NSG520 MODULE 2 | REALIZEIT |
HERZING UNIVERSITY MSN-DE
PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◍ Group Therapy primary purpose.
Answer: 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.
Answer: make an observation about the group's silence and invite the others
to comment
◍ the technique of "Information Giver"..
Answer: During group members sharing methods they personally use for
dealing with problems
◍ adolescence.
Answer: 12-18
◍ CBT.
Answer: 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.
Answer: Attempts to explain the dynamics of interpersonal relationships
, between humans. A child needs to form a relationship between at least one
primary caregiver.
◍ Mileu.
Answer: Milieu therapy requires consideration of the client's social,
economic, and cultural status.
◍ Complementary Alternative Medicine vs Western major difference.
Answer: Western medicine focuses on what is done to the patient whereas
CAM focuses on mind-body interactions.
◍ Beck.
Answer: Beck developed the cognitive model of depression and the concept
that cognitive processing distortions underlie psychological
disordersACTIVE, TIME-LIMITED APPROACH
◍ how does puberty begin.
Answer: with hormonal signal from the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland
◍ hormone release steps.
Answer: gonadotropin-releasing hormones release LH and FSH and then
they release estrogen or testosterone
◍ depression can be understood via schemas:.
Answer: 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.
Answer: Distorted thinking contributes to and maintains bheavior
(symptoms)
◍ which hormones increase during puberty.
Answer: growth hormone and thyroxine
◍ onset of puberty girls.
Answer: 9-12
◍ onset of puberty boys.
, Answer: 10-13
◍ Ellis.
Answer: RET (Rational Emotive Therapy) a form of cbt
◍ ret.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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).
◍ onset of puberty affected by.
Answer: gender, genes, weight, and stress
◍ Skinner.
Answer: operant conditioning
◍ Operant conditioning.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
◍ Universality.
Answer: Yaslom: The recognition of shared experiences and feelings among
group members and that these may be widespread or universal human
concerns, serves to remove a group member's sense of isolation, validate
their experiences, and raise self-esteem.
◍ Altruism.
Answer: Yaslom: The group is a place where members can help each other,
and the experience of being able to give something to another person can lift
the member's self esteem and help develop more adaptive coping styles and
interpersonal skills.
◍ Instillation of hope.
Answer: Yaslom: In a mixed group that has members at various stages of
development or recovery, a member can be inspired and encouraged by
another member who has overcome the problems with which they are still
struggling.
◍ Imparting information.
Answer: Yaslom: While this is not strictly speaking a psychotherapeutic
process, members often report that it has been very helpful to learn factual
information from other members in the group, for example, about their
treatment or about access to services.
◍ Corrective recapitulation of primary family experience.
Answer: Yaslom: Members often unconsciously identify the group therapist
and other group members with their own parents and siblings in a process
that is a form of transference specific to group psychotherapy. The
therapist's interpretations can help group members gain understanding of the
impact of childhood experiences on their personality, and they may learn to
avoid unconsciously repeating unhelpful past interactive patterns in
present-day relationships.
◍ Development of socializing techniques.
HERZING UNIVERSITY MSN-DE
PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◍ Group Therapy primary purpose.
Answer: 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.
Answer: make an observation about the group's silence and invite the others
to comment
◍ the technique of "Information Giver"..
Answer: During group members sharing methods they personally use for
dealing with problems
◍ adolescence.
Answer: 12-18
◍ CBT.
Answer: 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.
Answer: Attempts to explain the dynamics of interpersonal relationships
, between humans. A child needs to form a relationship between at least one
primary caregiver.
◍ Mileu.
Answer: Milieu therapy requires consideration of the client's social,
economic, and cultural status.
◍ Complementary Alternative Medicine vs Western major difference.
Answer: Western medicine focuses on what is done to the patient whereas
CAM focuses on mind-body interactions.
◍ Beck.
Answer: Beck developed the cognitive model of depression and the concept
that cognitive processing distortions underlie psychological
disordersACTIVE, TIME-LIMITED APPROACH
◍ how does puberty begin.
Answer: with hormonal signal from the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland
◍ hormone release steps.
Answer: gonadotropin-releasing hormones release LH and FSH and then
they release estrogen or testosterone
◍ depression can be understood via schemas:.
Answer: 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.
Answer: Distorted thinking contributes to and maintains bheavior
(symptoms)
◍ which hormones increase during puberty.
Answer: growth hormone and thyroxine
◍ onset of puberty girls.
Answer: 9-12
◍ onset of puberty boys.
, Answer: 10-13
◍ Ellis.
Answer: RET (Rational Emotive Therapy) a form of cbt
◍ ret.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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).
◍ onset of puberty affected by.
Answer: gender, genes, weight, and stress
◍ Skinner.
Answer: operant conditioning
◍ Operant conditioning.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
◍ Universality.
Answer: Yaslom: The recognition of shared experiences and feelings among
group members and that these may be widespread or universal human
concerns, serves to remove a group member's sense of isolation, validate
their experiences, and raise self-esteem.
◍ Altruism.
Answer: Yaslom: The group is a place where members can help each other,
and the experience of being able to give something to another person can lift
the member's self esteem and help develop more adaptive coping styles and
interpersonal skills.
◍ Instillation of hope.
Answer: Yaslom: In a mixed group that has members at various stages of
development or recovery, a member can be inspired and encouraged by
another member who has overcome the problems with which they are still
struggling.
◍ Imparting information.
Answer: Yaslom: While this is not strictly speaking a psychotherapeutic
process, members often report that it has been very helpful to learn factual
information from other members in the group, for example, about their
treatment or about access to services.
◍ Corrective recapitulation of primary family experience.
Answer: Yaslom: Members often unconsciously identify the group therapist
and other group members with their own parents and siblings in a process
that is a form of transference specific to group psychotherapy. The
therapist's interpretations can help group members gain understanding of the
impact of childhood experiences on their personality, and they may learn to
avoid unconsciously repeating unhelpful past interactive patterns in
present-day relationships.
◍ Development of socializing techniques.
