WILKES NSG 526 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026 UPDATED

WILKES NSG 526 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
UPDATED


1. Group Therapy primary purpose correct answer >> The primary purpose
of group therapy is to facilitate changes by the patient to address identified
problems.

2. A technique for dealing with an over talkative client and silence from other
participants in a group during therapy correct answer >> make an
observation about the group's silence and invite the others to comment

3. the technique of "Information Giver". correct answer >> During group
members sharing methods they personally use for dealing with problems

4. CBT correct 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.

5. Attachment correct answer >> Attempts to explain the dynamics of
interpersonal relationships between humans. A child needs to form a relationship
between at least one primary caregiver.

6. Mileu correct answer >> Milieu therapy requires consideration of the client's
social, economic, and cultural status.

7. Complementary Alternative Medicine vs Western major difference correct
answer >> Western medicine focuses on what is done to the patient whereas CAM
focuses on mind-body interactions.

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, 8. Beck correct answer >> Beck developed the cognitive model of depression
and the concept that cognitive processing distortions underlie psychological
disorders

ACTIVE, TIME-LIMITED APPROACH

9. depression can be understood via schemas correct answer >> correct
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).

10. Beck assumption correct answer >> Distorted thinking contributes to
and maintains bheavior (symptoms)

11. Ellis correct answer >> RET (Rational Emotive Therapy) a form of cbt

12. ret correct answer >> unrealistic and irrational beliefs cause many emotional
problems. The pur- pose of RET is to identify an irrational belief and dispute it
through active, philosoph- ical, confrontational therapy.

13. RET assumption correct 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).

14. Skinner correct answer >> operant conditioning

15. Operant conditioning correct answer >> voluntary behaviors are learned
through consequences, and behavioral responses are elicited through
reinforcement, which causes a be-




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, havior to occur more frequently. Positive reinforcement- getting a gift, or negative
reinforcement- removal of objectionable' or aversive stimulus

16. Skinner correct 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 prin-
ciples have shown to be successful in altering targeted behaviors. Programmed
learning and token economies represent extensions of Skinner's thoughts on learn-
ing. Behavioral methods are particularly effective with children, adolescents, and
individuals with many forms of chronic mental illness.

17. Universality correct answer >> Yaslom correct answer >> 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.

18. Altruism correct answer >> Yaslom correct answer >> 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.

19. Instillation of hope correct answer >> Yaslom correct answer >> 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.

20. Imparting information correct answer >> Yaslom correct answer >> While
this is not strictly speaking a psychother- apeutic 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.
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