NRNP – 6645 Psychotherapy with Multiple Modalities Week 6 Midterm Exam

NRNP – 6645 Psychotherapy with Multiple Modalities Week 6 Midterm Exam

Question 1          1 pts

Which of the following is true regarding the difference between brief and long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy?

Group of answer choices

Brief psychotherapy is more effective than long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy is more effective than brief psychotherapy.

There is no qualitative difference between brief and long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Brief and long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy cannot be compared.

 

Question 2           1 pts

In general, the lower the patient is on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

Group of answer choices

The less active the therapist must be.

The more active the therapist must be.

The more neutral the therapist must be.

The more enmeshed the therapist must be.

 

Question 3                 1 pts

The idea that nothing happens by chance, that every thought and all behavior has a cause refers to which of the following concepts?

Group of answer choices

Id vs ego conflict

Super ego actions to censor and restrain

Psychic determinism

Ego synchrony

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Question 4             1 pts

In multi-cultural groups, therapists must address the clinical factor of universality by doing which of the following?

Group of answer choices

Assist group members in learning about the cultural differences.

Minimize the cultural differences within the group.

Help the group move past a focus on concrete cultural differences to transcultural human responses to situations.

The therapist should do nothing as that would be interfering in the group process.

 

NRNP – 6645 Psychotherapy with Multiple Modalities Week 6 Midterm Exam  Question 5         1 pts

The CBT therapist working with a patient who is distraught because they did not get a job they really wanted. The individual is helped to identify how to use what appears to be a negative situation to his or her advantage. This technique is known as which of the following?

Group of answer choices

Cognitive rehearsal

Paradox or Exaggeration

Turning Adversity to Advantage

Decatastrophizing

 

Question 61 pts

Which technique would be helpful to use with individuals who blame themselves for most bad outcomes?

Group of answer choices

Reattribution

Decatastrophizing

Advantages and Disadvantages

Examining options and alternatives

 

Question 7           1 pts

Which of the following is true about working with dreams?

Group of answer choices

Dream interpretation is a left-brain endeavor.

Dreams represent past conflicts and work is on past conflicts

Dreams are the brain’s attempt to process and integrate daily information.

Dream symbol books are useful for dream work due to universal meaning of dreams.

 

Question 8             1 pts

According to the treatment hierarchy framework for practice adapted from Davis & Weiss (2004)

Group of answer choices

The client must first envision where they want to be prior to moving forward

Processing is the key to stabilization and future visioning

Increasing internal resources leads to increasing external resources

Resources must be procured and stabilization guaranteed before trauma can be processed

 

Question 9        1 pts

An engaged cohesive therapeutic relationship is necessary in all psychotherapies except which of the following?

Group of answer choices

Cognitive therapy

Behavioral therapy

Systems-oriented psychotherapy

None of the above

 

Question 10         1 pts

Which of the following assumptions would the therapist be safe in making about cultural influences in a family?

Group of answer choices

Cultural context is consistent within family members.

People of the same culture share the same values and assumptions

Everything assumed to be a cultural norm is functional for the family.

The cultural context of families is complicated by the fact that most families are influenced by multiple contexts.

 

Question 111 pts

The advanced practice psychiatric nurse realizes which of the following regarding workbook exercises in therapy?

Group of answer choices

Workbook exercises are only an adjunct to treatment.

Workbook exercises simplify the real work in therapy.

Treatment manuals consistently correlate positively with treatment outcome.

Use of workbook exercises and approaches promotes creativity and flexibility in the therapeutic process.

 

Question 12       1 pts

“They probably think I am stupid” is an example of which type of cognitive distortion?

Group of answer choices

Comparing

Mind reading

Objectifying the subjective

Externalization of self-worth

 

uestion 131 pts

Schizoid personality is a pathological outcome associated with which of Erickson’s psychosocial stages?

Group of answer choices

Autonomy vs. self-doubt

Industry vs. inferiority

Identity vs. role confusion

Intimacy vs. isolation

 

Question 14      1 pts

Which of the following would be a red flag regarding unethical practice when working with a patient?

Group of answer choices

Believing that something about the relationship is special and ordinary rules do not apply.

Engaging in excessive self-disclosure.

Having longer or more frequent sessions.

All the above

 

Question 15    1 pts

According to Erikson’s Psychosocial stages failure to successfully resolve trust vs mistrust conflict is associated with which of the following pathological outcomes?

Group of answer choices

Psychosis, addictions, depression

Paranoia, obsessions, compulsions

Phobias, psychosomatic disorders

Inertia, creative inhibition

 

Question 161 pts

Groups with a greater sense of solidarity exhibit which of the following? Check all that apply.

Group of answer choices

1. Higher rate of attendance
2. Acceptance for a variable level of active participation
3. A concrete system for measuring cohesiveness
4. A and B

NRNP – 6645 Psychotherapy with Multiple Modalities Week 6 Midterm Exam

 

Question 17     1 pts

A group member is relieved to realize that others in the group share feelings of incompetency similar to his own. This is an example of which of the following therapeutic factors?

Group of answer choices

Altruism

Universality

Imparting of information

Development of socializing techniques

 

NRNP – 6645 Psychotherapy with Multiple Modalities Week 6 Midterm Exam  Question 18      1 pts

The advanced practice psychiatric nurse psychotherapist is informed by the managed care company that authorization for additional treatment with a patient has been denied. The advanced practice psychiatric nurse is concerned stopping treatment will jeopardize the patient’s safety and realizes which of the following are ethical options?

Group of answer choices

1. It is incumbent on the therapist to ensure that treatment continues.
2. Stop treatment immediately.
3. Attempt to work out a payment plan with the patient.
4. A and C

 

Question 191 pts

A patient involved in expressive psychotherapy is having intense emotional reactions to painful experiences that have been expressed. This is known as which of the following?

Group of answer choices

Immediacy

Abreaction

Differentiation

Rapprochement

 

Question 20   1 pts

According to Freud’s Psychosexual stages development of sexual identity occurs during what age range?

Group of answer choices

18 months to 3 years

3 years to 6 years

6 years to 12 years

13 years to 20 years

 

Question 21      1 pts

Borderline pathology is thought to evolve from problems in which of Mahler’s stages of separation-individualization?

Group of answer choices

Practicing

Consolidation

Differentiation

Rapprochement

NRNP – 6645 Psychotherapy with Multiple Modalities Week 6 Midterm Exam