NUR 2459 EVALUATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔explain what attitude means in relation to the mental status exam - ✔✔-
Cooperative/uncooperative
-Friendly/hostile
-Uninterested/apathetic
-Guarded/suspicious
✔✔explain what emotions means in relation to the mental status exam - ✔✔Mood
-Depressed
-Irritable
-Anxious
-Elated
-Euphoric
-Fearful
-Guilty
-Labile (mood swings)
✔✔explain what affect means in relation to the mental status exam - ✔✔the behavioral
expression of emotion
-Constricted or blunted (minimal emotional expression)
-Flat (absence of emotional expression)
-Appropriate
-Inappropriate
✔✔explain what thought processes means in relation to the mental status exam - ✔✔-
Form of thought
-Content of thought (hallucinations/delusions)
✔✔explain what cognitive ability means in relation to the mental status exam - ✔✔-
Level of alertness
Clear-minded/attentive
, -Orientation
Time
Place
Person
Situation
-Memory
Recent
Remote
Confabulation (create content for memory gaps)
✔✔What is the mini mental status exam? - ✔✔Brief screening tool to assess cognition
and change over time
✔✔explain shaping - ✔✔reinforcements are given for increasingly closer
approximations for the desired response. Ex: teachers may reward an autistic child for
doing things to form words, rewarding one step at a time.
✔✔explain modeling - ✔✔learning new behaviors by imitating the behavior of others.
Ex: role models, children imitating the behaviors of their older siblings or parents,
observing television- can lead to maladaptive behaviors.
✔✔Explain Premack Principle - ✔✔a frequently occurring response can serve as
positive reinforcement to response 2 that occurs less frequently, Applied when response
1 to only occur after response 2 has been performed. Ex: a parent allows the child to go
to the beach with her friend after all her chores are done for the day. The fun stuff
response.
✔✔explain extinction - ✔✔gradual decrease in frequency or disappearance of a
response when positive reinforcement is withheld. Ex: tantrums with kids- the behaviors
continue when the parent is close to them but they stop when they walk away form the
child.
✔✔explain contingency contracting - ✔✔a contract is drawn up among all parties
involved and the desired behavior change and reinforcers and stated explicitly and the
negative consequences will be taken if terms of the contract are broken. Specific to how
the reinforcers or punishment stands.
✔✔explain token economy - ✔✔"Treasure Box", reinforcers for desired behaviors are
presented in the form of tokens which consist of items the client likes. Tokens are
awarded for desired behaviors and are exchanged for privileges or things the client
likes. The hope is the desired behavior will stick even after the removal of the token
system.
✔✔explain time out - ✔✔aversive stimulus or punishment where the client is removed
from the unacceptable environment with the unacceptable behavior and is isolated.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔explain what attitude means in relation to the mental status exam - ✔✔-
Cooperative/uncooperative
-Friendly/hostile
-Uninterested/apathetic
-Guarded/suspicious
✔✔explain what emotions means in relation to the mental status exam - ✔✔Mood
-Depressed
-Irritable
-Anxious
-Elated
-Euphoric
-Fearful
-Guilty
-Labile (mood swings)
✔✔explain what affect means in relation to the mental status exam - ✔✔the behavioral
expression of emotion
-Constricted or blunted (minimal emotional expression)
-Flat (absence of emotional expression)
-Appropriate
-Inappropriate
✔✔explain what thought processes means in relation to the mental status exam - ✔✔-
Form of thought
-Content of thought (hallucinations/delusions)
✔✔explain what cognitive ability means in relation to the mental status exam - ✔✔-
Level of alertness
Clear-minded/attentive
, -Orientation
Time
Place
Person
Situation
-Memory
Recent
Remote
Confabulation (create content for memory gaps)
✔✔What is the mini mental status exam? - ✔✔Brief screening tool to assess cognition
and change over time
✔✔explain shaping - ✔✔reinforcements are given for increasingly closer
approximations for the desired response. Ex: teachers may reward an autistic child for
doing things to form words, rewarding one step at a time.
✔✔explain modeling - ✔✔learning new behaviors by imitating the behavior of others.
Ex: role models, children imitating the behaviors of their older siblings or parents,
observing television- can lead to maladaptive behaviors.
✔✔Explain Premack Principle - ✔✔a frequently occurring response can serve as
positive reinforcement to response 2 that occurs less frequently, Applied when response
1 to only occur after response 2 has been performed. Ex: a parent allows the child to go
to the beach with her friend after all her chores are done for the day. The fun stuff
response.
✔✔explain extinction - ✔✔gradual decrease in frequency or disappearance of a
response when positive reinforcement is withheld. Ex: tantrums with kids- the behaviors
continue when the parent is close to them but they stop when they walk away form the
child.
✔✔explain contingency contracting - ✔✔a contract is drawn up among all parties
involved and the desired behavior change and reinforcers and stated explicitly and the
negative consequences will be taken if terms of the contract are broken. Specific to how
the reinforcers or punishment stands.
✔✔explain token economy - ✔✔"Treasure Box", reinforcers for desired behaviors are
presented in the form of tokens which consist of items the client likes. Tokens are
awarded for desired behaviors and are exchanged for privileges or things the client
likes. The hope is the desired behavior will stick even after the removal of the token
system.
✔✔explain time out - ✔✔aversive stimulus or punishment where the client is removed
from the unacceptable environment with the unacceptable behavior and is isolated.
