LSW Flashcards
What is Psychoanalytic Theory?
Freud; Human behavior is based on unconscious drives and motivations (values the importance of childhood experiences).
What is Repression?
The primary defense mechanism, involving pushing thoughts and ideas that are distressing from the Conscious to the Unconscious.
Structural Theory of Personality Development (psychoanalytic)
Id contains the most primitive portion of personality (Pleasure Principle, Libido, immediate gratification); Ego contains the Reality Principle (immediate gratification must be compromised for the realities of the environment); Superego contains conscious and ego ideal (ethical portion)
What are the 5 stages of psychosexual development and what ages do they each represent?
Oral (0 -1.5), Anal (1.5-3), Phallic (3-6), Latency (6-12), Genital (12 to adult).
What is Denial?
A defense mechanism of refusing to acknowledge reality.
What is Displacement?
A defense mechanism of shifting repressed feelings to another object.
What is Dissociation?
A defense mechanism of separation from a feeling that would normally accompany a situation.
What is Idealization?
A defense mechanism that is a form of denial, making negative feelings as “all good.”
What is Identification?
A defense mechanism of modeling one’s self upon another person’s behavior
What is Introjection?
A defense mechanism of identifying with an idea so deeply that it becomes a part of that person.
What is Inversion?
A defense mechanism of refocusing external emotions onto one’s self.
What is Intellectualization?
A defense mechanism of Rationalizing/Generalizing anxiety-provoking issues to minimize pain.
What is Projection?
A defense mechanism of attributing a painful thought or idea to another person.
What is Rationalization?
A defense mechanism of attempting to provide a logical explanation to avoid guilt or shame.
What is Reaction Formation?
A defense mechanism of replacing a negative event with the complete opposite.
A cause of Reaction Formation is when a person seeks to cover up something unacceptable by adopting an opposite stance. For example the gay person who has heterosexually promiscuous may be concealing their homosexual reality.
Reaction formation is a defence mechanism when opposing tendencies are exaggerated
What is Regression?
A defense mechanism of losing an aspect of development already achieved due to anxiety causing a person to revert to a lower stage.
What is Somatization?
A defense mechanism of manifestation of emotional anxiety into physical symptoms.
What is Splitting?
A defense mechanism of disconnecting important feelings, leads to “fragmented self.”
What is Substitution?
A defense mechanism of replacing one emotion with another.
What is Isolation?
A defense mechanism of inability to experience both the cognitive and affective components of a situation.
The defense mechanism of isolation can lead a person to separate ideas or feelings from the rest of their thoughts. … For example, a person with a particularly stressful job may use isolation to separate their work life from their family life, avoiding the stress affecting their relationships.
What is Ego Psychology and Who founded it?
Heinz Hartmann; belief that individuals can adapt to their social environments and focuses on Adaption (reciprocal relationship between individuals and the environment) and the Ego portion of personality.
What is Psychosocial theory and Who founded it?
Erik Erikson; an individual’s social environment shapes their behaviors and personality. Focus on Ego Portion of personality.
Stage 1 Psychosocial Development. (0 - 1).
Trust v. Mistrust
Trust v. Mistrust
Trust developed through being loved and nurtured.
Stage 2 Psychosocial Development. (2 - 3).
Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt
Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt
Child develops motor and verbal skills that foster confidence and autonomy if nurtured.
Stage 3 Psychosocial Development. (4 -5).
Initiative v Guilt
Initiative v Guilt
Child learns to play with others and explore. The child who is not allowed initiative will feel guilty and fearful.
Stage 4 Psychosocial Development. (6 -11).
Industry v. Inferiority
Industry v. Inferiority
Child develops a need to have mastery over tasks. If they fail to achieve this they will feel incompetent.
Stage 5 Psychosocial Development. ( 12- 18).
Identity v. Role Confusion
Identity v. Role Confusion
Will create their identity through integrating the components of themself into a whole person.
Stage 6 Psychosocial Development. (20 - 35).
Intimacy v. Isolation
Intimacy v. Isolation
Learns to build reciprocal relationships on many levels.
Stage 7 Psychosocial Development. (35 -50).
Generativity v. Stagnation
Generativity v. Stagnation
Develop the capacity to care and nurture.
Stage 8 Psychosocial Development. (50 +).
Ego Integrity v. Despair
Ego Integrity v. Despair
Learn to accept their own life achievements and significant others.
What is Biopsychosocial theory and who developed it?
George Engel; human behavior is the result of interactions between biological, psychological and social systems.
What is Object Relations Theory and Who founded it?
Margaret Mahler; Focuses on an infant’s development of sense of self.
What is Attachment theory and who developed it?
John Bowlby; The earliest bonds formed by children with their caregivers have a tremendous impact on their lives and development.
What are the attachment styles?
Secure (distress when separated, but assured they will return, happy upon return); Avoidant (avoid parents or caregivers, no preference to strangers); Ambivalent (distressed when separated, does not calm when the parent returns); Disorganized (no coping strategy observed)
Secure attachment
distress when separated, but assured they will return, happy upon return
Avoidant attachment
avoid parents or caregivers, no preference to strangers
Ambivalent attachment
distressed when separated, does not calm when the parent returns
Disorganized attachment
no coping strategy observed
What is analytical psychology and who developed it?
Carl Jung; Conscious and unconscious communication is critical, and can happen through dreams. There are collective unconscious called archetypes.
What is cognitive therapy and who developed it?
Aaron Beck and Alfred Adler; an individuals emotions and behaviors are a direct result of the individual’s thoughts and cognition.
What is Rational Emotive Therapy and who developed it?
Albert Ellis; Cognitive-behavioral theory also referred to as ABC Theory of emotion (Activating Event, Thoughts/beliefs, emotional/behavioral consequences)
What is Self-Psychology and who developed it?
Heinz Kohut; includes selfobjects(childs perception of others as a part of themself), empathetic mirroring (selfobject mirrors child), narcissism occurs when a child is deprived an empathetic environment
What is Gestalt Psychology and who developed it?
Fritz Perls; “wholeness.” an individual must be viewed as a whole and not a sum of parts. focuses on the present ability to control behaviors.
What is Piaget’s theory of cognitive development?
Jean Piaget, how children organize thoughts with schemas, and learns through adaptation (assimilation and accommodation).
Piaget’s stages of development
Sensorimotor(0-2) circular reactions, sucking reflex, lacks symbolic function; Pre-operational(2-7) language, understanding of past and future, self-centered; Concrete Operational (7-11) conservation of substance, manipulate symbols logically; Formal Operational (11-15) abstract thinking, hypothetical thinking, adult like thinking
Sensorimotor(0-2)
circular reactions, sucking reflex, lacks symbolic function
Pre-operational(2-7)
language, understanding of past and future, self-centered
Concrete Operational (7-11)
conservation of substance, manipulate symbols logically
Formal Operational (11-15)
abstract thinking, hypothetical thinking, adult like thinking
Kohlberg’s theory of moral development
Lawrence Kohlberg, believed moral development was learned through environment (not present at birth). Correlation is between moral development and intelligence/ability to interact with others.
Levels and Stages of Moral Development
Preconventional (0-9) 1. avoid punishment, 2. personal reward; Conventional (9-15) 3. gain approval/avoid disapproval, 4. follows laws and rules; Post Conventional (15- adult) 5. social mutuality, 6. individual conscience
Preconventional (0-9
- avoid punishment, 2. personal reward
Conventional (9-15)
- gain approval/avoid disapproval, 4. follows laws and rules
Post Conventional (15- adult)
- social mutuality, 6. individual conscience
What is Respondent/Classical Conditioning theory and who developed it?
John Watson and Ivan Pavlov, behavioral theory that an individual learns behavior through association. Behaviors are a response to environmental stimuli
What is Operant Conditioning and who developed it?
B.F. Skinner, Behavioral theory that changes in behavior are the result of changes in the environment and reinforcement by significant others.
Positive reinforcement
reward when good behavior occurs
Positive reinforcement is most likely to enhance client motivation levels - goal with word increase is only one that uses positive reinforcement
(reducing negative behaviors reflects a deficit framework)
Negative reinforcement
reinforce good behavior by avoiding an adverse event
Punishment
decrease a problem behavior by presentation of unpleasant event.
What is social Learning Theory and who developed it?
Albert Bandura: behaviors can be changes by altering the events that occur before and after the target behavior. Antecedent - Behavior - Consequence
What is existentialism?
Humans are defined by their ability to make choices. All human emotional problems can be understood as forms of alienation.
What is Family Systems theory and who developed it?
Murray Bowen. Individuals exist within a family context of subsystems and boundaries. Differentiation leads to a balance of emotion and reason, or else become Enmeshed. Disengaged family members may be autonomous but have skewed wince of independence and rigid boundaries.
Characteristics of an abusive parent
Low self esteem, feeling unworthy, experience repeated loss and rejection, dysfunctional childhood, thrust into foreign environment, isolation, inadequate support system, need to control others, financial stress, anxiety depression and personality disorders, limited education
What is Sublimation?
A defense mechanism in which a person chooses to divert their desires that are consciously intolerable and cannot be directly realized into creative activities that are acceptable.
What is Undoing?
A defense mechanism in which a person compensates for engaging in unacceptable behavior.
What is the sleeper effect?
a psychological phenomenon when the negative affects of abuse may not be seen in children for several years
insecure attachment
negative social interactions w/ peers
deaf culture
total immersion in sign language
past sexual partner client
Immediately transfer past sexual partner client to another worker
don’t be restrictive
Support client self-determination and choice first
First acknowledge and validate client concerns
don’t jump to conclusions
Assess situations first
Engaging a client
- Engage the client in your observation of a problem situation
builds rapport and supports self-determination
- learn more from their perspective before doing anything else
First step to continue completing an assessment is to
obtain a social and family history
what determines scope/focus of assessment
Needs of client
when medical crisis,
First rule out medical issues when potential medical crisis
Serious threat of self harm
first step is to arrange for a crisis assessment; rights to confidentiality are superseded by the seriousness of the threat; safety contract may be appropriate after such an assessment
Immediate step with unsafe child behavior (no evidence of abuse/neglect)
create a safety plan together
first step of policy analysis
understand historical background of policies
ecomap is initial assessment tool
An Ecomap is a diagram often used by social workers or nurses showing the social and personal relationships of an individual with his or her environment. Ecomaps were developed in 1975 by Dr. Ann Hartman who is also credited with creating the genogram
life history grd assessment tool
The life history grid is a method of organizing and presenting data related to the various periods in a client’s life. The grid is especially useful in work with children and adolescents, where an understanding of life experiences during a particular stage of development may shed light on current functioning.
family scupting (psychodrama)
Family sculpting is the visual representation, as envisioned by one individual person (referred to as the identified client), of their present family situation as they experience it.
a technique in family therapy in which the therapist asks one or more members of the family to arrange the other members (and lastly themselves) in relation to one another in terms of posture, space, and attitude so as to portray the arranger’s perception of the family, either in general or with regard to a particular …
Global Assessment of Functioning scale definition
The Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) is a numeric scale used by mental health clinicians and physicians to rate subjectively the social, occupational, and psychological functioning of an individual, e.g., how well one is meeting various problems-in-living.
Subpoena for client records
first step is to discuss it w/ agency’s legal counsel before submitting it (getting approval from client before responding to subpoena would only occur if the counsel directed this)
a court order to disclose client records
supervision should be obtained first (making alterations/corrections to the record should not be done)
A key role of a group facilitator is to
keep participants focused on the purpose of the meeting
Fatalistic thought =
a belief that all events are predetermined/inevitable
Nihilism
Nihilism is the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated
In philosophy, nihilism is the complete rejection of moral values and religious beliefs. It is such a negative outlook that it denies any meaning or purpose in life. In political theory, nihilism is carried to an even greater extreme, arguing for the destruction of all existing political and social institutions.
familism
The term familism refers to a model of social organization, based on the prevalence of the family group and its well-being placed against the interests and necessities of each one of its members
paternalism
the policy or practice on the part of people in positions of authority of restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those subordinate to them in the subordinates’ supposed best interest.
First step in program evaluation is
determining the goals and objectives
Focusing on the needs of clients has the most positive effect on
agency service delivery
Active euthanasia
Active euthanasia is when death is brought about by an act - for example when a person is killed by being given an overdose of pain-killers. Passive euthanasia is when death is brought about by an omission - i.e. when someone lets the person die
physician-assisted death
Physician assisted suicide is the voluntary termination of one’s own life by taking lethal medication with the direct or indirect assistance of a physician. Physician-assisted suicide is also referred to as active euthanasia.
palliative care
his type of care is focused on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of the illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family.
magical thinking
one’s thoughts alone can result in accomplishment of certain wishes
depersonalization
a state in which one’s thoughts and feelings seem unreal or not to belong to oneself, or in which one loses all sense of identity.
thought broadcasting
thought disorder
In psychiatry, thought broadcasting is the belief that others can hear or are aware of an individual’s thoughts. Thought broadcasting can be a positive symptom of schizophrenia
looseness of association
Disordered thinking in which ideas shift from one subject to another in an oblique or unrelated manner, without the speaker being aware of same; when severe, speech may be incoherent.
what to do w/ presenting problem (youth needs shelter)
Contacting a youth shelter facility is first step to providing immediate, tangible aid
Women more likely to abuse
prescription drugs than men
Empathy involves attempting to
understand the client from his/her perspective while maintaining objectivity (outside observer)
naltrexone
decreases cravings for alcohol
termination for nonpayment
If a client poses no danger to self/others services can be terminated for nonpayment if a discussion of financial obligations has occurred (canceling after 3 = arbitrary number of incidents)
triangulation
occurs when parents’ conflict is lessened when their attention is focused on child’s behavior (separation, acting out in school)
Triangulation is a manipulation tactic where one person will not communicate directly with another person, instead using a third person to relay communication to the second, thus forming a triangle.