Direct and Indirect Practice

Question 1

Functional/behavioral or psychodynamic:

Taft and Robinson
Agency function within the helping process
Diagnosis is expected to change as client changes
Time bound: beginning, middle, end
Client is capable of choice and free will
Agency gives professional legitimacy
Outcomes focused
The here and now
“What brought you here?”

Answer 1

Functional/behavioral approach

Question 2

Functional/behavioral theory or psychodynamic:

Focus on some level of the past
Limited free will due to past factors
Long term therapy
Process focused
"Why have you come to see me?"

Answer 2

Psychodynamic approach

Question 3

What are Freud’s five stages of Psychosexual Development?

Answer 3

1) Oral
2) Anal
3) Phallic
4) Latency
5) Genital

Question 4

Psychosexual development:

0-12 mos
Primary conflict: weaning
Fixation produces: passivity, dependence

Answer 4

Oral

Question 5

Psychosexual development:

1-3 years
Primary conflict: toilet training
Fixation produces: selfishness, rigidity

Answer 5

Anal

Question 6

Psychosexual development:

3-6 years
Conflict: Oedipus/Electra complex
Fixation produces: reckless sexual behaviors, narcissism

Answer 6

Phallic

Question 7

Psychosexual development:

6-12 years
Conflict: Social skills

Answer 7

Latency

Question 8

Psychosexual development:

12 + years
Sexuality becomes focused into mature and adult love and sexual satisfication

Answer 8

Genital

Question 9

Freud’s Three Divisions of the Personality

Answer 9

ID
Ego
SuperEgo

Question 10

Freud’s Three divisions of the personality:

Libido energy, childlike, impulsive

Answer 10

Id

Question 11

Freud’s Three divisions of the personality

Mediating force between the Id and the SuperEgo

Answer 11

Ego

Question 12

Freud’s Three divisions of the personality:

The conscience, the morality, the place where the guilt lies

Answer 12

SuperEgo

Question 13

Define Primary Process Thinking

Answer 13

Freud

Language of the unconscious (slips of the tongue, dreams, free associations, etc.)

Question 14

Who is credited for the psychodynamic theory of Ego Psychology?

Answer 14

Anna Freud

Eric Erikson

Question 15

The four practice pieces of Ego Psychology are…

Answer 15

Suggestion
Abreaction
Manipulation
Clarification and Interpretation

Question 16

Why do we have defense mechanisms?

Answer 16

To control anxiety

Question 17

A person deals with emotional conflicts or stressors by channeling the maladaptive feelings or impulses into acceptive behavior:

Answer 17

Sublimation

Question 18

A person deals with emotional conflict or stressors by actively avoiding thinking about the problems:

Answer 18

Suppression

Question 19

A person deals with emotional conflict or stressors by unconsciously pushing the problems out of their awareness:

Answer 19

Repression

Question 20

Dealing with emotions or stressors by transferring the feelings or responses from one thing to another (usually less threatening) thing:

Answer 20

Displacement

Question 21

Dealing with emotional conflict and stressors through abstract thinking or generalizations:

Answer 21

Intellectualization

Question 22

Dealing with emotions or stressors by substituting behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that are opposed to that person’s own “unacceptable” thoughts and feelings:

Answer 22

Reaction formation

Question 23

Dealing with emotional conflict and stressors by expelling thoughts from the conscious awareness

Answer 23

Repression

Question 24

Attributing exaggerated negative qualities to self or others

Answer 24

Devaluation

Question 25

Attributing exaggerated positive qualities to self or others

Answer 25

Idealization

Question 26

Falsely attributing one's own thoughts and feelings to others

Answer 26

Projection

Question 27

Concealing true motivations through the elaboration of reassuring or self-serving and incorrect explanations

Answer 27

Rationalization

Question 28

In dealing with emotional conflict or stressors by falsely attributing to others and to have that individual reflect it back despite understanding original intent "Hint: Dr. D's Killing Me Softly)

Answer 28

Projective identification

Question 29

Compartmentalizing opposite affective states and not integrating positive and negative qualities of self or others into a cohesive images; polar opposites, black or white

Answer 29

Splitting

Question 30

Dealing with emotions and stressors through actions as opposed to reflections or feelings; often seen in adolescents and children

Answer 30

Acting out

Question 31

Indirectly and unassertively expressing aggression towards others despite a facade of overt compliance

Answer 31

Passive aggression

Question 32

Holding onto beliefs even when evidence to the contrary

Answer 32

Delusional projection

Question 33

Complete split from reality based interpretation of activities and events

Answer 33

Psychotic denial

Question 34

The individual cannot see things as others do and misinterprets what is happening

Answer 34

psychotic distortion

Question 35

Emotions from unresolved issues going from client to therapist

Answer 35

Transference (positive and negative)

Question 36

Emotions from unresolved issues going from therapist to client:

Answer 36

Counter-transference

Question 37

How does one deal with transference?

Answer 37

Recognize Process use or don't use confront client

Question 38

How does one deal with counter transference

Answer 38

Recognize Process without client Seek supervision or professional support

Question 39

Reflection

Answer 39

Conversational technique to encourage further understanding and expression

Question 40

Paraphrase

Answer 40

Restating the client's words to push client's understanding of issue further

Question 41

Which therapeutic model uses the "empty chair"?

Answer 41

Gestalt

Question 42

Which therapeutic model: Focuses on taking responsibility for all aspect's of his/her life; The only real time is the present and only the present tense is used for directed awareness; Unexpressed guilt is unfinished business; Use of "I" language

Answer 42

Gestalt

Question 43

In ________________________, a child must separate and individuate from their mother.

Answer 43

Object relations theory

Question 44

Rapprochement

Answer 44

The last stage prior to the completion of individuation in object relations theory

Question 45

Which therapeutic model: Carl Rogers; Human relations theory; Premises made ex post facto Active listening

Answer 45

Client-Centered Theory

Question 46

The two primary values of Systems Theory are:

Answer 46

1) Society has an obligation to ensure that people have access to resources and opportunities 2) a person has a right to retain their dignity and individuality while accessing resources

Question 47

Which therapeutic model: Goal oriented planned change; The person/small group is an organic entity with boundaries, purposes, and mechanisms for attaining change and maintaining stability; Problems are viewed as in environment as opposed to client

Answer 47

Systems theory

Question 48

In systems theory, what are the four identified systems in which the social work must be involved?

Answer 48

1) Change agent system 2) Client system 3) Target system 4) Action system

Question 49

Four social worker techniques in systems theory:

Answer 49

Educate Advocate Facilitate Intervention

Question 50

In systems theory, the eight practice skills areas are:

Answer 50

``` Assessing problems collecting data Making initial contracts Negotiating contracts Forming action systems Maintaining and coordinating action systems Exercising influence Termianting the change effort ```

Question 51

Ecological systems perspective

Answer 51

PIE | Transactional exchanges between the organism and the environment

Question 52

In the family therapy/systems, treatment is focused on...

Answer 52

The family or group as a whole

Question 53

Contraindications of family therapy:

Answer 53

Key family members are unavailable Members are psychotic or have a mental illness that does not allow change Family is fragile and exploration of dynamics could terminate relationships

Question 54

Family therapy: Changes in one part of a system change the whole system

Answer 54

Wholeness

Question 55

Family therapy: When influenced by change, the system will react towards restoration of the status quo

Answer 55

Homeostatis

Question 56

Family therapy: The family has an identity of its own and the system is considered more than the sum of the individuals

Answer 56

Non-summativity

Question 57

Family therapy: The natural tendency to move towards disorder and disorganization

Answer 57

Entropy

Question 58

Family therapy: Same result comes from different causes

Answer 58

Equifinality

Question 59

Family therapy: One cause can produce different results

Answer 59

Equipotentiality

Question 60

Who is considered the father of family therapy?

Answer 60

Ackerman

Question 61

Which family therapy practice is experiential, using communication and humanistic, awareness of the here and now, leads to personal accountability and increased patterns of healthy interaction, stating it is impossible to not communicate and that behavior itself is communication?

Answer 61

Communications (Satir and Whitaker)

Question 62

Which family therapy practice looks at current and intergenerational relationships and dysfunction, using venograms and eco maps, and the therapist assumes more of a coaching role?

Answer 62

Extended family systems

Question 63

Which family therapy practice was developed by Minuchin, where behaviors are established through changes in transactional patterns (action before insight), destructing maladaptive transactional patterns, and looks for specific outcomes?

Answer 63

Structural family therapy

Question 64

Which family therapy practice was developed by Haley and uses communication theory, systems theory, and behaviorism, where emphasis is placed on action as opposed to insight? The therapist often joins the family and actively forces the family to respond differently, focusing on process?

Answer 64

Strategic family therapy

Question 65

Which family therapy practice was developed by Liberman using behaviorism and social learning theory in order to modify behavioral patterns?

Answer 65

Behavioral family therapy

Question 66

Who is generally associated with social learning theory?

Answer 66

Albert Bandura

Question 67

What is key to social learning theory?

Answer 67

Reinforcement and feedback Intermittent reinforcement is especially powerful.

Question 68

What are the four major principles of social learning theory?

Answer 68

Specificity Successive approximations Modeling Performance

Question 69

Define the Classical Model of Conditioning.

Answer 69

Pavlov Emphasis on antecedents Relationship between a stimulus and a response is unlearned

Question 70

Define the Operant Model of Conditioning.

Answer 70

Skinner Learning and reinforcement Emphasis on consequences

Question 71

Applied behavioral analysis is generally associated with behavior theorist:

Answer 71

Skinner

Question 72

Cognitive Behavior modification is generally associated behavior theorists:

Answer 72

Wolpe and Beck

Question 73

Behavior therapy/modification: Increases or strengthens behavior

Answer 73

Reinforcement

Question 74

Behavior therapy/modification: Decreases or weakens behavior

Answer 74

Punishment

Question 75

Behavior therapy/modification: Taking away, avoiding, subtracting

Answer 75

Negative

Question 76

Behavior therapy/modification: Adding/giving something

Answer 76

Positive

Question 77

Behavior therapy/modification: If a medication is added to a treatment protocol that induces vomiting whenever the client indulges in a substance, that medication is considered a:

Answer 77

Positive reinforcer

Question 78

Behavior therapy/modification: The alarm that sounds when a car starts without the driver having fastened their seatbelt, which results in the driver fastening their seatbelt to stop the sound, is considered:

Answer 78

Negative reinforcer