LMSW Human Development Theories 4

Question 1

In Freud's psychosexual theory, unresolved conflict during the anal stage may result in an adult character marked by:

Accepted Answer

Orderliness, stubbornness, and miserliness

Answer

Freudian theory associates anal fixation with anal-retentive traits such as excessive orderliness, rigidity, and stubbornness, or anal-expulsive traits like messiness.

Question 2

According to Ainsworth's Strange Situation research, an 'avoidantly attached' infant is MOST likely to:

Accepted Answer

Explore freely, show little distress at separation, and ignore the caregiver at reunion

Answer

Avoidantly attached infants appear indifferent to the caregiver's departure and return, having learned that emotional needs are unlikely to be met.

Question 3

Helms' White Racial Identity Development model suggests that the 'reintegration' status involves:

Accepted Answer

Idealization of White culture and hostility toward minority groups

Answer

In the reintegration status, the person idealizes White culture and may harbor conscious or unconscious hostility toward people of color.

Question 4

A social worker notes that a client demonstrates formal operational thinking when the client:

Accepted Answer

Uses deductive reasoning to consider hypothetical scenarios

Answer

Formal operational thinking (Piaget, ages 12+) includes abstract, hypothetical-deductive reasoning about possibilities rather than only concrete realities.

Question 5

Feminist developmental theory most challenges which assumption in traditional developmental models?

Accepted Answer

That autonomy and separation are the hallmarks of healthy adult maturity

Answer

Feminist theorists argue that traditional models overvalue separation-individuation and autonomy, which reflect male norms, while undervaluing relational and interdependent models of development.

LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker Practice Test

LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker Practice Test

LMSW Human Development Theories 4