NR 326 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026
Mental Health - CORRECT ANSWER -the successful adaptation to stressors from the
internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that
are age-appropriate and congruent with local and cultural norms
Mental Illness - CORRECT ANSWER -Maladaptive responses to stressors from the
internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that
are incongruent with the local and cultural norms and interfere with the individual's
social, occupational, or physical functioning
Psychological theories - CORRECT ANSWER -help us to explain behavior (why)
Psychological therapies - CORRECT ANSWER -treatments based on these theories
(RN)
Psychoanalytic Theory (Freud) - CORRECT ANSWER -Developed psychoanalysis
Application to Nursing:
- Cause of suffering, value of talk sessions,
- correct inappropriate learning patterns
Psychosocial Development (Erickson) - CORRECT ANSWER -Application to Nursing:
- Individualize care to patient's developmental level
Interpersonal theory (Sullivan) - CORRECT ANSWER --Believed that individual
behavior and personality development are the direct result of interpersonal
relationships.
- Human behavior could be observed in social interaction with others.
, Application to Nursing:
- Relationship based therapy
Humanistic Theory (Maslow) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Modeling - CORRECT ANSWER -What is it used for?
- Leading by example
How is it used?
- Staff demonstration, examples
Operant Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER -What is it used for?
- Positive behavior is reinforced
How is it used?
- Reward system
Systematic Desensitization - CORRECT ANSWER -What is it used for?
- Anxiety Disorders
How is it used?
- Patients are taught techniques and then exposed
Cognitive Therapy (Beck) - CORRECT ANSWER -A type of psychotherapy based on
identifying negative thinking/emotions and restructuring them into positive.
CORRECT ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026
Mental Health - CORRECT ANSWER -the successful adaptation to stressors from the
internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that
are age-appropriate and congruent with local and cultural norms
Mental Illness - CORRECT ANSWER -Maladaptive responses to stressors from the
internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that
are incongruent with the local and cultural norms and interfere with the individual's
social, occupational, or physical functioning
Psychological theories - CORRECT ANSWER -help us to explain behavior (why)
Psychological therapies - CORRECT ANSWER -treatments based on these theories
(RN)
Psychoanalytic Theory (Freud) - CORRECT ANSWER -Developed psychoanalysis
Application to Nursing:
- Cause of suffering, value of talk sessions,
- correct inappropriate learning patterns
Psychosocial Development (Erickson) - CORRECT ANSWER -Application to Nursing:
- Individualize care to patient's developmental level
Interpersonal theory (Sullivan) - CORRECT ANSWER --Believed that individual
behavior and personality development are the direct result of interpersonal
relationships.
- Human behavior could be observed in social interaction with others.
, Application to Nursing:
- Relationship based therapy
Humanistic Theory (Maslow) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Modeling - CORRECT ANSWER -What is it used for?
- Leading by example
How is it used?
- Staff demonstration, examples
Operant Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER -What is it used for?
- Positive behavior is reinforced
How is it used?
- Reward system
Systematic Desensitization - CORRECT ANSWER -What is it used for?
- Anxiety Disorders
How is it used?
- Patients are taught techniques and then exposed
Cognitive Therapy (Beck) - CORRECT ANSWER -A type of psychotherapy based on
identifying negative thinking/emotions and restructuring them into positive.
