Complete ASWB LCSW Exam Prep
360-degree feedback - ANS-This involves feedback from all directions - supervisors, peers,
subordinates, the community, and so forth. The idea is that the feedback reflects multiple
viewpoints and gives a complete picture.
ABA single subject design - ANS-A is baseline, B is intervention, A is reversibility where you
take away intervention to see if it goes back to baseline.
This ABA design allows for a controlled evaluation of the intervention's effects while accounting
for potential confounding variables. *fewest threats to internal validity*
ex: Baseline Phase (A): Observations are conducted for several weeks to establish the child's
baseline level of disruptive behaviors in the classroom.
Intervention Phase (B360-degree feedback - ANS-This involves feedback from all
directions - supervisors, peers, subordinates, the community, and so forth. The idea is
that the feedback reflects multiple viewpoints and gives a complete picture.
ABA single subject design - ANS-A is baseline, B is intervention, A is reversibility where
you take away intervention to see if it goes back to baseline.
This ABA design allows for a controlled evaluation of the intervention's effects while
accounting for potential confounding variables. *fewest threats to internal validity*
ex: Baseline Phase (A): Observations are conducted for several weeks to establish the
child's baseline level of disruptive behaviors in the classroom.
Intervention Phase (B): The token reward system is introduced, and the child begins
earning tokens for demonstrating appropriate behaviors. Observations continue during
this phase to measure any changes in the child's behavior.
Withdrawal Phase (A): After a period of time, the token reward system is removed, and
observations resume to determine if the child's behavior returns to baseline levels in the
absence of the intervention.
Active listening - ANS-Social workers are sitting up straight and learning toward clients
in a relaxed and open manner. Attentive listening can involve commenting on clients'
statements, asking open-ended questions, and making statements that show listening is
occurring
aculculia - ANS-inability to calculate mathematical problems (associated with expressive
aphasia, usually tested with mental arithmetic)
,acute stress disorder - ANS-an anxierty disorder in which a person experiences fear
and related symptoms (PTSD-like symptoms) betweem three days to one month after a
traumatic event. It notes that symptoms typically begin immediately after exposure to
the trauma, but does not require that they do so.
Adler: Compensation - ANS-involves efforts to overcome imagined or real inferiorities by
developing one's abilities
Adler: inferiority - ANS-Such people overcompensate, which means that, rather than try
to master challenges, they try to cover up their sense of inferiority by focusing on
outward signs of superiority such as status, wealth, and power
Adler's Individual Psychology - ANS-Main motivations for human behavior are not
sexual or aggressive urges, but striving for perfection. Aim is to develop more adaptive
lifestyle; overcome self-centeredness and contribute to welfare of others. Compensation
and inferiority can result
Administrative supervision - ANS-Aims to ensure that a social worker is acceptable to
the public as well as to his or her organization's policies. The major responsibility is to
make sure that the work is performed in an acceptable manner
Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 - ANS-Focuses on family
preservation efforts to help keep families together and children out of foster care or
other out-of-home placements. This law also focuses on family reunification or adoption
if a child is removed from a home. The act requires courts to review child welfare cases
more regularly and mandates that states make "reasonable efforts" to keep families
together via prevention and family reunification services. States are also required to
develop reunification and preventive programs for foster care and assure that children in
nonpermanent settings are seen at least every 6 months. An adoption subsidy
reimbursed by the federal government is also provided through this law for children with
complex needs or disabilities.
Advair Diskus - ANS-treats asthma and COPD
Advance directives - ANS--Written directions about the type of care they want and do
not want when dying
-Legal written agreements, honored in future when people can't communicate their
wishes
-May be in the form of a living will- preferences for medical care or a durable power of
attorney (someone else designated to make health care decisions)
,Advocate - ANS-Social workers champion the rights of others with the goal of
empowering the client system being served. Social workers speak on behalf of clients
when others will not listen or when clients are unable to do so. Social workers have a
particular responsibility to advocate on behalf of those disempowered by society
Affective functions (in family dynamics) - ANS-Involve the provision of emotional support
to family members
Agnosia - ANS-loss of ability to recognize importance of sensory impressions /
recognizing familiar objects
Aims of self-care - ANS--Taking care of physical and psychological health
-Managing and reducing stress
-Honoring emotional and spiritual needs
-Fostering and sustaining relationships
-Achieving an equilibrium between meeting personal need and school/work demands
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 - ANS-The Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) of 1990 is civil-rights legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of
disability. It has been amended and affords similar protections as the Civil Rights Act of
1964 for discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other
characteristics. Unlike the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the ADA also requires covered
employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities and
imposes accessibility requirements on public accommodations. ADA disabilities include
both mental and physical conditions. A condition does not need to be severe or
permanent to be a disability.
Analysis - ANS-Breaking down information into component parts
antidepressants - ANS-drugs that combat depression by affecting the levels or activity
of neurotransmitters in the brain. (can also help target chronic pain, anxiety, and
addictions) (usually start with P/F or end in "ine" "an" "pram")
SSRIs: Celexa (citalopram), lexapro (escitalopram), prozac (fluoxetine), zoloft
(sertraline), paxil (paroxetine), luvox (fluovoxamine)
Tricyclics: elavil (prescribed if SSRI/MAOI/NDRI's ineffective)
MAOIs: nardil (prescribed less as it requires limitations of foods high in tyramine/aged
foods), parnate
Others: effexor, remeron, wellbutrin (bupropion)
, antipsychotic drugs - ANS-medications that are used to treat schizophrenia/related
psychotic disorders and mania
typical examples: haldol ((haloperidol) decanoate is injectable version), prolixin,
thorazine (chlorpromazine)
atypical examples: abilify (arirpriprazole), seroquel (quetiapine), zyprexa (olanzapine),
clorazil (clozapine, needs blood monitoring, increased risk of agranulocytosis aka
lowering of white blood cells), risperdal (risperiodone), INVEGA SUSTENNA
(paliperidone palmitate)
A client who has been taking antipsychotic medication for years may develop tardive
dyskinesia (TD)
antisocial personality disorder - ANS-impulsive, irresponsible, and callous; history of
legal difficulties; belligerent and irresponsible behavior; aggressive to violent
relationships; no respect for others, manipulative, lack of remorse. A desire to exploit
others
Conduct disorder dx a precursor
ex: The Joker
Aphasia - ANS-impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage
either to Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing
understanding).
Application - ANS-Correct use of the facts, rules, or ideas
Are negative feedback loops always bad? - ANS-No, for any system to grow there
needs to be equal amounts of positive and negative feedback to maintain stability while
changes occur or to reject harmful changes.
Example: Maintaining core family values while changing how they are demonstrated.
(keeping the spirit of the rule, changing the application when the "letter" does not
produce the "spirit".)
Are the stages of "couples development" linear? - ANS-No. Time does not equal
movement. Couples can stay in one stage or revert back through different stages.
However, each much be attained to achieve the next.
Note: "Romance" is the only stage couples cannot stay in or maintain
360-degree feedback - ANS-This involves feedback from all directions - supervisors, peers,
subordinates, the community, and so forth. The idea is that the feedback reflects multiple
viewpoints and gives a complete picture.
ABA single subject design - ANS-A is baseline, B is intervention, A is reversibility where you
take away intervention to see if it goes back to baseline.
This ABA design allows for a controlled evaluation of the intervention's effects while accounting
for potential confounding variables. *fewest threats to internal validity*
ex: Baseline Phase (A): Observations are conducted for several weeks to establish the child's
baseline level of disruptive behaviors in the classroom.
Intervention Phase (B360-degree feedback - ANS-This involves feedback from all
directions - supervisors, peers, subordinates, the community, and so forth. The idea is
that the feedback reflects multiple viewpoints and gives a complete picture.
ABA single subject design - ANS-A is baseline, B is intervention, A is reversibility where
you take away intervention to see if it goes back to baseline.
This ABA design allows for a controlled evaluation of the intervention's effects while
accounting for potential confounding variables. *fewest threats to internal validity*
ex: Baseline Phase (A): Observations are conducted for several weeks to establish the
child's baseline level of disruptive behaviors in the classroom.
Intervention Phase (B): The token reward system is introduced, and the child begins
earning tokens for demonstrating appropriate behaviors. Observations continue during
this phase to measure any changes in the child's behavior.
Withdrawal Phase (A): After a period of time, the token reward system is removed, and
observations resume to determine if the child's behavior returns to baseline levels in the
absence of the intervention.
Active listening - ANS-Social workers are sitting up straight and learning toward clients
in a relaxed and open manner. Attentive listening can involve commenting on clients'
statements, asking open-ended questions, and making statements that show listening is
occurring
aculculia - ANS-inability to calculate mathematical problems (associated with expressive
aphasia, usually tested with mental arithmetic)
,acute stress disorder - ANS-an anxierty disorder in which a person experiences fear
and related symptoms (PTSD-like symptoms) betweem three days to one month after a
traumatic event. It notes that symptoms typically begin immediately after exposure to
the trauma, but does not require that they do so.
Adler: Compensation - ANS-involves efforts to overcome imagined or real inferiorities by
developing one's abilities
Adler: inferiority - ANS-Such people overcompensate, which means that, rather than try
to master challenges, they try to cover up their sense of inferiority by focusing on
outward signs of superiority such as status, wealth, and power
Adler's Individual Psychology - ANS-Main motivations for human behavior are not
sexual or aggressive urges, but striving for perfection. Aim is to develop more adaptive
lifestyle; overcome self-centeredness and contribute to welfare of others. Compensation
and inferiority can result
Administrative supervision - ANS-Aims to ensure that a social worker is acceptable to
the public as well as to his or her organization's policies. The major responsibility is to
make sure that the work is performed in an acceptable manner
Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 - ANS-Focuses on family
preservation efforts to help keep families together and children out of foster care or
other out-of-home placements. This law also focuses on family reunification or adoption
if a child is removed from a home. The act requires courts to review child welfare cases
more regularly and mandates that states make "reasonable efforts" to keep families
together via prevention and family reunification services. States are also required to
develop reunification and preventive programs for foster care and assure that children in
nonpermanent settings are seen at least every 6 months. An adoption subsidy
reimbursed by the federal government is also provided through this law for children with
complex needs or disabilities.
Advair Diskus - ANS-treats asthma and COPD
Advance directives - ANS--Written directions about the type of care they want and do
not want when dying
-Legal written agreements, honored in future when people can't communicate their
wishes
-May be in the form of a living will- preferences for medical care or a durable power of
attorney (someone else designated to make health care decisions)
,Advocate - ANS-Social workers champion the rights of others with the goal of
empowering the client system being served. Social workers speak on behalf of clients
when others will not listen or when clients are unable to do so. Social workers have a
particular responsibility to advocate on behalf of those disempowered by society
Affective functions (in family dynamics) - ANS-Involve the provision of emotional support
to family members
Agnosia - ANS-loss of ability to recognize importance of sensory impressions /
recognizing familiar objects
Aims of self-care - ANS--Taking care of physical and psychological health
-Managing and reducing stress
-Honoring emotional and spiritual needs
-Fostering and sustaining relationships
-Achieving an equilibrium between meeting personal need and school/work demands
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 - ANS-The Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) of 1990 is civil-rights legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of
disability. It has been amended and affords similar protections as the Civil Rights Act of
1964 for discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other
characteristics. Unlike the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the ADA also requires covered
employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities and
imposes accessibility requirements on public accommodations. ADA disabilities include
both mental and physical conditions. A condition does not need to be severe or
permanent to be a disability.
Analysis - ANS-Breaking down information into component parts
antidepressants - ANS-drugs that combat depression by affecting the levels or activity
of neurotransmitters in the brain. (can also help target chronic pain, anxiety, and
addictions) (usually start with P/F or end in "ine" "an" "pram")
SSRIs: Celexa (citalopram), lexapro (escitalopram), prozac (fluoxetine), zoloft
(sertraline), paxil (paroxetine), luvox (fluovoxamine)
Tricyclics: elavil (prescribed if SSRI/MAOI/NDRI's ineffective)
MAOIs: nardil (prescribed less as it requires limitations of foods high in tyramine/aged
foods), parnate
Others: effexor, remeron, wellbutrin (bupropion)
, antipsychotic drugs - ANS-medications that are used to treat schizophrenia/related
psychotic disorders and mania
typical examples: haldol ((haloperidol) decanoate is injectable version), prolixin,
thorazine (chlorpromazine)
atypical examples: abilify (arirpriprazole), seroquel (quetiapine), zyprexa (olanzapine),
clorazil (clozapine, needs blood monitoring, increased risk of agranulocytosis aka
lowering of white blood cells), risperdal (risperiodone), INVEGA SUSTENNA
(paliperidone palmitate)
A client who has been taking antipsychotic medication for years may develop tardive
dyskinesia (TD)
antisocial personality disorder - ANS-impulsive, irresponsible, and callous; history of
legal difficulties; belligerent and irresponsible behavior; aggressive to violent
relationships; no respect for others, manipulative, lack of remorse. A desire to exploit
others
Conduct disorder dx a precursor
ex: The Joker
Aphasia - ANS-impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage
either to Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing
understanding).
Application - ANS-Correct use of the facts, rules, or ideas
Are negative feedback loops always bad? - ANS-No, for any system to grow there
needs to be equal amounts of positive and negative feedback to maintain stability while
changes occur or to reject harmful changes.
Example: Maintaining core family values while changing how they are demonstrated.
(keeping the spirit of the rule, changing the application when the "letter" does not
produce the "spirit".)
Are the stages of "couples development" linear? - ANS-No. Time does not equal
movement. Couples can stay in one stage or revert back through different stages.
However, each much be attained to achieve the next.
Note: "Romance" is the only stage couples cannot stay in or maintain
