NASW Code of Etihics
Human Development and Behavior
Assessment and Diagnosis
Practice Methods and Interventions
100

This ethical principle emphasizes helping people in need and addressing social problems.

What is service?

100

Erikson’s adolescent stage is identity vs. this.

What is role confusion?

100

Manual used for diagnosing mental disorders.

What is the DSM-5?

100

CBT focuses on thoughts and this.

What are behaviors?

200

A social worker must avoid this when personal interests interfere with professional judgment.

What is a conflict of interest?

200

This theorist developed the hierarchy of needs.

Who is Maslow?

200

Assessment used to evaluate risk to self or others.

What is a safety assessment?

200

Motivational Interviewing is best for clients who are this

What is ambivalent about change?

300

This ethical standard limits disclosure of client information.

What is confidentiality?

300

Piaget stage involving logical thinking about concrete events.

What is concrete operational?

300

Biopsychosocial includes biological, psychological, and this factor.

What is social?

300

Practice model focusing on client strengths.

What is strengths-based practice?

400

Confidentiality must be broken when there is risk of this.

What is imminent danger to self or others?

400

This very early stage of development may impact a person's ability to form healthy relationships due to a limited sense of safety and security.

What is Trust vs. Mistrust

400

PTSD diagnosis requires exposure to this.

What is a traumatic event?

400

Therapy focusing on roles, boundaries, and systems. 

What is family systems therapy?

500

Practicing only within one’s training reflects this ethical principle.

What is competence?

500

An operant conditioning method used to decrease the likelihood of a behavior by adding an aversive stimulus immediately following that action.

What is positive punishment

500

Before assigning a DSM-5 diagnosis, a social worker must first determine whether the client’s symptoms are better explained by this.

What is a medical condition, substance use, or cultural/environmental factors?

500

FIRST step when a client presents in crisis.

What is ensuring safety?

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