LMSW Exam Prep

What is Enmeshment?

Family members are too involved in each other's lives, leading to poor boundaries and little independence.

🧠 Memory Trick
Everyone is "meshed together."

🎯 Exam Clue
Parent won't let an adult child become independent.

⚠ Don't Confuse With
Disengagement (too much distance).

🏷 Topic: Family Systems Theory

What is Milieu Therapy?

A treatment approach where the entire environment helps clients heal. Staff, peers, daily routines, and activities are all part of treatment.

🧠 Memory Trick:
"The environment is the therapy."

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
If the question describes an inpatient psychiatric unit or residential treatment center where daily routines, peer interactions, and staff relationships are used as treatment, think Milieu Therapy.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Individual therapy, where treatment occurs mainly during one-on-one sessions.

📂 Domain: Interventions with Clients/Client Systems

🏷 Topic: Treatment Models

What is Factitious Disorder?

A person intentionally fakes or causes illness to receive attention and medical care, not for money or other outside rewards.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Fake for Care.

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
Client repeatedly visits hospitals or causes symptoms to become a patient, with no external reward.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Malingering (faking for money, drugs, avoiding work, etc.).

📂 Domain: Assessment & Intervention Planning

🏷 Topic: DSM-5 Disorders

What is Somatic Symptom Disorder?

A person has real physical symptoms and truly believes they are sick. They are not intentionally faking their symptoms.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Symptoms are Sincere.

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
Multiple medical complaints with little or no medical explanation, and the client is genuinely worried.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Factitious Disorder (intentional) or Malingering (intentional for external gain).

📂 Domain: Assessment & Intervention Planning

🏷 Topic: DSM-5 Disorders

Factitious Disorder vs. Somatic Symptom Disorder vs. Malingering

• Factitious Disorder: Intentionally fakes illness for attention/care.

• Somatic Symptom Disorder: Not faking; symptoms are real to the person.

• Malingering: Intentionally fakes illness for an external reward (money, drugs, avoiding work, etc.).

🧠 Memory Trick:

• Factitious = Fake for Care

• Somatic = Symptoms are Sincere

• Malingering = Money

Who developed Family Systems Theory?

Murray Bowen developed Family Systems Theory.

The theory says the family functions as one system, so when one person changes, everyone is affected.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Think of a mobile hanging over a crib. Move one piece, and every other piece moves too.

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
Questions focus on family interactions, not just one individual's behavior.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Family Systems Theory

What is Pseudo-Mutuality?

A family pretends everything is okay and avoids discussing real problems.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Pseudo = Pretend.

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
The family appears "perfect" but ignores conflict and dysfunction.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Healthy family communication, where problems are discussed openly.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Family Systems Theory

What is Mystification?

Family members deny or distort reality, causing another person to doubt their own thoughts, memories, or experiences.

🧠 Memory Trick:
"They make reality mysterious."

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A child says abuse happened, and the family insists, "That never happened."

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Pseudo-mutuality (pretending everything is fine).

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Family Systems Theory

What is a Dystonic Family System?

A family that recognizes its problems and is willing to seek help and change.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Dystonic = Distressed by the problem.

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
The family comes to therapy saying, "We know things aren't working, and we need help."

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Syntonic Family (believes nothing is wrong).

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Family Systems Theory

What is a Tightly Closed Family System?

A family that keeps outsiders out, resists change, and avoids outside help.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Think of a house with all the doors locked. 🔒

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A family refuses counseling and says, "We don't discuss family business with outsiders."

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
An Open System, which welcomes support and adapts to change.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Family Systems Theory

What is Triangulation?

When two family members in conflict involve a third person to reduce tension instead of solving the problem directly.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Triangle = 3 people. 🔺

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A child is caught in the middle of parents' arguments or carries messages between them.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Healthy communication, where family members resolve conflict directly.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Family Systems Theory

What is Homeostasis (Family Systems)?

A family's tendency to resist change and maintain its usual way of functioning, even if it's unhealthy.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Homeostasis = "Home stays the same."

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
One family member changes (e.g., stops drinking), but the family unconsciously tries to return to old patterns.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Healthy adaptation, where families adjust positively to change.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Family Systems Theory

What is an Identified Patient (IP)?

The family member identified as "the problem," even though their symptoms may reflect dysfunction in the entire family.

🧠 Memory Trick:
"Identified" = The person everyone points to. 👈

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A child is blamed for behavioral problems, but the real issue is ongoing family conflict.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Scapegoat—while the identified patient is often blamed, the concept emphasizes that the person's symptoms may represent problems in the whole family system.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Family Systems Theory

What is Scapegoating?

Blaming one family member for the family's problems while ignoring the real issues.

🧠 Memory Trick:
The "goat" gets blamed for everything. 🐐

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
Parents blame one child for all the family's difficulties instead of addressing their own marital conflict.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Identified Patient—the identified patient has symptoms that may reflect family dysfunction, while scapegoating focuses on unfairly assigning blame.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Family Systems Theory

What is Differentiation of Self?

The ability to maintain your own thoughts, values, and emotions while staying connected to your family.

🧠 Memory Trick:
"Be yourself without cutting yourself off."

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
An adult calmly disagrees with their parents while maintaining a healthy relationship.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Emotional Cutoff, where someone avoids conflict by ending or limiting contact.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Family Systems Theory

What is Emotional Cutoff?

Avoiding unresolved family problems by distancing yourself or cutting off contact.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Cutoff = "I can't deal with this, so I'm leaving."

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A person stops speaking to their family instead of working through the conflict.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Differentiation = staying connected while maintaining your own identity.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment
🏷 Topic: Family Systems Theory

What is Disengagement in a Family System?

Family members are too emotionally distant and have little involvement or support for one another.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Disengaged = Disconnected.

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
Family members rarely communicate, provide emotional support, or know what's happening in each other's lives.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Enmeshment = family members are TOO involved.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment
🏷 Topic: Family Systems Theory

What is Ego-Dystonic?

Thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that are unwanted, upsetting, and inconsistent with how a person sees themselves.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Dystonic = "This doesn't feel like me." 😣

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A client with OCD says, "I hate these thoughts. I don't want them, and they scare me."

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Ego-syntonic = the person sees the thoughts or behaviors as acceptable or consistent with themselves.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment
🏷 Topic: Mental Health Concepts

What is Ego-Syntonic?

Thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that feel acceptable or consistent with how the person sees themselves.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Syntonic = "Seems fine to me." 😌

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
The client does not see their behavior as a problem, even though other people do.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Ego-dystonic = the person is bothered or distressed by the thoughts or behaviors.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment
🏷 Topic: Mental Health Concepts

What did the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 do?

The major 1996 welfare reform law that replaced AFDC with TANF and emphasized temporary assistance and work.

🧠 Memory Trick:
1996 = Welfare Reform → TANF = Temporary + Work

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
Look for:
AFDC → TANF, welfare reform, work requirements, or time-limited cash assistance.

📌 Key Fact:
Federal TANF-funded assistance generally has a 60-month (5-year) lifetime limit, subject to important exceptions and state rules.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment
🏷 Topic: Social Welfare Policy

What is an Enabler (Social Work Role)?

A social worker who empowers clients by helping them develop the skills and confidence to solve their own problems.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Enabler = Empower.

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
The social worker teaches or supports the client instead of doing the task for them.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
An advocate, who speaks or acts on behalf of the client.

📂 Domain: Interventions with Clients/Client Systems

🏷 Topic: Social Work Roles

What is a Social Change Agent?

A social worker who works to change policies, organizations, or communities to improve conditions for groups of people.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Change Agent = Changes the System.

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
The social worker advocates for new laws, community programs, or agency policy changes.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
An enabler, who focuses on helping individual clients.

📂 Domain: Professional Relationships, Values, and Ethics

🏷 Topic: Social Work Roles

What is an Open Family System?

A family that is open to outside help, communicates with others, and adapts to change.

Who developed the Therapeutic Community concept related to Milieu Therapy?

🧠 Memory Trick:
Open Door = Open to Help. 🚪

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A family willingly participates in therapy and accepts support from schools or community resources.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
A tightly closed system, which resists outside influence.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Family Systems Theory

Who developed the Therapeutic Community concept related to Milieu Therapy?

Maxwell Jones, a Scottish psychiatrist, helped develop the therapeutic community, which influenced modern milieu therapy.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Maxwell = Milieu.

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
If a question asks who is associated with therapeutic communities or milieu therapy, think Maxwell Jones.

⚠ Remember:
The exam is more likely to test the concept of milieu therapy than the name Maxwell Jones.

📂 Domain: Interventions with Clients/Client Systems

🏷 Topic: Treatment Models

Family Systems Theory: How do I tell these concepts apart?

• Enmeshment = Too close

• Disengagement = Too distant

• Triangulation = Third person pulled into conflict

• Homeostasis = Family resists change

• Pseudo-Mutuality = Pretends everything is fine

• Mystification = Makes someone doubt reality

• Scapegoat = One person gets blamed

• Identified Patient = Family says this person is "the problem"

• Differentiation = Stay yourself while staying connected

• Emotional Cutoff = Avoid conflict by cutting off contact

What is the Ego?

The ego is the part of the personality that makes realistic decisions. It balances what you want (id) with what's right (superego).

🧠 Memory Trick:
Ego = Referee ⚖
It keeps the id and superego from fighting.

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
If a question asks about reality, problem-solving, or balancing impulses, think ego.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Id (wants immediate pleasure) or Superego (focuses on morals and rules).

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory

What is the Id?

The id is the part of the personality that wants immediate pleasure. It doesn't care about rules or consequences.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Id = "I want it NOW!" 👶

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
If someone acts on impulse without thinking about consequences, think id.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
The ego, which thinks before acting.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory

What is the Superego?

The superego is the moral part of the personality. It represents your conscience and sense of right and wrong.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Superego = Super Moral 😇

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
If someone feels guilty or focuses on doing the "right thing," think superego.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
The ego, which focuses on realistic decisions.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory

How do the Id, Ego, and Superego work together?

• Id = Wants immediate pleasure.

• Ego = Makes realistic decisions.

• Superego = Focuses on morals and values.

🧠 Memory Trick:

🍰 Cake Example:

Id: "Eat the whole cake!"

Superego: "Don't eat any. It's wrong."

Ego: "Have one slice."

What is Conscious Motivation?

Conscious motivation refers to thoughts, feelings, and goals that a person is aware of and can explain.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Conscious = You know it. 💡

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
If a client can clearly explain why they made a decision or behaved a certain way, it is conscious motivation.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Unconscious motivation, where behavior is influenced by thoughts or feelings outside a person's awareness.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Human Behavior

Who was Jean Piaget?

Jean Piaget developed the Theory of Cognitive Development, which explains how children's thinking changes as they grow.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Piaget = How Kids THINK. 🧠

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
If a question asks about thinking, reasoning, or problem-solving, think Piaget.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Cognitive Development

What is the Sensorimotor Stage?

Birth–2 years: Babies learn through their senses and movement.

The biggest milestone is Object Permanence—understanding that objects still exist even when they can't be seen.

🧠 Memory Trick:
👶 Sensorimotor = Senses + Movement

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A baby cries when a toy disappears because they think it's gone forever. Once they develop object permanence, they know the toy still exists.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Piaget

What is the Preoperational Stage?

Ages 2–7: Children develop language and imagination but cannot think logically yet.

This stage includes egocentrism.

🧠 Memory Trick:
🧸 Preoperational = Pretend Play

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A child believes everyone sees the world exactly as they do.

➡ Think Egocentrism.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Piaget

What is Egocentrism?

The inability to see things from another person's point of view.

The child assumes everyone thinks and feels the same way they do.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Ego = Me! Me! Me!

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A 4-year-old hides behind a curtain and thinks no one can see them because they can't see anyone else.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Selfishness. Egocentrism is a normal developmental stage, not intentional selfish behavior.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Piaget

What is Classification? (Piaget)

Classification is the ability to group objects based on shared characteristics (such as color, shape, or size).

This skill develops during the Concrete Operational Stage (ages 7–11).

🧠 Memory Trick:
🟢🔵🔴 Classification = Sorting Things Into Groups

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A child correctly sorts blocks by color or animals by type.

⚠ Remember:
This is a sign that the child is beginning to think logically about concrete objects.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Piage

What are Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's Five Stages of Grief?

Kübler-Ross described five common emotional reactions to grief or major loss:

1. Denial

2. Anger

3. Bargaining

4. Depression

5. Acceptance

🧠 Memory Trick:
DABDA

• Denial

• Anger

• Bargaining

• Depression

• Acceptance

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
Remember that people do not have to experience the stages in order, and they may not experience all five.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Thinking grief follows a strict, predictable sequence. In real life, grief is highly individual.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Grief & Loss

⭐ High Yield

What are Neuroleptic Medications?

Neuroleptics (antipsychotics) are medications used to treat psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, by reducing symptoms like hallucinations and delusions.

🧠 Memory Trick:
🧠 Neuroleptic = "Neuro" + "Psychosis" = Antipsychotic

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A client with schizophrenia is prescribed medication to reduce hallucinations or delusions.

📌 Examples:

• Haloperidol (first-generation)

• Risperidone (second-generation)

• Olanzapine (second-generation)

⚠ Remember:
Antipsychotics can have side effects, including tardive dyskinesia (involuntary movements), so social workers should monitor for changes and coordinate with the treatment team.

📂 Domain: Assessment & Intervention Planning

🏷 Topic: Psychopharmacology

⭐ High Yield

What is Illness Anxiety Disorder (formerly Hypochondriasis)?

A person is preoccupied with having or developing a serious illness, even though they have few or no physical symptoms.

🧠 Memory Trick:
🤒 "I'm sure I'm sick."

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
Medical tests are normal, but the client remains convinced they have a serious disease.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Somatic Symptom Disorder, where the person has real physical symptoms that cause distress.

📂 Domain: Assessment & Intervention Planning

🏷 Topic: DSM-5 Disorders

⭐ High Yield

What is Dissociative Fugue?

A rare type of dissociative amnesia where a person suddenly travels away from home and may be confused about or unable to remember their identity.

🧠 Memory Trick:
✈ Fugue = Flee

Think: They forget and they flee.

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A client is found in another city with no memory of how they got there or who they are.

⚠ Remember:
The key clue is unexpected travel plus memory loss/identity confusion.

📂 Domain: Assessment & Intervention Planning

🏷 Topic: Dissociative Disorders

⭐ High Yield

What is Dissociative Amnesia?

A person cannot remember important personal information, usually after a traumatic or stressful event. The memory loss is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetting.

🧠 Memory Trick:
🧠 Amnesia = Memory Loss

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A client cannot remember details of a traumatic event, but medical tests show no brain injury.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Memory loss caused by dementia, head injury, or substance use.

📂 Domain: Assessment & Intervention Planning

🏷 Topic: Dissociative Disorders

⭐ High Yield

What is Epidemiology?

Epidemiology is the study of how diseases or health conditions affect groups of people, including who gets them, where, when, and why.

🧠 Memory Trick:
🦠 Epi = Epidemic = Studying Disease Patterns

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
Researchers study why one community has higher rates of depression, diabetes, or substance use than another.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Treating individual patients. Epidemiology focuses on populations, not one person.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Research & Public Health

What is an HMO (Health Maintenance Organization)?

An HMO is a type of health insurance plan that provides care through a network of providers and usually requires members to choose a primary care provider (PCP).

🧠 Memory Trick:
🏥 HMO = Stay in the Home Team (Network).

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A client needs a referral from their primary care provider before seeing a specialist.

⚠ Remember:
HMOs generally require in-network providers and PCP referrals for specialty care.

📂 Domain: Assessment & Intervention Planning

🏷 Topic: Healthcare Systems

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What were the Elizabethan Poor Laws?

A series of English laws (1601) that established government responsibility for helping people living in poverty and distinguished between those considered able to work and those unable to work.

🧠 Memory Trick:
👑 Elizabeth = Early Public Assistance

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
Questions about the history of welfare or the origins of public assistance often point to the Elizabethan Poor Laws.

📌 Key Facts:

• Local communities were responsible for providing relief.

• Assistance differed depending on whether a person was able to work.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Social Welfare Policy

⭐ High Yield

What is Co-optation?

Co-optation is when an organization includes influential people or groups in decision-making to gain their support or reduce opposition.

🧠 Memory Trick:
🤝 "Join us instead of fighting us."

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A community agency invites neighborhood leaders to serve on its advisory board so they'll support a new program.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Collaboration. Co-optation specifically involves bringing potential critics or influential stakeholders into the organization to gain buy-in.

📂 Domain: Professional Relationships, Values, and Ethics

🏷 Topic: Community Practice

What is Rawls' Theory of Justice?

John Rawls believed that a just society is one that treats everyone fairly, especially people who are the most disadvantaged.

His idea was that people would create fair laws if they didn't know what position they would have in society.

🧠 Memory Trick:
🎭 "What if that were me?"

Imagine making laws without knowing if you'd be rich, poor, healthy, or disabled.

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
If a question focuses on fairness, equality, or protecting vulnerable populations, think Rawls.

⚠ Remember:
Rawls emphasizes fair opportunities and justice, not equal outcomes for everyone.

📂 Domain: Professional Relationships, Values, and Ethics

🏷 Topic: Social Justice

⭐ High Yield

How do you remember Kohlberg's 3 Levels of Moral Development?

• Preconventional = Avoid punishment / Get rewards

• Conventional = Follow rules and laws

• Postconventional = Follow personal ethical principles

🧠 Memory Trick:

🚦 Me → Rules → Principles

• Me = What's best for me?

• Rules = What do the rules say?

• Principles = What is ethically right?

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
Ask yourself why the person made the decision:

• To avoid punishment? → Preconventional

• To follow rules? → Conventional

• To uphold ethical principles? → Postconventional

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Kohlberg

⭐ High Yield

What is the Postconventional Level?

The person makes decisions based on universal ethical principles, even if it means breaking a law.

🧠 Memory Trick:
❤ "Do what's right, even if it's unpopular."

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A person breaks a law because they believe it's unjust and are acting to protect human rights.

⚠ Don't Confuse With:
Breaking laws for personal gain. Postconventional reasoning is based on ethics, not self-interest.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Kohlberg

⭐ High Yield

What is the Conventional Level?

The person follows rules and laws because they want to be a good person and maintain social order.

🧠 Memory Trick:
👮 "Follow the Rules."

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
Someone says, "I obey the law because it's the right thing to do."

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Kohlberg

⭐ High Yield

What is the Preconventional Level?

The person makes decisions based on avoiding punishment or getting rewards.

🧠 Memory Trick:
👶 "What's in it for me?"

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
A child says, "I won't steal because I'll get in trouble."

⚠ Remember:
The focus is punishment and rewards, not morals.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Kohlberg

⭐ High Yield

Who was Lawrence Kohlberg?

Lawrence Kohlberg developed the Theory of Moral Development, which explains how people's sense of right and wrong changes as they mature.

🧠 Memory Trick:
Kohlberg = Moral Choices = Right vs. Wrong ⚖

🎯 ASWB Exam Clue:
If the question asks why someone thinks an action is right or wrong, think Kohlberg.

📂 Domain: Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment

🏷 Topic: Moral Development

⭐ High Yield