LMSW Exam Flashcards
Erickson’s Psychosocial Stages
Trust vs. Mistrust- Birth to 1.5, Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt-1.5 to 3 yrs, Initiative vs. Guilt-3-6, Industry vs. Inferiority 6-11, Identity vs Identity Diffusion-Adolescence, Intimacy vs Isolation-Early Adulthood, Generativity vs. Stagnation- Adulthood, Integrity vs. Despair-Later Adulthood
Piaget’s Stages of Development
Sensory-Motor Stage- Birth-2yrs, Pre-operational Stage-2-7yrs, Concrete Operational Stage 7-11, Formal Operational Stage 11-adolescence
Theorist behind psychoanalytic theory
Sigmund Freud
Early classical conditioning research
Pavlov
Theorist behind Social Learning Theory
Albert Bandura
According to Bandura self-regulation occurs through which three steps?
Self-observation, self-judgment, and self-response
Theorist behind Learned Helplessness
Martin Seligman
Theorist behind Object-Relations Theory
Margaret Mahler
What are Margaret Mahler’s 3 stages of development?
Autistic (newborn to one month), symbiosis (fusion with mother), and separation-individuation (differentiation, practicing motor skills, rapprochement, and constancy of self and object)
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Physiological, Safety, Belonging, Self-esteem, Self-actualization
Theorist behind the importance of birth order
Alfred Adler
Freud’s 5 psychosexual stages of development
- Oral (birth to 2). 2. Anal (2 to 3). 3. Phallic (3 to 6) 4. Latency (6 to puberty) 5. Genital (puberty and older)
Lawrence Kohlberg’s stage of moral development/ moral reasoning
Pre-conventional level
• Stage 1: Punishment and obedience orientation
- Physical consequences determine what is good or bad
• Stage 2: Instrumental relativist orientation
- That which satisfies personal needs is good
Conventional level
• Stage 3: Interpersonal concordance (good boy/nice girl)
- What pleases or helps others is good
• Stage 4: Law and order orientation
- Maintain the social order
- Devotion to duty is good
Post-conventional level
• Stage 5: Social law contract
- Values agreed upon by society determine what is right
• Stage 6: Universal ethical principle orientation
- What is right is a matter of conscience in accord with universal principles
- Moral Level is assessed using the Heinz Story
Carol Gilligan’s Theory of Moral Development (she challenged Kohlberg)
Gilligan devised her own Three Stages of Female Moral Development:
The Selfish
Conventional Morality
Post-Conventional
Jane Loevinger’s Stage of Ego Development
Pre-social/Symbiotic
• Lack of recognition of difference between self and nonself
• Mother becomes different from environment
Impulsive
• Difference between self and Mother
• Implosive, exploitive and dependent
• Fixation with sexual and aggressive drives
Opportunistic
• Child tries to manipulate and control others
• Follows rules and morality when it is conveniently advantageous to them
Conformist
• Child develops trust
• Becomes very self-conscious of their appearance, how others see them and their
personal possessions
• Rules are somewhat internalized
There is a major transition between the Conformist stage to the Conscientious stage.
Conscientious
• Child internalizes morality regulated by ethical imperatives
• Disobedience results in feelings of guilt
• Relationships with others are intense and accountable
• Internal feelings and success preoccupy their thoughts
Autonomous
• Constant thoughts about finding their own self-identity and self-fulfillment
• Maintaining independence in relationships
• Learns to deal with and accept personal conflicts, differences with others and
controlling impulses
Integrated
• Grandiose or unattainable ideas from childhood are replaced
• Appreciate individuality in personal relationships
• Reconciliation of conflicts
• Constant thoughts of attaining an integrated identity
Theorist behind Stages of Developmental Tasks
Robert Havighurst
Theorist behind Life Structure Theory
David Levinson
Person-centered Therapy
Carl Rogers
Gestalt Therapy
Fritz Perls- experiential therapy focusing on individuals experience in the here and now.
Transactional analysis
Eric Berne- evaluate past decisions in light of their present appropriateness
Rational-emotive Therapy
Albert Ellis- focuses on emotional and behavioral problems
Kubler-Ross’s 5 Stage of Grief
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
Mental Status Exam includes:
- General Presentation 2. State of Consciousness 3. Speech 4. Mood and Affect 5. Orientation and Intellectual Ability 6. Attention and Concentration 7. Memory 8. Thought Processes and Concent 9. Hallucinatiation 10. Insight 11. Impulse Control
Ecosystems Theory
Urie Bronfenbrenner’s Micro-system, meso-system, exo-system, macro-system, chrono-system
Five Axes
I-Clinical syndromes II- Developmental and Personalitiy Disorders III-Acute medical conditions and physical disorders IV-Psychosocial and Environmental Factors
V- GAF score
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Ages 6-18, noncompliant, belligerant behavior with authority figures, does not break social norms, persist a minimum of 6 months