NR 668 FINAL EXAM PREP QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
1) What are examples of neurotic defense mechanisms -- Answer ✔✔
displacement, dissociation, intellectualization, rationalization, reaction forming,
repression
2) Define reaction formation -- Answer ✔✔ deal with unacceptable impulse by
exaggerating opposite feelings
3) What are examples of mature defense mechanisms -- Answer ✔✔ sublimination,
suppression, altruism, humor
4) What is sublimation -- Answer ✔✔ transform social unacceptable impulse into
socially acceptable one
5) Describe the methods of exposure therapy -- Answer ✔✔ flooding- intense
exposure
Systemic desensitization- gradual exposure to fear experiences
, Prolonged exposure therapy- retelling the trauma in memory and confronting
situations that remind of trauma
6) What is the gold standard screening tool and treatment for OCD -- Answer ✔✔
Y-BOCS and ERP
7) What is Emotion focused therapy -- Answer ✔✔ reprocessing emotions and
moving forward
Memory consolidation and memory reconsolidation
Gestalt style experiments
8) What is existential psychotherapy -- Answer ✔✔ responsibility to create own
purpose, increase self-awareness and independence
9) What is gestalt psychotherapy -- Answer ✔✔ goal= retore self-regulation and
awareness, pattern recognition, and ability to see the effect of one's behavior
Whole person or the whole is greater than the sum of its parts; uses I-thou
relationship and empty chair technique
10) What is interpersonal therapy -- Answer ✔✔ brief, assists with problem solving,
focuses on present relationship with others,
11) When is MI effective -- Answer ✔✔ SUD, nicotine abuse, exercise, dietary
changes,
12) What type of therapy is best for psychotic patients with primitive defenses --
Answer ✔✔ supportive
13) What type of therapy is best for borderline patients with immature defenses --
Answer ✔✔ expressive
, 14) What type of therapy is best for neurotic patients with mature defenses --
Answer ✔✔ psychoanalysis
15) What is the goal of supportive therapy -- Answer ✔✔ strengthening of current
defense mechanisms
16) What is the goal of expressive therapy -- Answer ✔✔ tolerate ambivalent
feelings and self-regulation
17) What is the goal of psychoanalysis -- Answer ✔✔ symptom relief achieved by
restructuring the personality through solving unconscious conflicts rooted in
childhood
18) What is the goal of narrative psychotherapy -- Answer ✔✔ re-write the story in
a way that gives the client a foundation to move forward
19) Define solution focused psychotherapy -- Answer ✔✔ brief, solution focused,
not problem focused, exception question, miracle question, and scaling question
20) Define technical eclecticism -- Answer ✔✔ blending best schools of thought,
empirically based approach
21) Define theoretical integration -- Answer ✔✔ synergy from integration theories,
more possibilities develop rather than just a single theory to guide practice and
research
22) What does health equity look like -- Answer ✔✔ every person has the
opportunity to live their healthiest life
SOLUTIONS
1) What are examples of neurotic defense mechanisms -- Answer ✔✔
displacement, dissociation, intellectualization, rationalization, reaction forming,
repression
2) Define reaction formation -- Answer ✔✔ deal with unacceptable impulse by
exaggerating opposite feelings
3) What are examples of mature defense mechanisms -- Answer ✔✔ sublimination,
suppression, altruism, humor
4) What is sublimation -- Answer ✔✔ transform social unacceptable impulse into
socially acceptable one
5) Describe the methods of exposure therapy -- Answer ✔✔ flooding- intense
exposure
Systemic desensitization- gradual exposure to fear experiences
, Prolonged exposure therapy- retelling the trauma in memory and confronting
situations that remind of trauma
6) What is the gold standard screening tool and treatment for OCD -- Answer ✔✔
Y-BOCS and ERP
7) What is Emotion focused therapy -- Answer ✔✔ reprocessing emotions and
moving forward
Memory consolidation and memory reconsolidation
Gestalt style experiments
8) What is existential psychotherapy -- Answer ✔✔ responsibility to create own
purpose, increase self-awareness and independence
9) What is gestalt psychotherapy -- Answer ✔✔ goal= retore self-regulation and
awareness, pattern recognition, and ability to see the effect of one's behavior
Whole person or the whole is greater than the sum of its parts; uses I-thou
relationship and empty chair technique
10) What is interpersonal therapy -- Answer ✔✔ brief, assists with problem solving,
focuses on present relationship with others,
11) When is MI effective -- Answer ✔✔ SUD, nicotine abuse, exercise, dietary
changes,
12) What type of therapy is best for psychotic patients with primitive defenses --
Answer ✔✔ supportive
13) What type of therapy is best for borderline patients with immature defenses --
Answer ✔✔ expressive
, 14) What type of therapy is best for neurotic patients with mature defenses --
Answer ✔✔ psychoanalysis
15) What is the goal of supportive therapy -- Answer ✔✔ strengthening of current
defense mechanisms
16) What is the goal of expressive therapy -- Answer ✔✔ tolerate ambivalent
feelings and self-regulation
17) What is the goal of psychoanalysis -- Answer ✔✔ symptom relief achieved by
restructuring the personality through solving unconscious conflicts rooted in
childhood
18) What is the goal of narrative psychotherapy -- Answer ✔✔ re-write the story in
a way that gives the client a foundation to move forward
19) Define solution focused psychotherapy -- Answer ✔✔ brief, solution focused,
not problem focused, exception question, miracle question, and scaling question
20) Define technical eclecticism -- Answer ✔✔ blending best schools of thought,
empirically based approach
21) Define theoretical integration -- Answer ✔✔ synergy from integration theories,
more possibilities develop rather than just a single theory to guide practice and
research
22) What does health equity look like -- Answer ✔✔ every person has the
opportunity to live their healthiest life
