Bachelors Basic Flashcards
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According to Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, the primary conflict of adolescence is:
Answer: Identity vs. role confusion
Erikson identified identity vs. role confusion as the central task of adolescence, during which individuals develop a sense of self.
A social worker is meeting with a client from a collectivist culture who defers all decisions to family elders. The BEST response is to:
Answer: Respect the cultural context while ensuring the client's voice is also included
Culturally sensitive practice honors collectivist values while ensuring the client's perspective is not entirely marginalized.
When assessing a client's mental status, which domain does the social worker evaluate by asking the client to recall three words after a delay?
Answer: Memory
Delayed recall of words is a standard technique for assessing short-term memory during a mental status examination.
A school social worker discovers that a 14-year-old student is being cyberbullied. The FIRST step is to:
Answer: Assess the student's safety and emotional well-being
Assessing the targeted student's immediate safety and emotional state is the priority before other interventions.
Positive reinforcement differs from negative reinforcement in that positive reinforcement:
Answer: Increases behavior by adding a desirable stimulus
Positive reinforcement strengthens a behavior by following it with the addition of a rewarding or pleasant stimulus.
Which practice model emphasizes identifying and amplifying client strengths rather than focusing on deficits and pathology?
Answer: Strengths-based perspective
The strengths-based perspective, associated with Saleebey, shifts focus from problems to client capacities, assets, and resilience.
A social worker who is feeling burned out begins taking long lunches and arriving late to client sessions. This BEST illustrates:
Answer: Compassion fatigue affecting professional behavior
Compassion fatigue can erode professional conduct, leading to behaviors like tardiness and boundary erosion with clients.