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

Answer

The Task-Centered Model focuses on helping clients identify specific problems and complete concrete tasks within a brief, structured timeframe.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Psychosocial Developmental Model

Answer

The Psychosocial Developmental Model draws on Erikson's eight stages of psychosocial development and the concept of epigenesis.

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?

Answer

Narrative therapy seeks 'unique outcomes' or exceptions to the problem-saturated story to help clients re-author their lives.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Systems/Family Systems Theory

Answer

Circular causality, the idea that events are mutually influencing rather than linear, is a foundational concept in systems and family systems theory.

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

Answer

Functional analysis (ABC model) examines the antecedents, the behavior itself, and its consequences to understand and modify behavior.

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