LCSW TEST PREP STUDY GUIDE
Ethical misconduct - Answers - Occurs when a SW performs an unethical act, such as
misleading a client, sexually molesting client or committing fraud.
Pre-contemplation - Answers - Denial/ignorance of problem
Positive reinforcement - Answers - Increases probability behavior will occur- praising,
giving tokens, rewarding positive behavior.
Piaget- Concrete operations - Answers - 7-11 yrs old:
-begins abstract thinking
-play games with rules
-cause/effect relationships understood
-logical implications
-thinking is independent of experience
-thinking is reversible
-rules of logic are developed
White Americans - Answers - -divorce common
-parents avoid physical punishment
-religion private affair
-values capitalism, poverty is moral failing, physical beauty is valued
Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander - Answers - -we are all related, bond isn't broken
-native language
-polytheistic-spirits in non/human beings
Hispanic Latino - Answers - -god parents, deep sense of commitment
-speaks Spanish, varied emotion expressiveness
-wish to improve life circumstances
Orientation stage - Answers - Community members meet for the first time and start to
get to know each other.
Action - Answers - Taking direction toward achieving a goal.
Relapse - Answers - Feelings of frustration and failure
Maintenance - Answers - Maintaining new behavior and avoiding temptation.
, Immersion-Emersion - Answers - After an encounter that forces a person to confront
cultural, racial and ethnic identity. A person may search for information and learn things
through interaction.
Culture Model- Pre-encounter - Answers - Not consciously aware of his or her culture,
race, or ethnicity and how it affects their life.
Piaget- Formal operations - Answers - 11 yro-maturity:
-higher level of abstraction
-planning for future
-thinks hypothetically
-assumes adult roles and responsibilities
Piaget-Sensorimotor - Answers - 0-2 yro
-retain images and objects
-manipulating objects
-intentional actions
-play imitative
-signals meaning
-symbol meaning (language)
Kohlberg- Post convential - Answers - Stage 5&6: Adult
-genuine interest in welfare of others, concerned w/individual rights & morally right
-guided by individual principles concern for larger universal issues.
Kohlberg- Conventional - Answers - Stage 3&4: Early Adolescence
-person acts to gain approval from others (good boy, good girl)
-obeys laws/fulfills obligations and duties to maintain social system. Rules are rules.
Avoiding guilt.
Kohlberg- Pre-conventional - Answers - Stage 1&2: Elementary level (before 9yro)
-child obeys authority, figures out fears and punishment, obedience/punishment
-child acts acceptably as it's in their own best interest.
-conforms to rules to receive rewards
Reinforcement Stage - Answers - Members make a decision and justify why it's correct.
Preparation - Answers - Experimenting w/small changes and collecting information
about change.
Contemplation - Answers - Ambivalence/conflicted emotions.
Freud: Psycho-sexual development: Genital - Answers - Puberty-adult:
-last stage of psychosexual dev. (begins in puberty)
-adolescent sexual experimentation, settling down, sexual instinct.
Ethical misconduct - Answers - Occurs when a SW performs an unethical act, such as
misleading a client, sexually molesting client or committing fraud.
Pre-contemplation - Answers - Denial/ignorance of problem
Positive reinforcement - Answers - Increases probability behavior will occur- praising,
giving tokens, rewarding positive behavior.
Piaget- Concrete operations - Answers - 7-11 yrs old:
-begins abstract thinking
-play games with rules
-cause/effect relationships understood
-logical implications
-thinking is independent of experience
-thinking is reversible
-rules of logic are developed
White Americans - Answers - -divorce common
-parents avoid physical punishment
-religion private affair
-values capitalism, poverty is moral failing, physical beauty is valued
Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander - Answers - -we are all related, bond isn't broken
-native language
-polytheistic-spirits in non/human beings
Hispanic Latino - Answers - -god parents, deep sense of commitment
-speaks Spanish, varied emotion expressiveness
-wish to improve life circumstances
Orientation stage - Answers - Community members meet for the first time and start to
get to know each other.
Action - Answers - Taking direction toward achieving a goal.
Relapse - Answers - Feelings of frustration and failure
Maintenance - Answers - Maintaining new behavior and avoiding temptation.
, Immersion-Emersion - Answers - After an encounter that forces a person to confront
cultural, racial and ethnic identity. A person may search for information and learn things
through interaction.
Culture Model- Pre-encounter - Answers - Not consciously aware of his or her culture,
race, or ethnicity and how it affects their life.
Piaget- Formal operations - Answers - 11 yro-maturity:
-higher level of abstraction
-planning for future
-thinks hypothetically
-assumes adult roles and responsibilities
Piaget-Sensorimotor - Answers - 0-2 yro
-retain images and objects
-manipulating objects
-intentional actions
-play imitative
-signals meaning
-symbol meaning (language)
Kohlberg- Post convential - Answers - Stage 5&6: Adult
-genuine interest in welfare of others, concerned w/individual rights & morally right
-guided by individual principles concern for larger universal issues.
Kohlberg- Conventional - Answers - Stage 3&4: Early Adolescence
-person acts to gain approval from others (good boy, good girl)
-obeys laws/fulfills obligations and duties to maintain social system. Rules are rules.
Avoiding guilt.
Kohlberg- Pre-conventional - Answers - Stage 1&2: Elementary level (before 9yro)
-child obeys authority, figures out fears and punishment, obedience/punishment
-child acts acceptably as it's in their own best interest.
-conforms to rules to receive rewards
Reinforcement Stage - Answers - Members make a decision and justify why it's correct.
Preparation - Answers - Experimenting w/small changes and collecting information
about change.
Contemplation - Answers - Ambivalence/conflicted emotions.
Freud: Psycho-sexual development: Genital - Answers - Puberty-adult:
-last stage of psychosexual dev. (begins in puberty)
-adolescent sexual experimentation, settling down, sexual instinct.
