BSW Licensing Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Autonomy vs shame and doubt - CORRECT ANSWER 1 1/2 to 3 years. Freud's anal
stage Courage to become independent. Tendencies of holding on and letting go.
Anal Stage - CORRECT ANSWER 1 1/2 years to 3 years. Child gains control over
anal sphincter and bowel movements.
Genital Stage - CORRECT ANSWER 10 to adulthood. Acceptance of ones geniality
and concern for the well being of ones partner.
Formal operational stage - CORRECT ANSWER 11 through childhood. Thinks beyond
the present and forms theories. Awareness of relationships.
Pre-operational Stage - CORRECT ANSWER 2 to 7 years. Conceptual ability not yet
developed.
Phallic stage - CORRECT ANSWER 3 to 5 years. Gratification shifts to genital zone.
Initiative vs guilt - CORRECT ANSWER 3 to 6 years. Freud's phallic stage. Going into
the curious zone.
Latency stage - CORRECT ANSWER 6 to 10 years. Expression of sexual and
aggression drives in socially acceptable norms.
Industry vs inferiority - CORRECT ANSWER 6 to 11 years. Freud's latency stage.
Mastering ideas and concepts. Conformity.
,Concrete Operational stage - CORRECT ANSWER 7 to 11 years. Child acquires
capacity to order and relate experience to an organized world. Returns to original outlook
after exploration.
Halo effect - CORRECT ANSWER A cognitive bias on which ones judgments of a
persons character can be influenced by ones overall impression of him or her.
Identity vs identity diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER Adolescence. Freud's genital
stage. Create an identity. Identity confusion. Feelings of estrangement.
Axis 1 - CORRECT ANSWER All categories except mental retardation and
personality disorder
Operant Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER An association between a behavior and
a consequence
Ratio - CORRECT ANSWER Defined zero
weight/mph/length
Adult character - CORRECT ANSWER Anal retentive, stinginess, excessive concern
with accumulating and collecting.
Superego - CORRECT ANSWER Above I. Develops around the age of 4-5. controls
the id's impulses.
Respondent behavior - CORRECT ANSWER Behavior which is elicited by a specific
stimulus; person has to be desensitized to the phobias.
Oral stage - CORRECT ANSWER Birth to 1 1/2 years. Gratification of nipples.
, Trust vs mistrust - CORRECT ANSWER Birth to 1 1/2 years. Trust in self and in
others.
Sensory motor stage - CORRECT ANSWER Birth to 2 years. Can't evoke
representations of persons or objects in their absence.
Treating Phobias - CORRECT ANSWER Cognitive behavioral therapy
Operant behavior - CORRECT ANSWER Controlled by consequences of that
behavior. Actions preceding or following the behavior need to be changed. Skinner
Projection - CORRECT ANSWER Defense mechanism where an individual attributes
his/her own unwanted thoughts or emotions on to others.
Reaction formation - CORRECT ANSWER defensive process in which anxiety
producing or unacceptable emotions and impulses are mastered by exaggeration of the
directly opposing tendency.
5 stages of grief - CORRECT ANSWER Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and
acceptance
Intimacy vs isolation - CORRECT ANSWER Enter relationships with others in an
involved, reciprocal way, sexually, occupationally and socially.
Gestalt therapy - CORRECT ANSWER Experimental form of psychotherapy that
emphasizes personal responsibility.
Delusion - CORRECT ANSWER False belief based on incorrect inference about
external reality that is firmly sustained despite what almost everybody else believes.
Hallucinations - CORRECT ANSWER False or distorted sensory experiences that
appear to be vertical perceptions
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Autonomy vs shame and doubt - CORRECT ANSWER 1 1/2 to 3 years. Freud's anal
stage Courage to become independent. Tendencies of holding on and letting go.
Anal Stage - CORRECT ANSWER 1 1/2 years to 3 years. Child gains control over
anal sphincter and bowel movements.
Genital Stage - CORRECT ANSWER 10 to adulthood. Acceptance of ones geniality
and concern for the well being of ones partner.
Formal operational stage - CORRECT ANSWER 11 through childhood. Thinks beyond
the present and forms theories. Awareness of relationships.
Pre-operational Stage - CORRECT ANSWER 2 to 7 years. Conceptual ability not yet
developed.
Phallic stage - CORRECT ANSWER 3 to 5 years. Gratification shifts to genital zone.
Initiative vs guilt - CORRECT ANSWER 3 to 6 years. Freud's phallic stage. Going into
the curious zone.
Latency stage - CORRECT ANSWER 6 to 10 years. Expression of sexual and
aggression drives in socially acceptable norms.
Industry vs inferiority - CORRECT ANSWER 6 to 11 years. Freud's latency stage.
Mastering ideas and concepts. Conformity.
,Concrete Operational stage - CORRECT ANSWER 7 to 11 years. Child acquires
capacity to order and relate experience to an organized world. Returns to original outlook
after exploration.
Halo effect - CORRECT ANSWER A cognitive bias on which ones judgments of a
persons character can be influenced by ones overall impression of him or her.
Identity vs identity diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER Adolescence. Freud's genital
stage. Create an identity. Identity confusion. Feelings of estrangement.
Axis 1 - CORRECT ANSWER All categories except mental retardation and
personality disorder
Operant Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER An association between a behavior and
a consequence
Ratio - CORRECT ANSWER Defined zero
weight/mph/length
Adult character - CORRECT ANSWER Anal retentive, stinginess, excessive concern
with accumulating and collecting.
Superego - CORRECT ANSWER Above I. Develops around the age of 4-5. controls
the id's impulses.
Respondent behavior - CORRECT ANSWER Behavior which is elicited by a specific
stimulus; person has to be desensitized to the phobias.
Oral stage - CORRECT ANSWER Birth to 1 1/2 years. Gratification of nipples.
, Trust vs mistrust - CORRECT ANSWER Birth to 1 1/2 years. Trust in self and in
others.
Sensory motor stage - CORRECT ANSWER Birth to 2 years. Can't evoke
representations of persons or objects in their absence.
Treating Phobias - CORRECT ANSWER Cognitive behavioral therapy
Operant behavior - CORRECT ANSWER Controlled by consequences of that
behavior. Actions preceding or following the behavior need to be changed. Skinner
Projection - CORRECT ANSWER Defense mechanism where an individual attributes
his/her own unwanted thoughts or emotions on to others.
Reaction formation - CORRECT ANSWER defensive process in which anxiety
producing or unacceptable emotions and impulses are mastered by exaggeration of the
directly opposing tendency.
5 stages of grief - CORRECT ANSWER Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and
acceptance
Intimacy vs isolation - CORRECT ANSWER Enter relationships with others in an
involved, reciprocal way, sexually, occupationally and socially.
Gestalt therapy - CORRECT ANSWER Experimental form of psychotherapy that
emphasizes personal responsibility.
Delusion - CORRECT ANSWER False belief based on incorrect inference about
external reality that is firmly sustained despite what almost everybody else believes.
Hallucinations - CORRECT ANSWER False or distorted sensory experiences that
appear to be vertical perceptions
