Human Development Flashcards
2 Classes of Behavior
- Respondent
-Involuntary behavior
-Stimulus triggers response
*EX - Anxiety - Getting turned on - Operant
-Voluntary behavior
-Controlled by consequences in environment
*EX - Walking - Talking
3 Stages of Addiction Treatment
- Stabilization - Establishing abstinence - accepting addiction problem - commit to making changes
- Rehabilitation - remaining substance free through coping skills - increased supports
- Maintenance - stabilize gains of treatment - relapse prevention and termination
4 Learning Theories
- Behaviorists
- Cognitive
- Humanistic
- Social/Situational
- Behaviorists
-Learning viewed through changes in behavior
SWs aim to change external environment to bring about desired outcome - Cognitive
-Learning viewed through internal mental processes
SWs help with skills to improve learning - Humanistic
-Learning is viewed through a person’s activities - aimed at reaching their full potential
SWs aim to develop “Whole Person” - Social/Situational
- People learn through interacting with their environment
- SWs create opportunities for conversation/participation
5 Basic Social Institutions
- Family
- Religion
- Government
- Education
- Economics
5 Stages of Group Development
- Preaffiliation
- Power and Control
- Intimacy
- Differentiation
- Seperation/Termination
- Preaffiliation - Development of trust (Forming)
- Power and Control - Individual Autonomy/Group Identification (Storming)
- Intimacy - Using self in service of group - (Norming)
- Differentiation - Acceptance of each other (Performing)
- Separation/Termination - Independence (Adjourning)
Q
A client sees a woman get brutally beaten and killed during an incident of domestic violence. Shortly after the incident, the client reports the inability to see. This client is MOST likely experiencing the defense mechanism of:
- Conversion
- Acting out
- Compensation
- Reaction formation
Conversion
Conversion is when mental conflict or disturbance is transferred into a physical symptom to relieve anxiety. The loss of eyesight after witnessing the incident may have resulted from this trauma.
An event will most likely lead to emotional/psychological trauma if:
*Happened in childhood
*Happens repeatedly
*Happened unexpectedly
*someone was intentionally cruel
*No preparation for it
*Feeling powerless to prevent it
Aversion Therapy
treatment aimed at reducing an undesirable behavior
by repeatedly pairing that behavior with something negative
EX - Person trying to quit smoking - gets shocked every time they see a picture of a cigarette
4 Best Applications of Behavior Modification
- Sexual dysfunctions
- Phobic disorders
- Compulsive behaviors *EX - overeating/smoking
- Intellectual disabilities/Autism
Biofeedback
Behavior training program
teachers person how to control certain functions
-Heartrate
-Blood Pressure
-Temperature
-Muscle tension
*Used for ADHD & Anxiety
Cognitive Development Theory
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete Operations
Formal Operations
Piaget
- Sensorimotor 0-2 years
*Signal & Symbol Meaning
*Imitative Play - Preoperational 2-7 years
*Understands Past/Present/Future
*Magical Thinking
*Night Terrors
*Imaginary Friends
3.Concrete Operations 7-11 years
* Abstract Thought/Logic
* Games with rules - Formal Operations 11 - maturity
* Planning for future
* Adult Roles/Responsibilities
Communication Concept - Double Bind
Offering two contradictory messages
EX - mother telling her child that she loves them, while at the same time inflicting corporal punishment as discipline
the words are socially acceptable; the body language is in conflict with it.
Communication Concept - Echolalia
*Repeating noises/phrases
-Catatonia/Autism/Schizophrenia
Communication Concept - Cognitive Dissonance
- *Person has to choose between two opposing views
EX - A client is very worried about her financial situation. She buys a new car and tells the social worker that she made the purchase “because the car is much less likely to break down and will save money in the long run.”
Communication Content - Manifest & Latent
*Manifest - Concrete words
*Latent - not visible - underlying meaning - theme
Community Development
*Long term commitment
*Addresses imbalance of power
*Getting community members working together
Conflict Theory
*Focus = Social Control
*Social control is maintained by those with the greatest resources
*Groups/Individuals defend their own interests
Couples Development Theory - Stages
- Romance
- Power Struggle
- Stability
- Commitment
- Co-Creation
Romance
Focus = Attachment
Power Struggle
*Focus on differences rather than similarities
*Differentiation - seeing oneself as distinct within a relationship
Stability
*time/activities away from partner - towards self
*Live independently while still identifying as a couple
Commitment
*Marirage
Co-Creation
*Mutual growth
*Generativity v. Stagnation
Crisis Intervention Theory - 7 Stages
- Conduct Bio-psycho-social - Assessing danger is always first
- Establish partnership wtih client
- Prioritize problems - SW determines what was the “last straw”
- SW Validates feelings
- SW/Client come up with plan - what has been helpful in the past
- Shifts from crisis to resolution - client will begin to make meaning of crisis
- Follow up
Defense Mechanism - Acting Out
Emotional conflict is dealt with through actions rather than feelings
EX - instead of talking about feeling neglected - person will get into trouble to get attention
Defense Mechanism - Compensation
*Allows one to make-up for (real or imagined) deficiencies
EX - Lord Farquaad in Shrek - little man with BIG castle
Person who stutters - expressive writer
Defense Mechanism - Conversion
Repressed urge - converted to disturbance in the body
EX - tics, pain, convulsions, paralysis
EX - THE OA - child sees school bus crash into river
Shortly after the incident, the child is blind
Defense Mechanism - Decompensation
Decline of defenses
EX - Prison Bae breaks up with Kim
Kim’s defenses (Dance, Art, Being Creative) don’t keep her a float like they used to
Defense Mechanism - Denial
*Unable to acknowledge thoughts, feelings, behaviors that are painful/unbearable
EX - Resident on Hospice - Family can’t accept their loved one is dying