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
GET EXAM HELP HERE
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

Higher rate of attendance
Acceptance for a variable level of active participation
A concrete system for measuring cohesiveness
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

It is incumbent on the therapist to ensure that treatment continues.
Stop treatment immediately.
Attempt to work out a payment plan with the patient.
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