ASWB Social Work Bachelor's Exam Prep - Question List

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46. Cognitive therapy involves helping clients develop skills for modifying beliefs, relating to others in different ways, identifying distorted thinking, and changing behaviors. If a client escapes the negative thought patterns and dysfunctional behaviors, the feelings may be relieved over time. Success is derived by developing more flexible ways to think and respond. An assessment would look at ways to reduce what?
  1. Avoiding passive behaviors
  2. Avoiding conflict
  3. Avoiding others beliefs
  4. Avoidance of activities
47. Operant behavior functions on the environment and is maintained by its consequences, while classical conditioning deals with the conditioning of reflexive behaviors which are elicited by antecedent conditions. Operant conditioning is distinguished from classical conditioning in that it deals with the modification of voluntary behaviors. When making an assessment, which of the following is not a basic consequence of operant conditioning?
  1. Reinforcement
  2. Punishment
  3. Conditioning
  4. Reward
48. Person-centered therapy should take place in a supportive environment created by a close personal relationship between therapist and client. The general direction of the therapy is determined by the client, while the therapist seeks to increase the client's insight and self-understanding through what?
  1. Positive reaction
  2. Coerciveness
  3. Compliments
  4. Informal questions
49. Ego functions include judgment, object relations, thought processes, defensive functioning, reality testing, impulse control, affect regulation, and synthesis. Proponents of this practice focus on the ego’s normal and pathological development, management of aggressive impulses and its adaptation to reality. It is part of what school?
  1. Gestalt therapy
  2. Assessment
  3. Reality therapy
  4. Psychoanalysis
50. Fred is a 16-year-old who has been in a lot of trouble. He is currently on juvenile probation for stealing property from neighbors. The adolescent will pick fights with other kids at school and within the community. Fred shows disregard for his safety and demonstrates violent behaviors. What disorder appropriately defines this teen?
  1. Anti-social personality disorder
  2. Manic depressive disorder
  3. ADHD
  4. Compulsive behavior disorder

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