FREE ASWB Bachelors Basic Question and Answers

Question 1

Thinking style and the capacity to distinguish between stimuli coming from inside oneself or oneself and those coming from outside oneself or oneself (statements about delusions, hallucinations, and conclusions about whether or not a client is psychotic would appear here)

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mental status exam thought process/ reality testing

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mental status exam orientation

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theories of couples development: commitment

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rationalization

Question 2

Cognitive level and recent and distant memory capacities

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mental status exam intellectual functioning/ memory

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biopsychosocial assessment social section

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sexual orientation

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mental status exam judgement/ insight

Question 3

During this stage of development, a kid can comprehend past, present, and future themes and can go from concrete to abstract thought. During this time, children also have a tendency to be "egocentric."

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Preoperational Stage

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Concrete Operational stage

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Formal Operations Stage

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Sensorimotor Stage

Question 4

What stage does a child start to cry when a stranger tries to hold them or get close to them, according to John Bowlby's view of attachment theory.

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Stranger anxiety

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Learned behavior

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Separation Anxiety Disorder

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Separation anxiety

Question 5

Which of the five levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs allows a person to discover their actual purpose, cope with the world "as it is," and get a glimpse of what it means to be whole?

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Self-actualization

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Physiological needs

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Esteem needs

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Safety needs

Question 6

James is a patient who recently started psychotherapy to address trauma-related difficulties. When he reveals the nature of this prior sexual abuse, his therapist, a qualified clinical social worker, notices that he is unable to admit his genuine sentiments. James claims: "Just the thought of my Dad torturing me makes me uneasy. He wouldn't harm me in this way because he is my father ". Which form of defense is James using?

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Denial

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Compensation

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Dissociation

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Acting out

Question 7

A client her age is now being helped by a case worker to seek resources through the neighborhood community center. The caseworker considers the client to be disrespectful and conceited. The caseworker says that the client "hates her" when discussing the situation with her supervisor. What kind of defense is this caseworker using?

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Projection

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Introjection

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Incorporation

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Projective Identification

Question 8

What is another phrase for "steady state" in the systems theory?

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Homeostasis

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Open system

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Input

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Differentiation

Question 9

This phrase describes the belief that one belongs to a specific cultural, national, or racial group that shares or has commonalities with other groups, such as a common language, history, society, culture, or religion.

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Ethnicity

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Race

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Cultural diversity

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Cultural identity

Question 10

Michelle, the clinic's program director, is in charge of identifying and meeting the needs of the clinic's mental health program. She wants to know more about the reasons behind inconsistent client use of therapeutic services. Which assessment tool would be most useful for identifying the program's needs and potential gaps?

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Needs assessment

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Summative evaluation

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Formative evaluation

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Cost-benefit analysis