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LMSW Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Exception Exploration | Technique prompting cl’s to think abt times a problem was not present, less intense, or handled/managed more effectively. Rooted in solutions focused therapy |
| Partialization | Breaking down issues or processes into incremental steps or actions |
| Marginalization | Acculturation strategy. Individual’s reject BOTH their culture of origin and the dominant host culture. (Remember: AIMS) |
| Integration | Acculturation strategy. Individuals can balance both norms of the dominant host culture and culture of origin (Remember: AIMS) |
| Assimilation | Acculturation strategy. Individuals adopt the cultural norms of the dominant host culture over their culture of origin (Remember: AIMS) |
| Separation | Acculturation strategy. Rejecting the dominant culture in favor of preserving culture of origin. (Remember: AIMS) |
| Data Triangulation | Using multiple data sources, methods, or perspectives to check facts, reduce bias, and build a trustworthy picture of a client’s situation or a social research study |
| Linking | Connecting different elements of information to help see overarching themes. Ex: tying past behavior to a current pattern Ex: connecting a clients stated values to their actions |
| Reflecting | Giving back the core emotional tone or content of a message |
| Clarifying | Asking for further explanation to remove confusion and ensure the SWer understands the client |
| Naltrexone | Blocks the effects of opioids and alcohol in the brain, therefore DECREASING CRAVINGS FOR ALCOHOL |
| Entropy | Degree of chaos, randomness, disorganization, and disorder in a system or family |
| Triangulation | Use of exclusion or threats in a 3-person relationship to maintain control OR adding a third person to a two person interaction or relationship to ease tension OR data triangulation |
| Adaptation | Ones ability to adjust their behavior, thoughts, or feelings in response to new environmental conditions or life stressors |
| Reaction Formation | Unconscious defense mechanism where a person replaces an unacceptable impulse with its opposite |
| Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome | Brain disorder associated with alcohol use disorder |
| When people believe others can hear or know their thoughts. A type of delusion | Thought Broadcasting |
| Magical Thinking | Belief that one’s own actions influence external events in the environment; aka “superstitious thinking” |
| Qualitative Research Design | Gathers non-numerical date; explores the how and why f human behavior and social challenges |
| Single Subject Research Design | Uses repeated measures before and during treatment to assess the effectiveness of an intervention on a single person, group, or policy |
| Quasi-Experimental Research Design | Tests for cause and effect without requiring random assignment. Uses pre-existing or natural groups instead |
| Aberrant | Markedly different from an accepted norm; deviant, atypical, or nonconforming |
| Acts of Commission | Engaging in an act of malfeasance when knowing the action or commission is illegal |
| Act of Omission | Failure to perform a legal duty or social work task |
| Amelioration | Aimed at improving or making better |
| Assent | Agreement or approval by someone not able to give legal consent due to age or cognitive ability |
| Capitation | Payment structure used with insurance companies. provider/facility is paid a fixed amount per person |
| Convalescence | Time spent recovering from an illness, injury, or condition. aka “recuperation” |
| Cooptation | Strategy for reducing resistance by including opponents in decision making, aims to change viewpoints of those who are oppositional |
| DAP Notes | Data, assessment, plan. Format for psychotherapy and progress notes |
| Double Bind | Contradictory messages or requests in which affirmatively responding to one negates the other; situation in which any choice results in unpleasant outcome. Ex: telling a child to speak up then reprimanding them for being outspoken |
| Ego Dystonic | Thoughts/impulses/wishes that do not align with one’s self of self. Aka ego alien |
| Ego Syntonic | Thoughts/impulses/wishes in sync (or in alliance with) one’s sense of self |
| Encropesis | Involuntary passage of feces. Can be due to emotional or psychological problems. Often treated with behavioral intervention |
| Endogenous Depression | Not linked to external stressors. Assumed to be caused by a biological or genetic factor |
| Enuresis | Involuntarily urination. Can be caused by medical problem or psychological distress. |
| Exogenous Depression | Caused by distressing event or situation. Aka reactive depression |
| External Locus of Control | Belief that outcomes are due to environmental factors, luck, chance, or randomness |
| Hematuria | Blood in urine gross=easily seen micro=visible under microscope |
| Ideas of reference | Belief that irrelevant or benign things directly refer to oneself or have special personal significance. aka delusions of reference |
| In-vivo | Conditions that approximate real-life; often used to describe face-to-face encounters |
| Latent content | Symbolic or hidden meaning. Focus of psychoanlaysis as it represents repressed urges and desires |
| Maleficence | Act of committing harm or evil. Prevented by using evidence-based interventions and adhering to accepted standards of care |
| Manifest Content | Material that is overtly expressed or evident. The dreams, thoughts, or fantasies remembered in psychoanalysis |
| Negative Entropy | System becoming less disordered. Growing or developing |
| Secondary Prevention | Screening to identify diseases in the earliest stages before the onset of signs and symptoms ex: mammography, regular blood pressure testing |
| Tertiary Prevention | Intervention for those already affected. Goals focused on improving quality of life by reducing limitations or delaying complications |
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