compelled by law to reveal to designated authorities some information.
Confidentiality
The appearance of apathy in mood, sometimes seen as a symptom of schizophrenia or depression
Flat Affect
The social work process of temporarily considering a client’s interconnected problems as separate entities so that work toward their solution can be more manageable
Partialization
The progression of physical and mental changes occurring over time that result in clusters of identifiable and predictable characteristics tending to occur during specific periods
Developmental Stages
The emotional and physical reaction to loss of a loved one
Bereavement
Often indicates the actions of one who facilitates the dysfunctional behavior of another
Enabler
Presenting in logical terms or interpreting the reasons for some action or events; is also used as a defense mechanism in which a person explains or justifies an action or thought to make it acceptable when it is unacceptable at a deeper psychological level
Rationalization
A defense mechanism in which the person behaves or thinks in ways or assumes values that are the opposite of the original unconscious trait
Reaction Formation
An ethical principal in social work that recognizes the rights and needs of clients to be free to make their own choices and decisions; includes helping the client know what the resources and choices are and helping the client implement the decision made
Self-determination
The process that takes place between two or more people to end conflict; This is usually achieved by clarifying mutual expectations.
Role Re-equilibration
Reduced or minimal motor movement
Akinesia
A sustained pattern of fidgety movements, such as swinging of the legs, rocking, tapping the feet or hands, pacing, and being unable to remain in a position for long
Akathisia
Sustained abnormal postures or muscle spasms, symptomatic of mental disorders
Dystonia
A diagram of family relationships used to depict a variety of reciprocal influences between the client and those people related to the client, relevant social institutions, and environmental influen
Ecomap
A diagram often used in family therapy to depict family relationships extended over at least three generations
Genogram
A central concept in family systems theories pertaining to the implicit rules that determine how the family members or subsystems are expected to relate to one another and to nonfamily members
Boundary
The treatment process and other activities to solve or prevent problems or achieve goals
Intervention