NRNP 6645 PSYCHOTHERAPY
MIDTERM EXAM WALDEN
UNIVERSITY 2026 ACTUAL EXAM
SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADE A+
◉ Unconscious incompetency. Answer: A stage where a person is
unaware of their lack of skill or knowledge.
◉ Conscious incompetency. Answer: A stage where a person is aware of
their lack of skill or knowledge.
◉ Conscious competency. Answer: A stage where a person is aware of
their skill or knowledge and can perform it.
◉ Unconscious competency. Answer: A stage where a person can
perform a skill or knowledge without conscious thought.
◉ Freud's tasks of learning independence and control. Answer:
Associated with problematic traits such as excessive dependency.
◉ Standards of care. Answer: Legally binding guidelines that dictate the
minimum acceptable level of care.
◉ Practice guidelines. Answer: Recommendations that are not legally
binding and can be more flexible.
,◉ Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Answer: A system of
psychotherapy that focuses on how an individual's thoughts influence
their feelings and behaviors.
◉ Primary thinking. Answer: Recognizes indeterminate, negative, and
irrational thinking as part of human action.
◉ Secondary thinking. Answer: Recognizes the indeterminate, negative,
and irrational thinking as foremost.
◉ Imitative behavior. Answer: A therapeutic benefit that allows
individuals to experiment with new behaviors.
◉ Psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Answer: Not ideal for patients with
primarily primitive defenses.
◉ Dynamic supportive therapy. Answer: A strategy where the nurse
assists the patient with reality testing, problem-solving, and
interpersonal awareness.
◉ Therapeutic alliance. Answer: The relationship between therapist and
patient that is essential for effective therapy.
◉ Cognitive triad. Answer: A concept in CBT that includes maladaptive
thoughts rooted in irrational assumptions.
, ◉ Universality. Answer: A therapeutic factor where a group member
realizes others share similar feelings of incompetency.
◉ Reality testing. Answer: A process in dynamic supportive therapy that
helps patients distinguish between their perceptions and reality.
◉ Psychic determinism. Answer: The concept that every thought and
behavior has a cause.
◉ Supportive psychodynamic psychotherapy. Answer: Focuses on
feelings, defenses, life stresses, and problem-solving.
◉ Direct advice. Answer: A strategy in imparting information that can
elucidate interpersonal pathology.
◉ Solution focused therapy. Answer: A therapy approach that focuses
on potential solutions rather than the etiology of the problem.
◉ Clinical practice guidelines. Answer: Recommendations for the use of
psychodynamic therapy for various psychiatric disorders.
◉ Panic-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy. Answer:
Recommended as an initial treatment for Panic Disorder.
MIDTERM EXAM WALDEN
UNIVERSITY 2026 ACTUAL EXAM
SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADE A+
◉ Unconscious incompetency. Answer: A stage where a person is
unaware of their lack of skill or knowledge.
◉ Conscious incompetency. Answer: A stage where a person is aware of
their lack of skill or knowledge.
◉ Conscious competency. Answer: A stage where a person is aware of
their skill or knowledge and can perform it.
◉ Unconscious competency. Answer: A stage where a person can
perform a skill or knowledge without conscious thought.
◉ Freud's tasks of learning independence and control. Answer:
Associated with problematic traits such as excessive dependency.
◉ Standards of care. Answer: Legally binding guidelines that dictate the
minimum acceptable level of care.
◉ Practice guidelines. Answer: Recommendations that are not legally
binding and can be more flexible.
,◉ Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Answer: A system of
psychotherapy that focuses on how an individual's thoughts influence
their feelings and behaviors.
◉ Primary thinking. Answer: Recognizes indeterminate, negative, and
irrational thinking as part of human action.
◉ Secondary thinking. Answer: Recognizes the indeterminate, negative,
and irrational thinking as foremost.
◉ Imitative behavior. Answer: A therapeutic benefit that allows
individuals to experiment with new behaviors.
◉ Psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Answer: Not ideal for patients with
primarily primitive defenses.
◉ Dynamic supportive therapy. Answer: A strategy where the nurse
assists the patient with reality testing, problem-solving, and
interpersonal awareness.
◉ Therapeutic alliance. Answer: The relationship between therapist and
patient that is essential for effective therapy.
◉ Cognitive triad. Answer: A concept in CBT that includes maladaptive
thoughts rooted in irrational assumptions.
, ◉ Universality. Answer: A therapeutic factor where a group member
realizes others share similar feelings of incompetency.
◉ Reality testing. Answer: A process in dynamic supportive therapy that
helps patients distinguish between their perceptions and reality.
◉ Psychic determinism. Answer: The concept that every thought and
behavior has a cause.
◉ Supportive psychodynamic psychotherapy. Answer: Focuses on
feelings, defenses, life stresses, and problem-solving.
◉ Direct advice. Answer: A strategy in imparting information that can
elucidate interpersonal pathology.
◉ Solution focused therapy. Answer: A therapy approach that focuses
on potential solutions rather than the etiology of the problem.
◉ Clinical practice guidelines. Answer: Recommendations for the use of
psychodynamic therapy for various psychiatric disorders.
◉ Panic-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy. Answer:
Recommended as an initial treatment for Panic Disorder.
