NRNP 6645 Week 6 Midterm Exam Walden University

Question 1                          1 pts

Which of the following is consistent with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? Check all that apply.

Group of answer choices

1. CBT is a system of psychotherapy based on a theoretical framework which maintains how an individual structures one’s experiences largely determines how one feels and behaves.
2. Maladaptive thoughts relating to the “cognitive triad” are rooted in irrational or illogical assumptions.
3. By changing one’s thoughts, emotions and behaviors can be changed.
4. A and C

Question 2               1 pts

Staff in an independent living facility notice that Mr. Smith, a 75-year-old male resident is alone most of the time and seems to have alienated most of the other residents and staff. The advanced practice psychiatric nurse understands that from Erikson’s psychosocial stages perspective he is dealing with which psychosocial stage of development? NRNP 6645 Week 6 Midterm Exam Walden University

Group of answer choices

Intimacy vs. isolation

Ego integrity vs. despair

Generativity vs. stagnation

Autonomy vs. alienation

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Question 241 pts

The concept that reminds us that families are open systems, and our interpretations are shaped by assumptions we absorb from the culture is known as:

Group of answer choices

Constructivism

Systems Theory

Attachment Theory

Social Constructionism

Question 3                     1 pts

The patient talking about her husband states “By the time he comes home late for the zillionth time I’m just beside my self … you know what I mean.” The CBT therapist responds saying “No, I don’t know what you mean. Please explain what you mean by “beside yourself”. The therapist is using a technique known as which of the following?

Group of answer choices

Questioning the Evidence

Downward Arrow

Idiosyncratic Meaning

Labeling of Distortions.

Question 4             1 pts

Which of the following is consistent regarding termination in brief psychodynamic therapy?

Group of answer choices

The termination date is set within 10 weeks of anticipated termination.

The termination date is set in the beginning of treatment within 30 sessions

The termination date is set in the beginning of treatment within 60 sessions.

The termination date is flexible and is set mutually by the therapist and patient once major issues have been addressed.

Question 6                       1 pts

The quality of the therapeutic relationship is most closely linked to which school of therapy?

Group of answer choices

Freudian

Gestalt

CBT

None of the above

Question 8                      1 pts

The process of a group member benefitting by observing the therapy of another member with similar problems is a phenomenon referred to as which of the following:

Group of answer choices

Modeling

Spectator therapy

Copy-cat phenomenon

Universality

Question 9                              1 pts

Recognizing that many factors may have contributed to a patient’s current situation is an example of which of the following?

Group of answer choices

Biomedical model

Psychosocial framework

Overdeterminism

Resiliency

Question 10               1 pts

The skilled psychotherapist assists the patient to stay in the Resilience Zone. Which of the following symptoms are consistent with hypoarousal?

Group of answer choices

Pain, anxiety, fatigue

Emptiness, emotional paralysis, emotional numbness

Euphoria, irritability, panic

Angry outbursts, anxiety, exhaustion

Question 31                            1 pts

In supportive psychotherapy where the patient is functioning at a child-like level in significant domains of life which basic strategy of dynamic supportive therapy would most likely be used?

Group of answer choices

Be a good parent

Foster and protect the therapeutic alliance

Hold and contain the patient

Provide a role model for identification

NRNP 6645 Week 6 Midterm Exam Walden University

Question 33                                    1 pts

A descriptive/biological approach of specialized knowledge that treats individuals as members of a diagnostic group is based on

Group of answer choices

A biomedical model

A holistic model

A recovery model

A resilience model

Question 34                           1 pts

“If I was in a relationship, all of my problems would be solved” is an example of which type of cognitive distortion?

Group of answer choices

Fallacy of attachment

Fallacy of worrying

Fallacy of perfect effect

Fallacy of the change of others

Question 351 pts

Which of the following is not consistent with evidence-based research on psychodynamic therapy?

Group of answer choices

Research demonstrates psychodynamic therapy is not effective.

Research reflects inherent difficulties in experimental controlled design for this approach.

Most psychodynamic research consists of case studies which limits the ability to generalize to other situations and populations.

Psychodynamic techniques do not lend themselves to the precision required for a clinical trial.

NRNP 6645 Week 6 Midterm Exam Walden University

Question 361 pts

When assessing families of a different culture from the therapist for treatment, the therapist should consider which of the following with respect to culture?

Group of answer choices

The therapist should consider the unique subculture of the family.

The therapist should consider assumptions of the larger cultural background of the family.

The therapist should ask the family to share their experiences and traditions

All of the above

Question 371 pts

Strategies for working with anxiety are central to all therapy approaches. Which strategy would be consistent with a behavioral therapy approach?

Group of answer choices

Restructuring

Interpretations

Desensitization

Exploring wishes

Question 381 pts

The focus of therapy in brief psychodynamic psychotherapy is on which of the following?

Group of answer choices

The focus is on structured homework assignments.

The focus in on the rupture of the therapeutic alliance

The focus in on transference that naturally occurs during the sessions.

The focus is on interpersonal relationships outside of the therapeutic relationship.

Question 391 pts

A therapist has decided to terminate treatment for a patient due to the patient continuing to miss scheduled appointments. The therapist should do which of the following?

Group of answer choices

1. Write a termination letter indicating only that the therapy is being terminated effective immediately.
2. Send a termination letter to the patient indicating therapist concern, reason for termination, reason for patient to continue in treatment and referral to another provider if patient wants to continue in treatment and put a copy of this in the patient chart.
3. Make sure patient not in crisis and refer to a specific provider.
4. B and C
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Question 401 pts

Which of the following is not consistent with the underlying assumptions of psychodynamic psychotherapy?

Group of answer choices

What has happened in the past determines what we do today.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is rooted in developmental theory

By changing one’s thoughts, emotions and behaviors can be changed.

Through understanding the past, the individual is impowered to make more conscious decisions.

Question 73                            1 pts

Common ancestry through which individuals have evolved shared values and customs is known as which of the following?

Group of answer choices

Culture

Ethnicity

Cybernetics

Constructivism

Question 74                   1 pts

“Everything always goes wrong for me” is an example of which type of cognitive distortion?

Group of answer choices

All or nothing

Personalization

Overgeneralization

Emotional reasoning

NRNP 6645 Week 6 Midterm Exam Walden University