EXAM 2: NSG 526 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS_UPDATED
Cognitive reconstruction - CORRECT ANSWERS-is a group of therapeutic techniques that help
people notice and change their negative thinking patterns. When thought patterns become destructive
and self-defeating. It's a good idea to explore ways to interrupt and redirect him. That is what cognitive
reconstruction can do
. All-or-Nothing Thinking - CORRECT ANSWERS-You see things in black-or-white categories. If
a situation falls short of perfect, you see it as a total failure. When a young woman on a diet ate a
spoonful of ice cream, she told herself, "I've blown my diet completely." This thought upset her so much
that she gobbled down an entire quart of ice cream
Mental Filter - CORRECT ANSWERS-You pick out a single negative detail and dwell on it
exclusively so that your vision of all reality becomes darkened, like the drop of ink that discolors the
entire beaker of water.
Discounting the positive - CORRECT ANSWERS-reject positive experiences by insisting they
don't count. If you do a good job, you may tell yourself that it wasn't good enough or that anyone could
have done as well. Discounting the positive takes the joy out of life and makes you feel inadequate and
unrewarded.
Jumping to Conclusions: - CORRECT ANSWERS-You interpret things negatively when there are
no facts to support your conclusion
Mind Reading - CORRECT ANSWERS-Without checking it out, you arbitrarily conclude that
someone is reacting negatively to you
Fortune-telling - CORRECT ANSWERS-You predict that things will turn out badly. Before a test
you may tell yourself, "I'm really going to blow it. What if I flunk?" If you're depressed you may tell
yourself, "I'll never get better."
,Magnification - CORRECT ANSWERS-You exaggerate the importance of your problems and
shortcomings, or you minimize the importance of your desirable qualities. This is also called the
"binocular trick."
Group Therapy primary purpose - CORRECT ANSWERS-The primary purpose of group therapy
is to facilitate changes by the patient to address identified problems.
A technique for dealing with an over talkative client and silence from other participants in a group during
therapy - CORRECT ANSWERS-make an observation about the group's silence and invite the
others to comment
the technique of "Information Giver". - CORRECT ANSWERS-During group members sharing
methods they personally use for dealing with problems
CBT - CORRECT ANSWERS-consists of active questioning, homework assignments, and dream
survey. The therapist helps the patient consider personal ideas and beliefs in order to increase the
patient's realization about how thoughts influence behaviors.
Attachment - CORRECT ANSWERS-Attempts to explain the dynamics of interpersonal
relationships between humans. A child needs to form a relationship between at least one primary
caregiver.
Mileu - CORRECT ANSWERS-Milieu therapy requires consideration of the client's social,
economic, and cultural status.
Complementary Alternative Medicine vs Western major difference - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Western medicine focuses on what is done to the patient whereas CAM focuses on mind-body
interactions.
Beck - CORRECT ANSWERS-Beck developed the cognitive model of depression and the
concept that cognitive processing distortions underlie psychological disorders
ACTIVE, TIME-LIMITED APPROACH
, depression can be understood via schemas: - CORRECT ANSWERS-Beck;
cognitive errors, and the cognitive triad (i.e., negative views of self, tendency toward interpreting
experiences in a negative manner, and holding negative views of the future).
Beck assumption - CORRECT ANSWERS-Distorted thinking contributes to and maintains
bheavior (symptoms)
Ellis - CORRECT ANSWERS-RET (Rational Emotive Therapy) a form of cbt
ret - CORRECT ANSWERS-unrealistic and irrational beliefs cause many emotional problems.
The purpose of RET is to identify an irrational belief and dispute it through active, philosophical,
confrontational therapy.
RET assumption - CORRECT ANSWERS-People make themselves sick anytime they escalate a
desire or preference into a demand or absolute must. (People become who they become based on their
beliefs).
Skinner - CORRECT ANSWERS-operant conditioning
Operant conditioning - CORRECT ANSWERS-voluntary behaviors are learned through
consequences, and behavioral responses are elicited through reinforcement, which causes a behavior to
occur more frequently. Positive reinforcement- getting a gift, or negative reinforcement- removal of
objectionable' or aversive stimulus
Skinner - CORRECT ANSWERS-Absence of reinforcement, or extinction, also decreases
behavior by withholding a reward that has become habitual. Teachers employ this strategy in the
classroom when they ignore acting-out behavior that had previously been rewarded by more attention.
Skinner's behavior model provides a concrete method for modifying or replacing behaviors. Behavior
management and modification programs based on his principles have shown to be successful in altering
targeted behaviors. Programmed learning and token economies represent extensions of Skinner's
thoughts on learning. Behavioral methods are particularly effective with children, adolescents, and
individuals with many forms of chronic mental illness.
ANSWERS_UPDATED
Cognitive reconstruction - CORRECT ANSWERS-is a group of therapeutic techniques that help
people notice and change their negative thinking patterns. When thought patterns become destructive
and self-defeating. It's a good idea to explore ways to interrupt and redirect him. That is what cognitive
reconstruction can do
. All-or-Nothing Thinking - CORRECT ANSWERS-You see things in black-or-white categories. If
a situation falls short of perfect, you see it as a total failure. When a young woman on a diet ate a
spoonful of ice cream, she told herself, "I've blown my diet completely." This thought upset her so much
that she gobbled down an entire quart of ice cream
Mental Filter - CORRECT ANSWERS-You pick out a single negative detail and dwell on it
exclusively so that your vision of all reality becomes darkened, like the drop of ink that discolors the
entire beaker of water.
Discounting the positive - CORRECT ANSWERS-reject positive experiences by insisting they
don't count. If you do a good job, you may tell yourself that it wasn't good enough or that anyone could
have done as well. Discounting the positive takes the joy out of life and makes you feel inadequate and
unrewarded.
Jumping to Conclusions: - CORRECT ANSWERS-You interpret things negatively when there are
no facts to support your conclusion
Mind Reading - CORRECT ANSWERS-Without checking it out, you arbitrarily conclude that
someone is reacting negatively to you
Fortune-telling - CORRECT ANSWERS-You predict that things will turn out badly. Before a test
you may tell yourself, "I'm really going to blow it. What if I flunk?" If you're depressed you may tell
yourself, "I'll never get better."
,Magnification - CORRECT ANSWERS-You exaggerate the importance of your problems and
shortcomings, or you minimize the importance of your desirable qualities. This is also called the
"binocular trick."
Group Therapy primary purpose - CORRECT ANSWERS-The primary purpose of group therapy
is to facilitate changes by the patient to address identified problems.
A technique for dealing with an over talkative client and silence from other participants in a group during
therapy - CORRECT ANSWERS-make an observation about the group's silence and invite the
others to comment
the technique of "Information Giver". - CORRECT ANSWERS-During group members sharing
methods they personally use for dealing with problems
CBT - CORRECT ANSWERS-consists of active questioning, homework assignments, and dream
survey. The therapist helps the patient consider personal ideas and beliefs in order to increase the
patient's realization about how thoughts influence behaviors.
Attachment - CORRECT ANSWERS-Attempts to explain the dynamics of interpersonal
relationships between humans. A child needs to form a relationship between at least one primary
caregiver.
Mileu - CORRECT ANSWERS-Milieu therapy requires consideration of the client's social,
economic, and cultural status.
Complementary Alternative Medicine vs Western major difference - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Western medicine focuses on what is done to the patient whereas CAM focuses on mind-body
interactions.
Beck - CORRECT ANSWERS-Beck developed the cognitive model of depression and the
concept that cognitive processing distortions underlie psychological disorders
ACTIVE, TIME-LIMITED APPROACH
, depression can be understood via schemas: - CORRECT ANSWERS-Beck;
cognitive errors, and the cognitive triad (i.e., negative views of self, tendency toward interpreting
experiences in a negative manner, and holding negative views of the future).
Beck assumption - CORRECT ANSWERS-Distorted thinking contributes to and maintains
bheavior (symptoms)
Ellis - CORRECT ANSWERS-RET (Rational Emotive Therapy) a form of cbt
ret - CORRECT ANSWERS-unrealistic and irrational beliefs cause many emotional problems.
The purpose of RET is to identify an irrational belief and dispute it through active, philosophical,
confrontational therapy.
RET assumption - CORRECT ANSWERS-People make themselves sick anytime they escalate a
desire or preference into a demand or absolute must. (People become who they become based on their
beliefs).
Skinner - CORRECT ANSWERS-operant conditioning
Operant conditioning - CORRECT ANSWERS-voluntary behaviors are learned through
consequences, and behavioral responses are elicited through reinforcement, which causes a behavior to
occur more frequently. Positive reinforcement- getting a gift, or negative reinforcement- removal of
objectionable' or aversive stimulus
Skinner - CORRECT ANSWERS-Absence of reinforcement, or extinction, also decreases
behavior by withholding a reward that has become habitual. Teachers employ this strategy in the
classroom when they ignore acting-out behavior that had previously been rewarded by more attention.
Skinner's behavior model provides a concrete method for modifying or replacing behaviors. Behavior
management and modification programs based on his principles have shown to be successful in altering
targeted behaviors. Programmed learning and token economies represent extensions of Skinner's
thoughts on learning. Behavioral methods are particularly effective with children, adolescents, and
individuals with many forms of chronic mental illness.
