NURS661 MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY EXAM 1
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ Explain Unconscious Incompetence Answer: Novice, we don't know
what we don't know
⫸ Explain Conscious Incompetence Answer: Advanced beginner,
feeling uncomfortable about what we don't know
⫸ Explain Conscious Competence Answer: Competent/proficient,
getting skills and feeling more confident
⫸ Explain Unconscious Competence Answer: Expert, skills become
blended together and become habits
⫸ Attunement Answer: in tune to someone's feeling and emotions,
reacting to someone's needs and moods.
⫸ Egocentrism Answer: can't differentiate between yourself and others,
self-centered, all about me
⫸ Neuroplasticity Answer: neuronal pathways are malleable and
adaptable. The brain responds to things in the environment and it can
change, this is once reason why therapy is pushed because it can change
the structure of the brain if applied correctly.
, ⫸ Nuturing Answer: caring, can be a good think or can be maladaptive
or enabling.
⫸ Overdeterminism Answer: problem has multiple causes. Someone
has depression from a situation that is prolonged for years, could be taht
one problem or could be biologic where it's genetic, may not be able to
pinpoint wher the depression is coming from, genetic, situational. Psych
patients very rare it is just one cause.
⫸ Resilience Answer: able to adapt very well, can go through a
traumatic event and maintain good coping skills and mental health.
⫸ What is the biomedical holistic model and what is it used for?
Answer: Biomedical model focuses on the goal of healing, seeing the
body as a whole, seeing both medical and holistic side. Biomedical
model treats symptoms, holistic model treats as a whole, this is
combination of both.
⫸ What is the Adaptive Information Processing Model Answer: Taking
information through schemas. The way information is processed.
Information is taken in through senses and connected adaptively to
memory networks so that storing and learning can occur.If brain
processing is interrupted due to the massive influx of hormone and
neurotransmitter, these unprocessed experiences are considered to be the
basis of the symptoms and of many mental health problems. Once
information process is interrupted the memory of the event becomes
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ Explain Unconscious Incompetence Answer: Novice, we don't know
what we don't know
⫸ Explain Conscious Incompetence Answer: Advanced beginner,
feeling uncomfortable about what we don't know
⫸ Explain Conscious Competence Answer: Competent/proficient,
getting skills and feeling more confident
⫸ Explain Unconscious Competence Answer: Expert, skills become
blended together and become habits
⫸ Attunement Answer: in tune to someone's feeling and emotions,
reacting to someone's needs and moods.
⫸ Egocentrism Answer: can't differentiate between yourself and others,
self-centered, all about me
⫸ Neuroplasticity Answer: neuronal pathways are malleable and
adaptable. The brain responds to things in the environment and it can
change, this is once reason why therapy is pushed because it can change
the structure of the brain if applied correctly.
, ⫸ Nuturing Answer: caring, can be a good think or can be maladaptive
or enabling.
⫸ Overdeterminism Answer: problem has multiple causes. Someone
has depression from a situation that is prolonged for years, could be taht
one problem or could be biologic where it's genetic, may not be able to
pinpoint wher the depression is coming from, genetic, situational. Psych
patients very rare it is just one cause.
⫸ Resilience Answer: able to adapt very well, can go through a
traumatic event and maintain good coping skills and mental health.
⫸ What is the biomedical holistic model and what is it used for?
Answer: Biomedical model focuses on the goal of healing, seeing the
body as a whole, seeing both medical and holistic side. Biomedical
model treats symptoms, holistic model treats as a whole, this is
combination of both.
⫸ What is the Adaptive Information Processing Model Answer: Taking
information through schemas. The way information is processed.
Information is taken in through senses and connected adaptively to
memory networks so that storing and learning can occur.If brain
processing is interrupted due to the massive influx of hormone and
neurotransmitter, these unprocessed experiences are considered to be the
basis of the symptoms and of many mental health problems. Once
information process is interrupted the memory of the event becomes
