Masters

Question 1

Three types of Oppositional Defiant Disorder in the DSM 5

Answer 1

Angry/irritable mood, Argumentative/defiant behavior, and vindictiveness

Question 2

When doing research, what are the steps?

Answer 2

1. Identify the problem
2. Literature review
3. Hypotheses can be formed
4. Data needed
5. Analytical methods

Question 3

Pscyhosocial Assessment

Answer 3

An assessment written by the social worker that summarizes the client’s problems that need to be solved.

Question 4

Progression efforts of community organization

Answer 4

1. Orientation- those who are working together get to know each other
2. Conflict- expected friction within the group
3. Emergence- path forward that emerges from conflict
4. Reinforcement- final decision making stage of the process and its justification by group members

Question 5

Is it possible to predict that a client will harm themselves?

Answer 5

Not in a definitive way

Question 6

When a parent attempts to correct a child’s behavior, the effectiveness of the punishment can be increased by:

Answer 6

Consistency, a warm parent-child bond, and explanations

Question 7

Cluster B Personality Disorders

Answer 7

Borderline personality disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Antisocial personality disorder

Question 8

Cluster A Personality Disorders

Answer 8

Paranoid personality disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder

Question 9

Cluster C Personality Disorders

Answer 9

Avoidant
Dependent
Obsessive Compulsive personality disorder

Question 10

What is “enactment” in structural family therapy?

Answer 10

Acting out dysfunctional patterns of behavior so the therapist can intervene and suggest more positive interactions to use outside of therapy.

Question 11

Advantages of empathetic communication

Answer 11

Lowers client resistance
Increases client motivation
Increases client accountability

Question 12

Reframing

Answer 12

Relabeling or Reframing invites the client to use language to see problems and possible solutions in a different way.

Question 13

Clarification

Answer 13

Seeks to reformulate a problem in a client’s words.

Question 14

Confrontation

Answer 14

The direct addressing of a specific item in therapy.

Question 15

Interpretation

Answer 15

Attempts to draw together behavioral patterns for deeper understanding.

Question 16

Risk associated with high doses of antipsychotics

Answer 16

Tardive Dyskinesia: abnormal movements of the face, lips, jaws, extremities, and trunk.

Question 17

Hypothyroidism can exacerbate symptoms of which mental illness?

Answer 17

Depression: hypothyroidism can contribute to depression because when the thyroid functions below the level it should, it can cause dizziness, fatigue, lack of energy, and weight issues.

Question 18

Cost-benefit analysis

Answer 18

Explicitly addresses the balance of expense and fiscal benefit.

Question 19

Partializing techniques

Answer 19

Aimed at reducing the stress associated with a situation by breaking it down into smaller and more manageable problems.

Question 20

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Answer 20

Designed to test a client’s perception, needs, motivations, and conflicts. Comprised of a set of pictures about which the client is invited to create a story.

Question 21

Rorschach Inkblot Test

Answer 21

Projective test involving the perceptions of the client about a neutral visual stimulus.

Question 22

Disengaged families

Answer 22

Those in which family members are emotionally distant from one another and find it difficult to connect in a meaningful way. More likely to form a coalition, which aligns certain family members against others.

Question 23

Enmeshed families

Answer 23

Opposite of disengaged families and coalitions are uncommon in these situations.

Question 24

Reliability in Psychological Testing

Answer 24

Main goal is to minimize error

Question 25

External validity

Answer 25

Attempts to address how much the conclusions can be exported to the general population

Question 26

Face Validity

Answer 26

Refers to the apparent, subjective integrity of the construct measurements.

Question 27

Test Re-test Reliability

Answer 27

Refers to the consistency of an instrument from one time to another.

Question 28

Parallel Forms Reliability

Answer 28

Refers to comparisons with other research constructs drawn from the same content domain.

Question 29

Organic Brain Syndrome

Answer 29

General term used to describe an array of disorders that impact mental function. Symptoms include: confusion, memory impairment, judgement, and intellectual functions. Several factors can contribute including alcoholism, Parkinson’s, and strokes.

Question 30

“Twinning” in Self-Psychology

Answer 30

Self-Psychology is the empahsis on helping clients develop a greater sense of self-cohesion. Twinning refers to the way in which children need an alter ego and is one of the “self needs” identified by Self Psychology.

Question 31

Type II Statistical Research Error

Answer 31

The failure to reject a null hypothesis that is false. It is the failure to detect an effect that is actually present.

Question 32

Type I Statistical Research Error

Answer 32

Occurs when one detects an effect that was not actually present.

Question 33

What legal event would require a social worker to produce client records?

Answer 33

A Court Order.

Question 34

What is the purpose of a reassessment?

Answer 34

To determine if services have been effective or if something needs to change.

Question 35

What is “Clarification” in therapy?

Answer 35

Seeks to reformulate a problem in a client’s words.

Question 36

What is Interpretation in therapy?

Answer 36

Attempts to draw together behavioral patterns for deeper understanding.

Question 37

Suprasystem

Answer 37

An entity that is served by a number of smaller, component systems and produces output based on that relationship.

Question 38

Open System

Answer 38

Refers to one in which there are exchanges within and without the system.

Question 39

Subsystem

Answer 39

Smaller component of a larger system

Question 40

Equifinality

Answer 40

Refers to the phenomenon of arriving at the same end through different beginnings.

Question 41

Formative Evaluation

Answer 41

Seeks to steer the process of service delivery with an assessment before services are complete

Question 42

Summative Evaluation

Answer 42

Seeks to improve service delivery after services have ended by preparing to do better the next time.

Question 43

Task-Centered

Answer 43

Uses specific techniques, such as contracts and homework assignments, to help clients make the changes they want to by following discrete steps that are laid out along the way.

Question 44

Problem-Solving Approach

Answer 44

Focuses on identifying the problem, thinking of solutions, picking a solution, and having the client try the solution.

Question 45

Solution-Focused Approach

Answer 45

Starts with the solution to a client’s problem and establishes a plan that will lead the client to the solution.

Question 46

Narrative Approach

Answer 46

Has the client to rewrite their life.

Question 47

According to which theorist is learning viewed as a change in behavior related to stimuli in the external environment?

Answer 47

B. F. Skinner
Skinner belonged to the school of Behaviorism, which teaches that learning is a product of an organism’s reaction to external stimuli in the environment.