LMSW Social Work Practice Models 2

Question 1

In the Task-Centered Model, what is the primary focus of the social worker's role?

Accepted Answer

Collaboratively identifying and completing specific tasks

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Exploring unconscious conflicts

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Providing long-term supportive therapy

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Analyzing family-of-origin patterns

Question 2

Which practice model is most closely associated with Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development?

Accepted Answer

Psychosocial Developmental Model

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Cognitive-Behavioral Model

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Crisis Intervention Model

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Structural Family Therapy

Question 3

A social worker using the Narrative Model would MOST likely ask which of the following questions?

Accepted Answer

What unique outcomes have occurred when the problem did not dominate your life?

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What automatic thoughts contribute to your depression?

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When did this problem first begin, and what were your relationships like then?

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How would you rate your level of distress on a scale from 1 to 10?

Question 4

The concept of 'circular causality' is MOST central to which practice model?

Accepted Answer

Systems/Family Systems Theory

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Psychodynamic Model

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Cognitive-Behavioral Model

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Task-Centered Model

Question 5

Which of the following BEST describes the concept of 'functional analysis' in Behavioral Social Work?

Accepted Answer

Identifying antecedents, behaviors, and consequences (ABC) of a target behavior

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Assessing the client's level of social functioning

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Analyzing the family's structural hierarchy

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Evaluating the client's ego strengths and defenses

Question 6

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) was primarily developed by which theorists?

Accepted Answer

Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg

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Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis

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Salvador Minuchin and Jay Haley

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Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

Question 7

In Motivational Interviewing (MI), the acronym OARS refers to which set of techniques?

Accepted Answer

Open questions, Affirmations, Reflective listening, Summaries

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Observation, Assessment, Reflection, Summary

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Outcomes, Agreements, Resistance, Strategies

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Orientation, Ambivalence, Readiness, Support