SW 500: Foundation Social Work Skills
and Interventions Exam 2 test
Questions and Answers (100% Pass) A++
✔ Cognitive Flexibility. Answer: Individuals with cognitive flexibility generally seek to grow,
to understand the part they play in their difficulties, and to understand others. People who
are receptive to new ideas and able to analyze many facets of problematic situations are
highly adaptable and capable of successful problem solving.
✔ Cognitive Dissonance. Answer: On the other hand, cognitive dissonance may result
when people discover inconsistencies between their values and behaviors. Examining
these contradictions can help reveal whether this tension is problematic or self-defeating.
✔ Cognitive Theory. Answer: Cognitive theory holds that beliefs are important mediators of
both emotions and actions. It makes sense, then, that mistaken beliefs can be related to
problems in functioning.
✔ Emotional Excesses. Answer: A person with emotional excesses may have "a short fuse,"
losing control and reacting intensely to even mild provocations. This behavior may involve
rages and escalate to interpersonal violence.
**People who don't understand emotional excesses often call this "drama". Historically it
was diagnosed as "hysteria".
✔ Direct observation of clients' affect. Answer: (emotionality) usually reveals valuable
information about their emotional functioning. Some anxiety or mild apprehension is
natural in initial sessions as contrasted to intense apprehension and tension at one
extreme or complete relaxation or giddiness at the other.
, ✔ Suicidal Risk. Answer: Suicidal risk is highest when an adolescent, in addition to
exhibiting symptoms of **severe depression, also expresses feelings of **hopelessness,
has recently experienced a death of a loved one, has severe conflict with parents, has lost a
close relationship with a key peer or a love interest, and lacks a support system.
✔ Behavioral Change. Answer: A social worker must be skillful in discerning and assessing
both dysfunctional and functional patterns of behavior as **behavioral change is
commonly the focus of social work interventions. In direct social work practice, change
efforts frequently target behavioral patterns that impair the client's social functioning.
✔ Compulsion. Answer: In the context of assessing behavioral functioning, repeated
behaviors, often linked to an obsession, are called compulsions. **A compulsion is a
thought or issue that can be assessed using a specialized form of assessment known as
the mental status exam
✔ Framework for Mental Health Exam/Ecomap Diagram. Answer: See Notes Ch. 9-10 (last
pages)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_ziBs7jVBU&list=PLjrSkZjk1CFCSAjIyVEOqnfL1BLPh
hQxQ
✔ Behavioral Change. Answer: If you understand behaviors, and how behaviors change,
you may be able to better predict changes that will occur. **For example, we know that the
most consistently predictive factor of aggression is past violent behavior or criminal
behavior.
Additional risk factors include early age of first criminal offense, substance abuse, gender
(violence by men generally exceeds that by women), and psychopathy.
✔ Contemplation Stage. Answer: In the **contemplation stage, the client recognizes his or
her problem and the consequences that result. To assess motivation, the social worker
and Interventions Exam 2 test
Questions and Answers (100% Pass) A++
✔ Cognitive Flexibility. Answer: Individuals with cognitive flexibility generally seek to grow,
to understand the part they play in their difficulties, and to understand others. People who
are receptive to new ideas and able to analyze many facets of problematic situations are
highly adaptable and capable of successful problem solving.
✔ Cognitive Dissonance. Answer: On the other hand, cognitive dissonance may result
when people discover inconsistencies between their values and behaviors. Examining
these contradictions can help reveal whether this tension is problematic or self-defeating.
✔ Cognitive Theory. Answer: Cognitive theory holds that beliefs are important mediators of
both emotions and actions. It makes sense, then, that mistaken beliefs can be related to
problems in functioning.
✔ Emotional Excesses. Answer: A person with emotional excesses may have "a short fuse,"
losing control and reacting intensely to even mild provocations. This behavior may involve
rages and escalate to interpersonal violence.
**People who don't understand emotional excesses often call this "drama". Historically it
was diagnosed as "hysteria".
✔ Direct observation of clients' affect. Answer: (emotionality) usually reveals valuable
information about their emotional functioning. Some anxiety or mild apprehension is
natural in initial sessions as contrasted to intense apprehension and tension at one
extreme or complete relaxation or giddiness at the other.
, ✔ Suicidal Risk. Answer: Suicidal risk is highest when an adolescent, in addition to
exhibiting symptoms of **severe depression, also expresses feelings of **hopelessness,
has recently experienced a death of a loved one, has severe conflict with parents, has lost a
close relationship with a key peer or a love interest, and lacks a support system.
✔ Behavioral Change. Answer: A social worker must be skillful in discerning and assessing
both dysfunctional and functional patterns of behavior as **behavioral change is
commonly the focus of social work interventions. In direct social work practice, change
efforts frequently target behavioral patterns that impair the client's social functioning.
✔ Compulsion. Answer: In the context of assessing behavioral functioning, repeated
behaviors, often linked to an obsession, are called compulsions. **A compulsion is a
thought or issue that can be assessed using a specialized form of assessment known as
the mental status exam
✔ Framework for Mental Health Exam/Ecomap Diagram. Answer: See Notes Ch. 9-10 (last
pages)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_ziBs7jVBU&list=PLjrSkZjk1CFCSAjIyVEOqnfL1BLPh
hQxQ
✔ Behavioral Change. Answer: If you understand behaviors, and how behaviors change,
you may be able to better predict changes that will occur. **For example, we know that the
most consistently predictive factor of aggression is past violent behavior or criminal
behavior.
Additional risk factors include early age of first criminal offense, substance abuse, gender
(violence by men generally exceeds that by women), and psychopathy.
✔ Contemplation Stage. Answer: In the **contemplation stage, the client recognizes his or
her problem and the consequences that result. To assess motivation, the social worker
