NURS 661 Exam 2 | Psychiatric Mental Health
Diagnosis and Management Exam 2 |
Questions and Verified Answers | Maryville |
2025/2026 Guide
The __________ is generally characterized by increased anxiety and
defensiveness
a. closing stage
b. opening stage
c. initial stage
d. transition stage
- Correct Answer - D
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the transition stage?
a. anxiety
b. recognizing and dealing with conflict
c. extremely high degree of cohesion
d. challenging the group leader
- Correct Answer - C
Interpreting the meaning of behavior patterns at appropriate times so
that members will be able to engage in a deeper level of self-exploration
and consider alternative behaviors is most critical at the
,a. initial stage of a group
b. transition stage
c. working stage
d. consolidation stage
- Correct Answer - C
When characteristics exist such as a high degree of cohesion, open
communication, shared leadership functions, willingness to risk
threatening material, and freely giving feedback and considering it non-
defensively, it can be said that the group is at the
a. initial stage
b. transition stage
c. working stage
d. final stage
- Correct Answer - C
__________ is characterized by the commitment of members to explore
significant problems they bring to the sessions and by their attention to
the dynamics within the group.
a. transition stage
b. consolidation stage
c. orientation stage
d. working stage
- Correct Answer - D
,Which stage has the focus of applying what has been learned in the
group and putting it to use in everyday life?
a. transition
b. consolidation
c. orientation
d. working
- Correct Answer - B
If change is to occur, members must believe that change is possible, that
they need not remain trapped in their past, and that they can take active
steps to make their lives more authentic. __________ is therapeutic in
itself because it gives members the incentive to commit themselves to
the demanding work that change requires.
a. freedom to experiment
b. hope
c. intimacy
d. catharsis
- Correct Answer - B
Unexpressed feelings often result in physical symptoms such as chronic
headaches, stomach pains, muscle tension, and high blood pressure.
The expression of pent-up feelings can be therapeutic because it
releases energy that has been tied up in withholding certain threatening
feelings. This describes
a. catharsis
b. self-discloosure
, c. cognitive reconstruction
d. hope
- Correct Answer - A
At the __________ members can discuss the efforts they have made
since termination of the group to implement their learning in the real
world.
a. initial session
b. follow-up session
c. last session of the group
d. middle sessionn
- Correct Answer - B
Psychoanalytic dream work consists of
a. asking the member to act out all parts of his dream
b. interpretation of the latent meaning of the dream
c. having the member analyze and interpret his own dream
d. the leader avoiding giving any interpretations of the dream
- Correct Answer - B
______ is a defense mechanism whereby we try to justify our behavior
by assigning logical and admirable motives to it. Some people
manufacture "good" reasons to explain away a bruised ego.
a. transference
b. countertransference
Diagnosis and Management Exam 2 |
Questions and Verified Answers | Maryville |
2025/2026 Guide
The __________ is generally characterized by increased anxiety and
defensiveness
a. closing stage
b. opening stage
c. initial stage
d. transition stage
- Correct Answer - D
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the transition stage?
a. anxiety
b. recognizing and dealing with conflict
c. extremely high degree of cohesion
d. challenging the group leader
- Correct Answer - C
Interpreting the meaning of behavior patterns at appropriate times so
that members will be able to engage in a deeper level of self-exploration
and consider alternative behaviors is most critical at the
,a. initial stage of a group
b. transition stage
c. working stage
d. consolidation stage
- Correct Answer - C
When characteristics exist such as a high degree of cohesion, open
communication, shared leadership functions, willingness to risk
threatening material, and freely giving feedback and considering it non-
defensively, it can be said that the group is at the
a. initial stage
b. transition stage
c. working stage
d. final stage
- Correct Answer - C
__________ is characterized by the commitment of members to explore
significant problems they bring to the sessions and by their attention to
the dynamics within the group.
a. transition stage
b. consolidation stage
c. orientation stage
d. working stage
- Correct Answer - D
,Which stage has the focus of applying what has been learned in the
group and putting it to use in everyday life?
a. transition
b. consolidation
c. orientation
d. working
- Correct Answer - B
If change is to occur, members must believe that change is possible, that
they need not remain trapped in their past, and that they can take active
steps to make their lives more authentic. __________ is therapeutic in
itself because it gives members the incentive to commit themselves to
the demanding work that change requires.
a. freedom to experiment
b. hope
c. intimacy
d. catharsis
- Correct Answer - B
Unexpressed feelings often result in physical symptoms such as chronic
headaches, stomach pains, muscle tension, and high blood pressure.
The expression of pent-up feelings can be therapeutic because it
releases energy that has been tied up in withholding certain threatening
feelings. This describes
a. catharsis
b. self-discloosure
, c. cognitive reconstruction
d. hope
- Correct Answer - A
At the __________ members can discuss the efforts they have made
since termination of the group to implement their learning in the real
world.
a. initial session
b. follow-up session
c. last session of the group
d. middle sessionn
- Correct Answer - B
Psychoanalytic dream work consists of
a. asking the member to act out all parts of his dream
b. interpretation of the latent meaning of the dream
c. having the member analyze and interpret his own dream
d. the leader avoiding giving any interpretations of the dream
- Correct Answer - B
______ is a defense mechanism whereby we try to justify our behavior
by assigning logical and admirable motives to it. Some people
manufacture "good" reasons to explain away a bruised ego.
a. transference
b. countertransference
