Deck 18: Managing Barriers to Change

Question 1

Which of the following statements is true of transference reactions?​

A)​They can only be negative.
B)​They aid progress.
C)​They result from realistic ideas.
D)​They lack objectivity.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true of a social worker who is overinvolved with a client?​

A)​The social worker finds it difficult to empathize with the client.
B)​The social worker has an unreasonable dislike of the client.
C)​The social worker reflects or reframes excessively without answering.
D)​The social worker fails to acknowledge client growth.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The therapeutic bind technique is used with clients who:​

A)​have self-control.
B)​are self-aware.
C)​cling to self-defeating behaviors.
D)​are aggressive and abrasive.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true of motivational interviewing?​

A)​It is incompatible with self-determination.
B)​It increases ambivalence.
C)​It cannot be integrated with other treatment approaches.
D)​It is client-centered.

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true of relabeling or reframing?​

A)​It focuses on the negatives.
B)​It minimizes clients' problems.
C)​It ignores fears in risking new behaviors.
D)​It emphasizes the benefits of change.

Question 6

The first step a social worker can take in resolving countertransference is to:​

A)​engage in introspection.
B)​discuss with the client.
C)​suppress all forms of thought.
D)​seek professional help.

Question 7

Describe the circumstances of burnout resulting in underinvolvement with clients.

Question 8

Describe pathological or inept social workers.

Question 9

Discuss the difference between burnout and compassion fatigue.

Question 10

​In the context of managing barriers to change, relational reactions:

A)​refer to the ability to recognize and therefore manage your feelings, emotions, and behaviors.
B)​occur when a social worker withholds assistance.
C)​are interpersonal factors to which diverse clients are reported to have responded favorably.
D)​are conscious and unconscious dynamics between people.

Question 11

The experience of _____ is recognized in situations in which knowledge of and exposure to others' trauma and wanting to help increase the susceptibility to indirect or direct trauma for a social worker.​

A)​medical trauma
B)​vicarious trauma
C)​complex trauma
D)​self-induced trauma

Question 12

_____ refers to the process of creating a helpful connection and a strong working relationship between a social worker and a client.​

A)​Collusion
B)​Evoking
C)​Engaging
D)​Triangulation

Question 13

_____ helps you to clarify, and indeed understand, your bias, beliefs, values, and stereotypes.​

A)​Self-exploration
B)​Self-infliction
C)​Self-control
D)​Self-esteem

Question 14

Which of the following statements is true of relational dynamics?​

A)​They are always unconscious in nature.
B)​They do not affect a social worker's relationship with the client.
C)​They need to be managed so that they do not become threats.
D)​They do not affect the process of problem solving.

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true of reactance theory?​

A)​It concludes that an individual is opposed to change.
B)​It supports the use of aggressive strategies.
C)​It leads a social worker to objectively anticipate the range of responses to be expected.
D)​It is the least fruitful perspective for considering opposition to change with involuntary clients.

Question 16

Change is believed to progress through a sequence of stages, beginning with the _____.​

A)​precontemplation stage
B)​preparation stage
C)​maintenance stage
D)​action stage

Question 17

_____ involves an analytical dialogue with yourself aimed at discovering the sources of your feelings, reactions, cognitions, and behaviors.​

A)​Collusion
B)​Introspection
C)​Intervention
D)​Connotation

Question 18

_____ is a serious concern that calls for corrective behavior on the part of the social worker, through supervision, skill development, or self-reflection.​

A)​Triangulation
B)​Ineptness
C)​Reframing
D)​Scaling

Question 19

Which of the following statements is true of countertransference reactions?​

A)They can result from unmet needs of a social worker.​
B)​They do not contaminate helping relationships.
C)​They produce therapeutic emotional reactions.
D)​They are not influenced by a social worker's past experiences.

Question 20

_____ is aimed at eliciting a client's motivation to change rather than imposing a change solution that is guided or thought to be appropriate by the social worker.​

A)​Collusion
B)​Evoking
C)​Engaging
D)​Triangulation

Question 21

Discuss the types of tensions in cross-cultural relationships.

Question 22

Discuss the importance of helper attractiveness.

Question 23

Explain cultural empathy.

Question 24

List the guidelines for managing transference reactions.

Question 25

Explain reactance theory.

Question 26

Discuss the significance of establishing trust between the client and the social worker.

Question 27

Discuss the consequences of sexual attraction toward clients.