LCSW Exam Prep: Social Work Theories and Models of Practice Questions With Correct Answers!!

Functional Theory - ANSWERHighlights importance of agency function in the helping process. Diagnosis is related to the use of services and is expected to change as the client needs change. Time phase in social work process are important (beginning, middle, end). Agency function gives focus, content and legitimacy to services provided. Place where the interest of society and the individual join. Clients are active in this model and are capable of individual choice. Psychosexual Theory and Development - ANSWERFreud Psychodynamic theory with little to no free will Individuals were subject to unconscious sexual desires and motivations, beyond their control (5 stages of psychosexual development: oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital). Personality structure has three divisions: id, ego, superego. Primary Proces Thinking: the language of the unconscious (e.g., slips of tongue, dreams, free associations, jokes, and a child's language and thought). Ego Psychology - ANSWERPsychodynamic theory Anna Freud and Eric Erikson Focus on healthy individual, not the sick one. Basic drives are influenced by the environment and critical periods. Defense mechanisms Gestalt Therapy - ANSWERFritz Perls Only real time is the present, individual must take responsibility for all aspects of his/her life. Whole is greater and different than sum of all the parts. Focus is on the HERE AND NOW with immediate awareness of personal experience. Unexpressed guilt is viewed as unfinished business and client needs to re-address this. Techniques/games used: psychodrama, skillful frustration, dream work, and empty chair. Object Relations Theory - ANSWERHuman growth and development theory Mahler Psycho-social/human development approach A child must separate and individuate so that he/she can move from being part of the mother/child unit to becoming a member of the family. Separation occurs when a child differentiates or disengages from the mother.