LCSW CORE STANDARD EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Alcohol Wernickes Encephalopathy - ✔✔caused by thiamine deficiency associated
with
alcoholism symptoms include confusion, loss of muscle, coordination leg tremors
and vision changes, abnormal eye movement double vision eyelid dropping
✔✔Korsakoffs Syndrome - ✔✔- amnesia and confabulation memory loss by fabricating
memories
✔✔Amphetamines and Cocaine intoxication - ✔✔euphoria anxiety hyperactivity,
grandiosity, confusion,
anger paranoia auditory hallucinations, tachycardia, nausea vomiting weight
loss muscular weakness confusion seizures.
✔✔Caffeine signs of intoxication- - ✔✔restlessness, nervousness, excitement,
insomnia,
flushed face, GI issues muscle twitches, rambling, tachycardia
✔✔Caffeine signs of intoxication - ✔✔restlessness, nervousness, excitement, insomnia,
flushed face, GI issues muscle twitches, rambling tachycardia
✔✔Hallucinogens
signs of intoxication - ✔✔perceptual changes anxiety depression ideas of
reference paranoid ideation palpitations, blurred vision
✔✔Opioids signs of intoxication - ✔✔initial euphoria followed by apathy or dysphoria:
pupillary constriction drowsiness or coma slurred speech impaired attention
✔✔Opioids signs of withdrawal - ✔✔dysphoric mood, nausea or vomiting, muscle
aches, runny eyes
and nose pupillary dilation, diarrhea, yawning fever and insomnia
,✔✔Alcoholic family dependent - ✔✔the alcoholic family member
✔✔Enabler - ✔✔often the spouse the person who does everything to get the
dependent to stop drinking except what might actually work which is
confrontation or leaving the person.
✔✔hero - ✔✔the oldest child the member who is aware of what is going on
and tries to assume the responsibility for the family by being successful
✔✔scapegoat - ✔✔the second child the family
member who rejects the family
✔✔lost child - ✔✔the family member who quietly
withdrawals from the family
✔✔mascot - ✔✔the youngest child who plays the clown in order to relieve
family tension or their own pain
✔✔Remission - ✔✔none of the criteria for substance use disorder except
cravings are met for at least 3 months but less than 12 months.
✔✔Unconscious - ✔✔contains thoughts, feelings, desires, and memories of which
clients have no awareness, but that influence every aspect of their day-to day
lives.
✔✔Preconscious - ✔✔contains all the information outside of a client's attention
but that is readily available if needed.
✔✔Conscious - ✔✔contains all the information that a client is
paying attention to at a given time.
✔✔Superego - ✔✔- is the moral component of personality. It causes
clients to feel guilty when they go against society's rules
✔✔Psychodynamic therapy - ✔✔change through insight and understanding early
unresolved
issues: insight oriented therapy. Transference feelings client has for thther
✔✔Behavioral Therapy - ✔✔change of behavior through reinforcements and
punishment
✔✔Positive Reinforcement- - ✔✔occurs when a behavior is followed by a stimulus that
is
rewarding increasing the frequency of that behavior
, ✔✔Negative reinforcement - ✔✔occurs when a behavior is followed by the removal of
an adverse
stimulus thereby increasing that behavior
✔✔Positive punishment - ✔✔occurs when a behavior is followed by a stimulus such as
introducing a shock of loud noise resulting in a decrease in that behavior
✔✔Negative punishment - ✔✔occurs when a behavior is followed by the
removal of a stimulus
✔✔Token economy - ✔✔is an exchange system using the principles of
operant conditioning where a token is given as a reward for a desired behavior
✔✔Shaping - ✔✔a form of operant conditioning in which the increasingly
accurate approximations of a desired response are reinforced
✔✔Douglas McGregor- Theory X - ✔✔is the authoritarian management style. The
average person
prefers to be directed to avoid responsibility. Theory x assumes that the
average person does not like to work only works for money and security.
✔✔Douglas McGregor- Theory- Y - ✔✔- higher level needs of esteem and self-
actualization are continuing
needs in that they are never completely satisfied.
✔✔Attachment theory - ✔✔how a caregiver responds to an infant/toddler cues shapes
that child's view of the world
Used to assess the bond between mother and child. Observing
how child responds when caregiver leaves and returns to room
Poor attachment leads to indiscriminate attachment and lack
of trust.
✔✔Cognitive therapy - ✔✔change through learning to modify dysfunctional thought
patterns
Clients explore patterns and
beliefs that lead to self-destructive behaviors
Once an individual understands the relationship between
thoughts, feelings and behaviors the individual is able to modify or change
existing patterns of thinking to cope with stressors in a more positive manner.
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Alcohol Wernickes Encephalopathy - ✔✔caused by thiamine deficiency associated
with
alcoholism symptoms include confusion, loss of muscle, coordination leg tremors
and vision changes, abnormal eye movement double vision eyelid dropping
✔✔Korsakoffs Syndrome - ✔✔- amnesia and confabulation memory loss by fabricating
memories
✔✔Amphetamines and Cocaine intoxication - ✔✔euphoria anxiety hyperactivity,
grandiosity, confusion,
anger paranoia auditory hallucinations, tachycardia, nausea vomiting weight
loss muscular weakness confusion seizures.
✔✔Caffeine signs of intoxication- - ✔✔restlessness, nervousness, excitement,
insomnia,
flushed face, GI issues muscle twitches, rambling, tachycardia
✔✔Caffeine signs of intoxication - ✔✔restlessness, nervousness, excitement, insomnia,
flushed face, GI issues muscle twitches, rambling tachycardia
✔✔Hallucinogens
signs of intoxication - ✔✔perceptual changes anxiety depression ideas of
reference paranoid ideation palpitations, blurred vision
✔✔Opioids signs of intoxication - ✔✔initial euphoria followed by apathy or dysphoria:
pupillary constriction drowsiness or coma slurred speech impaired attention
✔✔Opioids signs of withdrawal - ✔✔dysphoric mood, nausea or vomiting, muscle
aches, runny eyes
and nose pupillary dilation, diarrhea, yawning fever and insomnia
,✔✔Alcoholic family dependent - ✔✔the alcoholic family member
✔✔Enabler - ✔✔often the spouse the person who does everything to get the
dependent to stop drinking except what might actually work which is
confrontation or leaving the person.
✔✔hero - ✔✔the oldest child the member who is aware of what is going on
and tries to assume the responsibility for the family by being successful
✔✔scapegoat - ✔✔the second child the family
member who rejects the family
✔✔lost child - ✔✔the family member who quietly
withdrawals from the family
✔✔mascot - ✔✔the youngest child who plays the clown in order to relieve
family tension or their own pain
✔✔Remission - ✔✔none of the criteria for substance use disorder except
cravings are met for at least 3 months but less than 12 months.
✔✔Unconscious - ✔✔contains thoughts, feelings, desires, and memories of which
clients have no awareness, but that influence every aspect of their day-to day
lives.
✔✔Preconscious - ✔✔contains all the information outside of a client's attention
but that is readily available if needed.
✔✔Conscious - ✔✔contains all the information that a client is
paying attention to at a given time.
✔✔Superego - ✔✔- is the moral component of personality. It causes
clients to feel guilty when they go against society's rules
✔✔Psychodynamic therapy - ✔✔change through insight and understanding early
unresolved
issues: insight oriented therapy. Transference feelings client has for thther
✔✔Behavioral Therapy - ✔✔change of behavior through reinforcements and
punishment
✔✔Positive Reinforcement- - ✔✔occurs when a behavior is followed by a stimulus that
is
rewarding increasing the frequency of that behavior
, ✔✔Negative reinforcement - ✔✔occurs when a behavior is followed by the removal of
an adverse
stimulus thereby increasing that behavior
✔✔Positive punishment - ✔✔occurs when a behavior is followed by a stimulus such as
introducing a shock of loud noise resulting in a decrease in that behavior
✔✔Negative punishment - ✔✔occurs when a behavior is followed by the
removal of a stimulus
✔✔Token economy - ✔✔is an exchange system using the principles of
operant conditioning where a token is given as a reward for a desired behavior
✔✔Shaping - ✔✔a form of operant conditioning in which the increasingly
accurate approximations of a desired response are reinforced
✔✔Douglas McGregor- Theory X - ✔✔is the authoritarian management style. The
average person
prefers to be directed to avoid responsibility. Theory x assumes that the
average person does not like to work only works for money and security.
✔✔Douglas McGregor- Theory- Y - ✔✔- higher level needs of esteem and self-
actualization are continuing
needs in that they are never completely satisfied.
✔✔Attachment theory - ✔✔how a caregiver responds to an infant/toddler cues shapes
that child's view of the world
Used to assess the bond between mother and child. Observing
how child responds when caregiver leaves and returns to room
Poor attachment leads to indiscriminate attachment and lack
of trust.
✔✔Cognitive therapy - ✔✔change through learning to modify dysfunctional thought
patterns
Clients explore patterns and
beliefs that lead to self-destructive behaviors
Once an individual understands the relationship between
thoughts, feelings and behaviors the individual is able to modify or change
existing patterns of thinking to cope with stressors in a more positive manner.
