NUFT 349 Exam 1 Practice Questions Set 1, NUFT 349 Exam 1 Practice Questions Set 2, NUFT 349 Exam 1 Practice Questions Set 3 includes chapters 1, 2, 3 of Varcarolis and chapters 1,7,8 of ATI Questions With Complete Solutions

1. A sudden event in one's life that disturbs homeostasis, during which usual coping mechanisms cannot resolve - ANSWER Crisis 2. What happens during the 2nd stage of crisis development? - ANSWER When previous problem-solving techniques do not relieve the stressor, anxiety increases further 3. During which stage of crisis development are all possible resources, both internal and external, called on to resolve the problem and relieve the discomfort? - ANSWER Stage 3 4. What happens during the 4th stage of crisis development? - ANSWER The tension mounts beyond a further threshold or its burden increases over time to a breaking point 5. What are the three factors that determine whether an individual experiences a crisis in response to a stressful situation? - ANSWER 1. Individual's perception of the event 2. Availability of situational supports 3. Availability of adequate coping mechanisms 6. Dispositional crisis - ANSWER An acute response to an external situational stressor Crisis precipitated by an unexpected external stressor over which the individual has little or no control and as a result of which he or she feels 7. emotionally overwhelmed and defeated - ANSWER Crisis from traumatic stress 8. Crisis of anticipated life transitions vs Maturational/developmental crisis - ANSWER Anticipated transitions: normal life-cycle transitions that cause feeling of lack of control Maturational: triggers emotions related to unresolved developmental issues 9. Crisis reflecting psychopathology vs Psychiatric emergency - ANSWER Psychopathology: crisis precipitated by preexisting psychopathology Psych emergency: general functioning severely impaired 10. What are the 6 types of crises? - ANSWER 1) Dispositional crises 2) crises of anticipated life transitions 3) Crises resulting from traumatic stress 4) maturational/ developmental crises 5) crises reflecting psychopathology 6) psychiatric emergencies 11. Factors to consider in identifying the extent of crisis - ANSWER 1. Past hx of violent behavior 2. Diagnosis 3. Current behavior 12. What are the goals of crisis interventions? - ANSWER 1. Psychological resolution of immediate crisis 2. Restoration of functioning to at least the level previous to crisis 13. group at highest risk for suicide - ANSWER white men 80+ 14. What are the psychological theories of suicide? - ANSWER 1. Anger toward self (Freud) 2. Hopelessness 3. Hx of aggression and violence 4. Shame and humiliation 15. Sociological theory of suicide (Durkheim's 3 social categories) - ANSWER 1. egoistic suicide - lack of integration into group 2. altruistic suicide - excessive integration, sacrifice self for the group 3. anomic suicide - disruption of the feeling of relatedness to the group 16. Assessment of a suicidal: elements - ANSWER 1. Demographics 2. Presenting symptoms/psychiatric diagnosis 3. Suicidal ideas or acts (giving away possessions, getting financial affairs in order, suicidal notes, sudden lifts in mood) 4. Support system 5. Analysis of the suicidal crisis (precipitating stressor, relevant history, life-stage) 6. Psychiatric/medical/family history 7. Coping strategies 17. Most common psychiatric disorders that precede suicide - ANSWER Mood disorders (depression, bipolar) Substance use disorders 18. General elements of a MSE - ANSWER 1) General Appearance 2) Psychomotor behavior 3) Mood and affect 4) Speech 5) Cognition 6) Thought Patterns 7) Level of Consciousness 19. At which level of stress are defense mechanisms employed? What is their function? - ANSWER Mild to moderate level of stress. Employed for protection of ego, which is tested at that stress level. 20. Displacement vs projection - ANSWER Displacement: person A has feelings about person B, redirects these feelings onto person/object C Projection: person A has feelings about person B, believes that person B is the one with those feelings 21. What is identification? - ANSWER when you dress/act a certain way to be like someone you look up to/role model 22. Intellectualization vs Rationalization - ANSWER Intellectualization: separation of emotions and logical facts when analyzing or coping with a situation Rationalization: used to justify attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors that are unacceptable 23. What is reaction formation? - ANSWER Unconsciously act opposite to how you feel Unacceptable controlled by overcompensating or demonstrating the opposite of what is felt 24. Denial vs Repression - ANSWER Denial: refusal to admit the truth. Repression: RESTRAINING thoughts / emotions 25. sublimation vs displacement - ANSWER Sublimation: UNSCONCIOUS substitution of unacceptable behavior for acceptable Displacement: shifting feelings related to one thing onto another, less threatening 26. Repression vs Suppression - ANSWER repression is unconscious and suppression is conscious ("This is a tomorrow problem") 27. What is conversion? - ANSWER unconscious transformation of anxiety into a physical symptom with no organic cause 28. Defense mechanisms that are always healthy - ANSWER altruism and sublimation 29. Prolonged anxiety at moderate to severe level can cause - ANSWER Physiological disorders 30. Repressed anxiety at severe level results in - ANSWER Psychoneurotic patterns of behavior 31. Prolonged anxiety at panic level results in - ANSWER Psychosis/Psychotic disorders 32. 5 Stages of grief - ANSWER 1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance 33. What factors can lengthen or shorten the grieving process? - ANSWER Lengthening: a. multiple recent losses, person unable to complete one grieving process before another one begins b. guilt for having a love-hate relationship with the lost entity 34. Shortnening: a. anticipatory grief - before actual loss occurs 35. Maladaptive Grief Responses - ANSWER - Prolonged response - grief for years after the loss a. Delayed/inhibited response - fixed in denial stage, no emotional pain b. Distorted response - fixed in anger stage (inward on the self); normal behaviors associated with grieving are exaggerated; consumed with overwhelming despair and unable to function 36. Utilitarianism vs Kantianism - ANSWER Utilitarianism: focus on end outcomes. Action is taken based on the end results that produced the most good for the most people. Kantianism: focus on the morality of actions. Actions are rights or wrong based on ethical principles. The theory espouses that, as rational human beings, we inherently know 37. the difference between good and evil (believed to be knowledge that is given to man from God), and this knowledge directs our decision-making. - ANSWER Natural law ethics