LCSW (ASWB Clinical Exam)
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS || GRADED A+
\.What is the 3 Levels of Consciousness? - Answer- Conscious, Pre-conscious & Unconscious
\.According to Psychoanalytic Theory behaviors & thoughts are driven by WHAT unconscious
forces, motives, & drives? - Answer- Unconscious Dreams, Desires, Defenses, & Wishes
\.Psychoanalysts believe that behaviors are shaped by? - Answer- Repressed Childhood
Memories & Experiences
\.Freud believed that thoughts & ideas that create anxiety or distress are pushed from the
conscious to the unconscious. This process is referred to as? - Answer- Repression
\.What are the 3 Structural Personality Developmental stages? - Answer- Id, Ego, & Superego
\.The most primitive stage of the personality is? - Answer- Id
\.Two of the early cognitive theorists Alfred ______ & Albert _______. - Answer- Alfred Adler
& Albert Ellis
\.The three levels of moral development are? - Answer- Pre-conventional, Conventional &
Post-conventional
,\.Respodent or Classical conditioning was formulated by John ______ & Ivan ______. - Answer-
Watson & Pavlov
\.According to Skinner all Behaviors can be elicited or eliminated through ______ or _____
reinforcement. - Answer- Positive & Negative
\.The work of cognitive theory address Mis-______, ______ thoughts ______ beliefs. - Answer-
Misconceptions, irrational thoughts & false beliefs.
\.The 2 stages of conventional moral development focus on? - Answer- Individuals seeking to
gain the approval of others & adherence to laws & rules.
\.Classical conditioning refers to the process by which an individual learns a behavior through
______. - Answer- Association
\.Decreasing the likelihood & frequency of a behavior by presenting an unpleasant
reinforcement or punishment is known as what type conditioning? - Answer- Aversion
\.What does ABC stand for in cognitive behavioral therapy? - Answer- A = Activating Event
B = Individual's thoughts & beliefs about A
C = Emotional Response & Consequences of B
\.Moral Development is learned primarily from the individual's _______. - Answer- Family
\.According to Pavlov, behaviors are a _______ to or result of some environmental event or
________. - Answer- Response & Stimulus
,\.________ are defined as the presentation of a positive or negative stimulus following a
behavior in order to increase the probability of its occurrence. - Answer- Reinforcers
\.The stage of development that involves an infant using her/his senses and motor functions to
understand the world is? - Answer- Sensorimotor
\.The two types of Piaget's adaption are? - Answer- Assimilation (the incorporation of an
aspect of one's environment into an existing mental schema)
OR
Accommodation (The adaptation or modification of existing mental schema to the
characteristics of a new object).
\.This type of test of reliability is where research subjects' test scores are compared with one
another using the same test is known as? - Answer- Inter-Rater
\.This type of single-subject design A-B design is know as? - Answer- Basic single systems
design
\.The two phases of N=1 are? - Answer- Baseline & Intervention Phase
\.This cognitive approach technique is used to make the client aware of & continue the behavior
that is causing anxiety (i.e., fear of public speaking) & to provide the client w/ a sense of control.
- Answer- Paradoxical Direction (Directive)
\.This stage is from 2-3 years & involves mastery of skills to be autonomous & learning to be
more confident & in control of their self. - Answer- Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt
, \.Gestalt Theory focuses on the _______ ______ of human experience in the _____ & ______. -
Answer- Holistic Nature, Here & Now
\.The infant's attention shifts from being inwardly focused to outwardly focused is which
substage? - Answer- Differentiation
\.This practice framework is most relevant when the client is a female and her issues are based
upon the effects of gender or sex role stereotypes and discrimination. - Answer- Feminist
Framework
\.Ability to successfully interact with other people is called? - Answer- Object Relations
\.During this stage the child learns more adult-like or hypothetical thinking. - Answer- Formal
Operational
\.According to Piaget individual learning is through the process of ______ or the reciprocal
exchange between an individual and her/his environment. - Answer- Adaptation
\.This stage is from 6 to 11 years and involves a child to accomplish tasks & work in groups.
Failing this stage the child feels inferior & incompetent. - Answer- Industry vs. Inferiority
\.Unlike Freud, Erickson believed personality development continued after the age of _____. -
Answer- Five
\.The infant begins to want to act independently is which substage? - Answer-
Rapprochement
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS || GRADED A+
\.What is the 3 Levels of Consciousness? - Answer- Conscious, Pre-conscious & Unconscious
\.According to Psychoanalytic Theory behaviors & thoughts are driven by WHAT unconscious
forces, motives, & drives? - Answer- Unconscious Dreams, Desires, Defenses, & Wishes
\.Psychoanalysts believe that behaviors are shaped by? - Answer- Repressed Childhood
Memories & Experiences
\.Freud believed that thoughts & ideas that create anxiety or distress are pushed from the
conscious to the unconscious. This process is referred to as? - Answer- Repression
\.What are the 3 Structural Personality Developmental stages? - Answer- Id, Ego, & Superego
\.The most primitive stage of the personality is? - Answer- Id
\.Two of the early cognitive theorists Alfred ______ & Albert _______. - Answer- Alfred Adler
& Albert Ellis
\.The three levels of moral development are? - Answer- Pre-conventional, Conventional &
Post-conventional
,\.Respodent or Classical conditioning was formulated by John ______ & Ivan ______. - Answer-
Watson & Pavlov
\.According to Skinner all Behaviors can be elicited or eliminated through ______ or _____
reinforcement. - Answer- Positive & Negative
\.The work of cognitive theory address Mis-______, ______ thoughts ______ beliefs. - Answer-
Misconceptions, irrational thoughts & false beliefs.
\.The 2 stages of conventional moral development focus on? - Answer- Individuals seeking to
gain the approval of others & adherence to laws & rules.
\.Classical conditioning refers to the process by which an individual learns a behavior through
______. - Answer- Association
\.Decreasing the likelihood & frequency of a behavior by presenting an unpleasant
reinforcement or punishment is known as what type conditioning? - Answer- Aversion
\.What does ABC stand for in cognitive behavioral therapy? - Answer- A = Activating Event
B = Individual's thoughts & beliefs about A
C = Emotional Response & Consequences of B
\.Moral Development is learned primarily from the individual's _______. - Answer- Family
\.According to Pavlov, behaviors are a _______ to or result of some environmental event or
________. - Answer- Response & Stimulus
,\.________ are defined as the presentation of a positive or negative stimulus following a
behavior in order to increase the probability of its occurrence. - Answer- Reinforcers
\.The stage of development that involves an infant using her/his senses and motor functions to
understand the world is? - Answer- Sensorimotor
\.The two types of Piaget's adaption are? - Answer- Assimilation (the incorporation of an
aspect of one's environment into an existing mental schema)
OR
Accommodation (The adaptation or modification of existing mental schema to the
characteristics of a new object).
\.This type of test of reliability is where research subjects' test scores are compared with one
another using the same test is known as? - Answer- Inter-Rater
\.This type of single-subject design A-B design is know as? - Answer- Basic single systems
design
\.The two phases of N=1 are? - Answer- Baseline & Intervention Phase
\.This cognitive approach technique is used to make the client aware of & continue the behavior
that is causing anxiety (i.e., fear of public speaking) & to provide the client w/ a sense of control.
- Answer- Paradoxical Direction (Directive)
\.This stage is from 2-3 years & involves mastery of skills to be autonomous & learning to be
more confident & in control of their self. - Answer- Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt
, \.Gestalt Theory focuses on the _______ ______ of human experience in the _____ & ______. -
Answer- Holistic Nature, Here & Now
\.The infant's attention shifts from being inwardly focused to outwardly focused is which
substage? - Answer- Differentiation
\.This practice framework is most relevant when the client is a female and her issues are based
upon the effects of gender or sex role stereotypes and discrimination. - Answer- Feminist
Framework
\.Ability to successfully interact with other people is called? - Answer- Object Relations
\.During this stage the child learns more adult-like or hypothetical thinking. - Answer- Formal
Operational
\.According to Piaget individual learning is through the process of ______ or the reciprocal
exchange between an individual and her/his environment. - Answer- Adaptation
\.This stage is from 6 to 11 years and involves a child to accomplish tasks & work in groups.
Failing this stage the child feels inferior & incompetent. - Answer- Industry vs. Inferiority
\.Unlike Freud, Erickson believed personality development continued after the age of _____. -
Answer- Five
\.The infant begins to want to act independently is which substage? - Answer-
Rapprochement
