ASWB Social Work Bachelor's Exam Prep - Question List

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86. Direct practice often utilizes behavior therapy to treat depression, ADHD, addiction, insomnia, chronic fatigue, and phobias. The length of therapeutic treatment varies with each individual client. Treatments may include assertiveness training, desensitization, and relaxation training. What is the first thing a therapist must do before beginning treatment?
  1. Modify the environment
  2. Estimate the client’s quality of life
  3. Analyze the behaviors
  4. Remove undesirable behaviors
87. One form of behavior therapy looks at the antecedent and consequence that causes a negative behavior. Reinforcement and punishment are the core tools that are either positive or negative. The therapy deals with modifications of voluntary behavior in regards to environmental influences. What form of behavior therapy is being described?
  1. Operant conditioning
  2. Positive reinforcement
  3. Classical conditioning
  4. Punishment
88. Many social workers will exercise authority to bring about and manage social change or reform. This methodology of self in indirect practice is based on the practitioner’s use of what skill?
  1. Knowledge
  2. Leadership
  3. Competency
  4. Communicative
89. A humanistic social worker should have many attributes and behaviors. Among these is the need to be genuine, non-judgmental, and empathetic. What is another characteristic of a humanistic approach in practice?
  1. Open-ended responses
  2. Reflective listening
  3. Tentative interpretations
  4. All of the above
90. The cognitive conditioning approach is based on an individual’s capacity to use imagery. In some populations, it has been found that an imaginary reward can be as effective as a real one. Clinicians report the mind’s ability to spontaneously generate imagery may improve typical reactions to situations by providing what?
  1. Intuitive solutions
  2. Endorphins
  3. Extraneous variables
  4. Positive reinforcement

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