Masters Trivia Flashcards
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A client discloses that she plans to harm her neighbor. Under the Tarasoff ruling, what is the social worker's duty?
Answer: Warn the identifiable third party and relevant authorities
Tarasoff v. Regents of UC established the duty to protect identifiable third parties from serious threatened harm, requiring a warning to the potential victim.
Which defense mechanism involves attributing one's own unacceptable feelings to another person?
Answer: Projection
Projection is the defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously attributes their own unwanted thoughts or feelings to someone else.
The DSM-5 replaced the multiaxial system with what type of diagnostic approach?
Answer: A dimensional and cross-cutting symptom assessment approach
DSM-5 eliminated the five-axis system and introduced dimensional assessments (e.g., cross-cutting symptom measures) alongside categorical diagnoses.
In motivational interviewing, OARS stands for:
Answer: Open questions, Affirm, Reflect, Summarize
OARS—Open questions, Affirming, Reflecting, and Summarizing—are the four core communication skills in motivational interviewing.
A social worker notices a pattern of countertransference toward a particular client. The BEST response is to:
Answer: Seek clinical supervision to examine the reaction
Clinical supervision is the appropriate professional response when a social worker identifies countertransference, allowing exploration without harming the therapeutic relationship.
Which level of Bronfenbrenner's ecological model refers to the direct environment in which an individual interacts, such as home and school?
Answer: Microsystem
The microsystem is the innermost level of Bronfenbrenner's model, encompassing immediate settings like family, school, and peer groups where direct interaction occurs.
What does the term 'disenfranchised grief' describe?
Answer: Grief that is not openly acknowledged or publicly mourned
Coined by Kenneth Doka, disenfranchised grief refers to losses that are not recognized or sanctioned by society, leaving mourners without social support.