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NSG 3450/ NSG3450 Exam 1 – Mental Health Review| Galen (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A QUESTION Who developed psychoanalytic theory? Answer: Sigmund Freud. QUESTION List Freud's key concepts. Answer: Levels of consciousness, personality structure (id, ego, superego), defense mechanisms, transference and countertransference. QUESTION What is classical conditioning? Answer: Learning by association of a neutral stimulus with an involuntary response (Pavlov's dogs). QUESTION What is operant conditioning? Answer: Learning through rewards and punishments to reinforce voluntary behavior (Skinner). QUESTION What is the focus of behavioral therapy? Answer: Changing behaviors through conditioning without needing insight into underlying causes. QUESTION What is modeling in behavioral therapy? Answer: Learning desired behaviors by observing others. QUESTION What is a token economy? Answer: Positive reinforcement system where tokens are earned for desired behaviors and exchanged for rewards. QUESTION What is systematic desensitization? Answer: Gradual exposure to a feared stimulus paired with relaxation techniques. QUESTION What is flooding? Answer: Exposure to a large amount of the feared stimulus to extinguish anxiety. QUESTION What is response prevention? Answer: Preventing a patient from performing a compulsive behavior to break the habit. QUESTION What is aversion therapy? Answer: Pairing an unwanted behavior with an unpleasant stimulus to reduce the behavior. QUESTION What is biofeedback? Answer: Using monitoring devices to control physiological responses to stress. QUESTION What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)? Answer: Identifying and replacing distorted automatic thoughts with realistic thinking to change behavior. QUESTION What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? Answer: A motivational theory prioritizing human needs: physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self-actualization. QUESTION What does Erikson's developmental theory describe? Answer: Eight stages of psychosocial development, each with a specific developmental task. QUESTION What does least restrictive environment mean in mental health care? Answer: Providing care in the safest, least confining setting possible. QUESTION What are examples of patient rights? Answer: Treatment, privacy, informed consent, refuse treatment (with exceptions), communication, least restrictive care. QUESTION List examples of safety features in a psychiatric unit. Answer: Shatterproof glass, locked supplies, ligature-resistant fixtures, continuous observation, panic alarms. QUESTION What is autonomy? Answer: Right of patients to make their own decisions.

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NSGl 3450/l NSG3450l Examl 1l –l Mentall
Healthl Review|l Galenl (Latestl 2026/l 2027l
Update)l 100%l Verifiedl Questionsl &l
Answersl |l Gradel A

Q:l Whol developedl psychoanalyticl theory?
Answer:
Sigmundl Freud.



Q:l Listl Freud'sl keyl concepts.
Answer:
Levelsl ofl consciousness,l personalityl structurel (id,l ego,l superego),l defensel mechanisms,l
transferencel andl countertransference.



Q:l Whatl isl classicall conditioning?
Answer:
Learningl byl associationl ofl al neutrall stimulusl withl anl involuntaryl responsel (Pavlov'sl
dogs).



Q:l Whatl isl operantl conditioning?
Answer:
Learningl throughl rewardsl andl punishmentsl tol reinforcel voluntaryl behaviorl (Skinner).



Q:l Whatl isl thel focusl ofl behaviorall therapy?

,Answer:
Changingl behaviorsl throughl conditioningl withoutl needingl insightl intol underlyingl causes.



Q:l Whatl isl modelingl inl behaviorall therapy?
Answer:
Learningl desiredl behaviorsl byl observingl others.



Q:l Whatl isl al tokenl economy?
Answer:
Positivel reinforcementl systeml wherel tokensl arel earnedl forl desiredl behaviorsl andl
exchangedl forl rewards.



Q:l Whatl isl systematicl desensitization?
Answer:
Graduall exposurel tol al fearedl stimulusl pairedl withl relaxationl techniques.



Q:l Whatl isl flooding?
Answer:
Exposurel tol al largel amountl ofl thel fearedl stimulusl tol extinguishl anxiety.



Q:l Whatl isl responsel prevention?
Answer:
Preventingl al patientl froml performingl al compulsivel behaviorl tol breakl thel habit.



Q:l Whatl isl aversionl therapy?

, Answer:
Pairingl anl unwantedl behaviorl withl anl unpleasantl stimulusl tol reducel thel behavior.



Q:l Whatl isl biofeedback?
Answer:
Usingl monitoringl devicesl tol controll physiologicall responsesl tol stress.



Q:l Whatl isl cognitivel behaviorall therapyl (CBT)?
Answer:
Identifyingl andl replacingl distortedl automaticl thoughtsl withl realisticl thinkingl tol changel
behavior.



Q:l Whatl isl Maslow'sl Hierarchyl ofl Needs?
Answer:
Al motivationall theoryl prioritizingl humanl needs:l physiological,l safety,l love/belonging,l
esteem,l self-actualization.



Q:l Whatl doesl Erikson'sl developmentall theoryl describe?
Answer:
Eightl stagesl ofl psychosociall development,l eachl withl al specificl developmentall task.



Q:l Whatl doesl leastl restrictivel environmentl meanl inl mentall healthl care?
Answer:
Providingl carel inl thel safest,l leastl confiningl settingl possible.



Q:l Whatl arel examplesl ofl patientl rights?

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