LCSW Practice Questions #2

A hospital emergency room social worker meets with a 45-year-old man who recently immigrated from Mexico and has been experiencing severe panic attacks and anxiety. When the social worker approaches him, he says that he does not need any mental health treatment and that she can leave. The MOST likely explanation for his behavior is: A. His preference for seeking treatment from a curandero. B. His denial that he has a mental health problem. C. The negative cultural response associated with mental health treatment. D. A miscommunication due to a language barrier. - ansC. The negative cultural response associated with mental health treatment. Rationale: C is the best answer because many cultures associate stigma with mental health treatment. A is not the best answer because it makes an assumption that is not indicated by the information in the stem. B may be true, but is not as likely as C. D is not the best answer since the stem gives no indication that there is a language barrier between the client and social worker. A mother meets with a social worker due to concerns with her seven-year-old son. The mother reports that her family recently survived an earthquake that destroyed their house and the surrounding area. She is worried about her son because any time he hears a loud noise he starts to cry inconsolably and won't leave her side. In behavioral therapy, what is this an example of? A. Extinction B. Negative reinforcement C. Operant conditioning D. Classical conditioning - ansD. Classical conditioning Rationale: This is a recall question: the stem describes an example of classical conditioning in which the client develops a conditioned response (crying and clinging to mom) when exposed to stimuli (loud noises) that represent a previously experienced event (the earthquake). A, B, and C would all be described differently. A young adult client has been meeting with a social worker due to a diagnosis of major depression. When discussing his childhood, the client reports that he was often bullied and humiliated by peers at school. The client reports this with a flat affect and a sense of detachment. The social worker should respond by: A. Sharing a personal experience of being teased as a child. B. Assist the client in developing awareness around his feeling related to being bullied.