ASWB LCSW Question And Answer.

ASWB LCSW Question And Answer.Theories - ANSWERAre general explanations supported by evidence obtained through the scientific method. Psychoanalytic Theory - ANSWERSigmund Freud Client is a product of his past Treatment involves dealing with repressed material in the unconscious Personalities arise because of attempts to resolve conflicts between the unconscious sexual and aggressive impulses and social demands to restrain these impulses 3 Levels of Awareness - ANSWERPreconscious, Conscious, Unconscious Preconscious (3 Levels of Awareness) - ANSWERInfo outside of the client's attention but available and easy to bring to consciousness. Conscious (3 Levels of Awareness) - ANSWERInfo the client is paying attention to at any given time. Unconscious (3 Levels of Awareness) - ANSWERThoughts, feelings, desires and memories of which a client has no awareness but that influences every aspect of their day-to-day lives. 3 Components of Personalities - ANSWERId, Ego, Superego Id (3 Components of Personalities) - ANSWERInstinctual energy, biological urges, impulses toward survival, sex and aggression. Unconscious. Pleasure principle - the drive to achieve pleasure and avoid pain. Ego (3 Components of Personalities) - ANSWERManages conflict between Id and the real world. Has unconscious, preconscious or conscious parts. Reality principle - the awareness that gratification of impulses has to be delayed in order to accommodate the demands of the real world. Role is to prevent the Id from gratifying its impulses in socially inappropriate ways. Ego-Syntonic/Ego-Dystonic: Syntonic - behaviors "insync" with ego (no guilt) Dystonic - behaviors "dis n sync" with ego (guilty) Determine best course of action based on info from id, reality, and the superego. Inability to reconcile the demands of the Id, reality and superego produces conflict that leads to a state of psychic distress known as anxiety. Ego strength - ability to deal with demands of id, reality and superego.