FREE LCSW Human Development Questions and Answers

Question 1

During this developmental stage, a child possesses progress from concrete to abstract thinking and can comprehend past, present, future themes. Children also tend to be "egocentric" during this stage.

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Preoperational Stage

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Sensorimotor Stage

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Concrete Operational stage

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Formal Operations Stage

Question 2

According to John Bowlby and his position on attachment theory, during which stage does a child begin to cry when an unfamiliar person tries to hold or closely approach them.

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Stranger anxiety

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Learned behavior

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Separation anxiety

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Separation Anxiety Disorder

Question 3

In which of the five stages of Maslow's hierarchy of needs does an individual experience his or her true calling, dealing with the world around them "as it is" and has a glimmer of what it is like to be complete?

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Self-actualization

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Esteem needs

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Safety needs

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Physiological needs

Question 4

Craig is a client who just entered into psychotherapy to address issues surrounding trauma. His therapist, a licensed clinical social worker, finds that he has the inability to acknowledge his true feelings when he describes the nature of this past sexual abuse. Craig states, "I just can't believe my Dad would do this to me. He wouldn't do this to me because he's my Dad".
Which defense mechanism is Craig exhibiting?

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Denial

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Acting out

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Compensation

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Dissociation

Question 5

A case worker is currently working with a client her age assisting her in accessing services through the local community center.
The case worker finds the client rude and self-centered. When reviewing the case with her supervisor, the case worker informs her supervisor that the client "hates her".
Which defensive mechanism is this case worker exhibiting?

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Introjection

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Projective Identification

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Projection

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Incorporation

Question 6

According to systems theory, what is another term for "steady state"?

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Open system

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Input

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Homeostasis

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Differentiation

Question 7

This term refers to the idea that one is a member of a particular cultural, national or racial group that shares or has similarities such as a common language, history, society, culture and/or religion.

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Ethnicity

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Race

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Cultural identity

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Cultural diversity