ASWB UPDATED FINAL EXAM 2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Pansexual - ✔✔not limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sex, gender, or
gender identity.
✔✔Trichotillomania - ✔✔a disorder characterized by the repeated pulling out of one's
own hair- Obsessive Compulsive disorder
✔✔Groups are not adequate for: - ✔✔-those in crisis
-suicidal
-need attention
-actively psychotic
- paranoid
✔✔cognitive dissonance - ✔✔2 opposing views are present at the same time
✔✔ego-syntonic - ✔✔the individual perceives her behavior as correct, normal, or in
harmony with her goals
✔✔ego-dystonic - ✔✔person feels unhappy with symptoms, guilt
✔✔Id - ✔✔biological urges, pleasure principle
✔✔Ego - ✔✔conflict between id and the real world, reality principle
✔✔Superego - ✔✔part of the personality that acts as a moral center
✔✔Ego alien - ✔✔"ego dystonic"
thoughts and behaviors that are in conflict with a person's ideal self image.
✔✔duty to warn - ✔✔an obligation to warn third parties when they may be in danger
from a patient (have to have an identifiable 3rd party and client is able to act)
✔✔Exogenous depression - ✔✔caused by external events of psychosocial stressors
✔✔endogenous depression - ✔✔response to internal factors, chemical imbalances
✔✔Psychotherapy notes - ✔✔Per HIPAA, may not be released unless specifically
specified in an authorization.
✔✔histrionic personality disorder - ✔✔excessive emotionality and attention seeking
✔✔Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget) - ✔✔1. sensorimotor
, 2. preoperational
3. concrete operations
4. formal operations
✔✔sensorimotor stage - ✔✔(ages 0-2): when you start to master your sensory
reception and motoring; use of muscles, movement
Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget)
✔✔preoperational stage - ✔✔Stage at which children learn to represent things in the
mind. 2-7 years magical thinking
Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget)
✔✔concrete operations - ✔✔7-11years
in Piaget's theory, the cognitive stage in which children become capable of using mental
operations, plays games with rules, rules of logic
Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget)
✔✔formal operations - ✔✔11- maturity
mental tasks involving abstract thinking and coordination of a number of variables
Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget)
✔✔Preconventional morality - ✔✔Kohlberg's stage of moral development in which
rewards and punishments dominate moral thinking, obeys authority
✔✔conventional morality - ✔✔uphold laws and rules to gain social approval or maintain
social order
kohlberg
✔✔postconventional morality - ✔✔actions reflect belief in basic rights and self-defined
ethical principles
kohlberg
✔✔Trust vs. Mistrust - ✔✔0- 1y
If needs are dependably met, infants develop a sense of basic trust
✔✔Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt - ✔✔1-3 yrs
Provide child with acceptable options. Let them assert independence or will lack self
esteem
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Pansexual - ✔✔not limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sex, gender, or
gender identity.
✔✔Trichotillomania - ✔✔a disorder characterized by the repeated pulling out of one's
own hair- Obsessive Compulsive disorder
✔✔Groups are not adequate for: - ✔✔-those in crisis
-suicidal
-need attention
-actively psychotic
- paranoid
✔✔cognitive dissonance - ✔✔2 opposing views are present at the same time
✔✔ego-syntonic - ✔✔the individual perceives her behavior as correct, normal, or in
harmony with her goals
✔✔ego-dystonic - ✔✔person feels unhappy with symptoms, guilt
✔✔Id - ✔✔biological urges, pleasure principle
✔✔Ego - ✔✔conflict between id and the real world, reality principle
✔✔Superego - ✔✔part of the personality that acts as a moral center
✔✔Ego alien - ✔✔"ego dystonic"
thoughts and behaviors that are in conflict with a person's ideal self image.
✔✔duty to warn - ✔✔an obligation to warn third parties when they may be in danger
from a patient (have to have an identifiable 3rd party and client is able to act)
✔✔Exogenous depression - ✔✔caused by external events of psychosocial stressors
✔✔endogenous depression - ✔✔response to internal factors, chemical imbalances
✔✔Psychotherapy notes - ✔✔Per HIPAA, may not be released unless specifically
specified in an authorization.
✔✔histrionic personality disorder - ✔✔excessive emotionality and attention seeking
✔✔Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget) - ✔✔1. sensorimotor
, 2. preoperational
3. concrete operations
4. formal operations
✔✔sensorimotor stage - ✔✔(ages 0-2): when you start to master your sensory
reception and motoring; use of muscles, movement
Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget)
✔✔preoperational stage - ✔✔Stage at which children learn to represent things in the
mind. 2-7 years magical thinking
Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget)
✔✔concrete operations - ✔✔7-11years
in Piaget's theory, the cognitive stage in which children become capable of using mental
operations, plays games with rules, rules of logic
Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget)
✔✔formal operations - ✔✔11- maturity
mental tasks involving abstract thinking and coordination of a number of variables
Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget)
✔✔Preconventional morality - ✔✔Kohlberg's stage of moral development in which
rewards and punishments dominate moral thinking, obeys authority
✔✔conventional morality - ✔✔uphold laws and rules to gain social approval or maintain
social order
kohlberg
✔✔postconventional morality - ✔✔actions reflect belief in basic rights and self-defined
ethical principles
kohlberg
✔✔Trust vs. Mistrust - ✔✔0- 1y
If needs are dependably met, infants develop a sense of basic trust
✔✔Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt - ✔✔1-3 yrs
Provide child with acceptable options. Let them assert independence or will lack self
esteem
