Week Two Flashcards
Egocentric
Perceives the world from own point of view. Thinking only of oneself, without regard for the feelings or desires of others. Self-centered. An inability to separate his own perspective from that of others.
Animism
The tendency to attribute human characteristics to inanimate objects. i.e. a child is exhibiting animism when he says his stuffed bear gets lonely if it’s not played with often enough.
Semiotic Function
The ability to create representations. It is based on the use of signs and symbols. Such as gesture, images, and objects notated in scripts share a “Semitic” importance equal to the spoken text.
Magical Thinking (Piaget)
The thinking or the belief that thinking about something will actually cause it to happen. i.e. thinking bad thoughts about Dad will cause something bad to happen to him.
Entropy
The unavailability of a system. Lack of order or predictability, gradual decline into disorder.
Serotonin
A compound present in blood platels and serum which constricts blood vessels and acts as a neurotransmitter. It helps to regulated mood and social behavior, appetite and digestions, sleep, memory, sexual desires, and function. Low levels may cause depression, anxiety, and trouble sleeping.
Androgyny
Combines masculine and female characteristics and preferences. Not clearly masculine or feminine i.e. unisex clothing.
Difference between Former and Latter
Former = first. Latter = second.
Former refers to the first of two things and the latter refers to the second of two things.
Conservation (Piaget)
The cognitive ability to be able to recognize that object properties remain the same when appearance is altered. Two glasses.
In the Concrete Operational Stage.
Encopresis
Characterized by a repeated involuntary or intentional passage of feces into places not appropriate for that purpose (i.e. the bed, floor, or clothing). Symptoms must be at least one time a month for 3 months and child be at least 4 years or developmental equivalent.
2 subtypes with constipation and overflow incontinence and without constipation and overflow incontinence.
Lanugo
Fine soft hair which covers the body often in newborns, may develop when malnourished such as Anorexia.
Halitosis
Very bad breath.
Diuretics
Is any substance that promotes the diuresis - an increase in the production of urine.
Confabulation
The invention of facts or stories to compensate for memory gaps.
Prodromal
It is an early sign or symptom that often indicates the onset of a disease before more diagnostically specific signs develop - from the Greek word running before.
i.e. fever for 3 days is a prodrome characteristic of measles before the rash breaks out.
PICA
The persistent ingestion of nonnutritive substances such as paper, soap, hair, paint, string, etc.
Rumination Disorder
Involves repetitive regurgitation of undigested food for a 12 month period.
Menarche
The first occurrence of a menstrual period.
Amenorrhea
The absence of a menstrual period in women of post menarche status - for at least 3 months that aren’t caused by an underlying disease.
Negentropy
Is the reverse of entropy. It means things becoming in order. The organization, structure, and function the opposite of randomness and chaos.
Intervention
A planned change process to bring about a specific change in condition, behavioral pattern, or set of circumstances affecting a client’s social functioning.
Paraphrasing
It is a selective restatement of the main idea of a client’s message that resembles his message but is not identical to it. It emphasizes the literal meaning of a client’s message. The content, rather than effect and is expressed in fewer words than the client has used.
i.e. Client - I don’t want to get so wrapped up in my relationship with my girlfriend that I lose my ability to make my own choices and decisions.
S.W. - Your independence is important to you.
Partializaiton
Distinguishing problems that need immediate attention from those that can be dealt with later and prioritizing the client’s goals.
Door Knob Communication
Lawrence Shulman coined the phrase to describe any client disclosure of importance or difficult information disclosed just as a session is about to end.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a specialized formal interaction between the S.W and client in a therapeutic relationship to help resolve the symptoms of a mental disorder, psychosocial stress, relationship problems, and difficulties in coping in the social environment.
Counseling
Counseling is less formal than psychotherapy. In counseling the S.W. guides an individual, couple, family, group, or community by giving advice, help to articulate goals, define alternatives, and provides needed information.
Reflection
Reflection uses a key phrase from the clients. It repeats or restates something a client has just said with an emphasis on the part of the message that is most helpful or likely to promote the achievement of the goals of the interview uses a keyword or phrase from the client to facilitate momentum. Can be a reflection of content or a reflection of feeling
Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP)
NLP is concerned with how people perceive and understand the world. It examines the programming patterns created by the interactions among the brain (neuro), language (linguistic), and the body that produce effective and ineffective behavior. Based on identifying a person’s preferred sensory representation for self-expression and learning.
“Do you have a clear picture of our plan (Visual)”
“Does this plan sound okay to you (Auditory)”.
Narrowing the Focus or Funneling
Involves asking a series of questions designed to help a client describe his concerns or situation more specifically.
Client - Everything is falling apart
S.W. - I’m not sure what you mean by falling apart, what happened?
Warm-up periods
Ice breakers or small talk should be kept to a minimin and are most appropriate to use when a client appears resistant or defensive.
It can be helpful for adolescent clients.
