LCSW TEST QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS; LATEST UPDATE; GRADED
A+
. 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 - correct answer- 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 - correct answer- 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 - correct answer-
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 - correct answer- 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 - correct answer-
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 - correct answer- 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
D. Parallel play - correct answer- Answer: D
Explanation: Parallel play - Child plays beside others and mimics
their play but does not interact with the others.
A child's reinforced for a behavior in one setting and punished in
another: yelling on the playground is acceptable; yelling at a
funeral is not. What by is the reflexive behavior produced?
A. environmental stimuli
B. conditioned stimuli
C. curiosity stimuli
ANSWERS; LATEST UPDATE; GRADED
A+
. 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 - correct answer- 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 - correct answer- 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 - correct answer-
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 - correct answer- 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 - correct answer-
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 - correct answer- 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
D. Parallel play - correct answer- Answer: D
Explanation: Parallel play - Child plays beside others and mimics
their play but does not interact with the others.
A child's reinforced for a behavior in one setting and punished in
another: yelling on the playground is acceptable; yelling at a
funeral is not. What by is the reflexive behavior produced?
A. environmental stimuli
B. conditioned stimuli
C. curiosity stimuli
