Sample LCSW Test Questions

Sample LCSW Test Questions Taking into consideration that Ann's parents are keeping hands off and letting children "be themselves" with the hope that this will encourage the child to become self-reliant and develop initiative, how is their parenting style called? A. Authoritarian B. Authoritative C. Hostile D. Permissive - Answer: D Explanation: Permissive - This style of parenting adopts the policy of keeping hands off and letting children "be themselves" with the hope that this will encourage the child to become self- reliant and develop initiative. 7. A topographical concept states that the personality has a conscious mind, a preconscious mind, and an unconscious mind. By what stage is the human personality determined? A. In the adolescence B. When a person is 21 C. In the first five years of life D. When a person is 18 - Answer: C Explanation: As a stage theorist, Freud postulated that the human personality is determined in the most critical years of personal development - the first five years of life. 8. If a person can not pass emotionally from oral to anal stage, because of what factor is the emotional development "stuck"? A. The person didn't received the needed affection B. The cathexis was not strong enough C. The person has experienced too much pain D. The fixation was not intense enough - Answer: C Explanation: taking into consideration that a person experiences either too much pain (trauma) or too much pleasure at any given stage, he/she may resist letting go of that stage. Cognitive and physical development occurs, but emotional development is "stuck". 16. During the embryonic (second through eighth weeks) and fetal stages (last seven months on average) of pregnancy, maternal characteristics and external environmental forces (teratogens) have a major effect on the baby's development. What future mothers are in high risk of giving birth to a child with Down syndrome? A. Mothers over 30 B. Adolescent mothers C. Mothers over 22 D. Mothers over 27 - Answer: A Explanation: Mothers over 30 have an increased risk of delivering a Down syndrome baby. Also, infertility rates increase. A 9 months old child actively seeks close contact with the caretaker. What attachment stage is the infant in? A. Active Proximity Seeking B. Social Responsiveness C. Partnership Behavior D. Discriminating Social Responsiveness - Answer: A Explanation: Active Proximity Seeking - From seven months to two years, the child actively seeks close contact with the caretaker. A baby makes a small sound; mom smiles and says words that sound like the infant's; this continues until the infant makes a sound that is a recognized word. How is this process called? A. Successive approximation B. Successive reasoning C. UCS D. UCR - Answer: A Explanation: Successive approximation - increments of change toward a desired behavior are reinforced, thereby shaping the response into the desired behavior. A child plays beside others and mimics their play but does not interact with the others. How is this called? A. Solitary play B. Associative play C. Unoccupied play