N244 MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Altruism - CORRECT ANSWER-Dealing with anxiety by reaching out to others.
Sublimation - CORRECT ANSWER-Dealing with unacceptable feelings or impulses by
unconsciously substituting acceptable forms of expression.
Suppression - CORRECT ANSWER-Voluntarily denying unpleasant thoughts and
feelings
Repression - CORRECT ANSWER-Unconsciously putting unacceptable ideas,
thoughts, and emotions out of awareness
Displacement - CORRECT ANSWER-Shifting feelings related to an object, person, or
situation to another less threatening object, person, or situation
Reaction Formation - CORRECT ANSWER-Overcompensating or demonstrating the
opposite behavior of what is felt
Undoing - CORRECT ANSWER-Performing an act to make up for prior behavior
Rationalization - CORRECT ANSWER-Creating reasonable and acceptable
explanations for unacceptable behavior
Denial - CORRECT ANSWER-Pretending the truth is not reality to manage the anxiety
of acknowledging what is real
Intellectualization - CORRECT ANSWER-Separation of the emotions of a painful event
or situation from the facts involved; acknowledging the facts but not the emotions
Conversion - CORRECT ANSWER-Responding to stress through the unconscious
development of physical manifestations not caused by a physical illness
Splitting - CORRECT ANSWER-Inability to reconcile negative and positive attributes of
self or others
Projection - CORRECT ANSWER-Attributing one's unacceptable thoughts and feelings
onto another who does not have them
, Always Send Mail Through the Post Office - CORRECT ANSWER-Appearance
(unkept/disheveled)
Speech (pressured)
Memory/Mood (labile)
Thoughts (tangential, flight of ideas, circumstantial, loose association)
Thoughts of self harm
Perception (delusions/hallucinations)
Orientation
Maximum legal limits for seclusion and restraints - CORRECT ANSWER-18+: 4 hours
9-17: 2 hours
8 and younger: 1 hour
Maslow's Heirarchy - CORRECT ANSWER-Physiological
Safety/security
Love and belonging
Esteem
Self-actualization
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER-Focuses on thoughts and
behaviors to solve current problems. How thoughts and behaviors are related to each
other. Good for depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.
Dialetical behavior therapy - CORRECT ANSWER-Focusing on gradual behavioral
changes and proving acceptance and validation. Good for personality disorders.
Therapy for phobias - CORRECT ANSWER-Systematic desensitization
Therapy for PTSD - CORRECT ANSWER-Prolonged exposure
Tangential thoughts - CORRECT ANSWER-Going on a tangent and cannot come off of
the topic (autism/ADHD)
Flight of Ideas - CORRECT ANSWER-Nothing connects (mania)
Circumstantial thoughts - CORRECT ANSWER-Adding extra details that do not matter
(OCD)
Loose association - CORRECT ANSWER-One point to another with a common thread
(schizophrenia)
2025
Altruism - CORRECT ANSWER-Dealing with anxiety by reaching out to others.
Sublimation - CORRECT ANSWER-Dealing with unacceptable feelings or impulses by
unconsciously substituting acceptable forms of expression.
Suppression - CORRECT ANSWER-Voluntarily denying unpleasant thoughts and
feelings
Repression - CORRECT ANSWER-Unconsciously putting unacceptable ideas,
thoughts, and emotions out of awareness
Displacement - CORRECT ANSWER-Shifting feelings related to an object, person, or
situation to another less threatening object, person, or situation
Reaction Formation - CORRECT ANSWER-Overcompensating or demonstrating the
opposite behavior of what is felt
Undoing - CORRECT ANSWER-Performing an act to make up for prior behavior
Rationalization - CORRECT ANSWER-Creating reasonable and acceptable
explanations for unacceptable behavior
Denial - CORRECT ANSWER-Pretending the truth is not reality to manage the anxiety
of acknowledging what is real
Intellectualization - CORRECT ANSWER-Separation of the emotions of a painful event
or situation from the facts involved; acknowledging the facts but not the emotions
Conversion - CORRECT ANSWER-Responding to stress through the unconscious
development of physical manifestations not caused by a physical illness
Splitting - CORRECT ANSWER-Inability to reconcile negative and positive attributes of
self or others
Projection - CORRECT ANSWER-Attributing one's unacceptable thoughts and feelings
onto another who does not have them
, Always Send Mail Through the Post Office - CORRECT ANSWER-Appearance
(unkept/disheveled)
Speech (pressured)
Memory/Mood (labile)
Thoughts (tangential, flight of ideas, circumstantial, loose association)
Thoughts of self harm
Perception (delusions/hallucinations)
Orientation
Maximum legal limits for seclusion and restraints - CORRECT ANSWER-18+: 4 hours
9-17: 2 hours
8 and younger: 1 hour
Maslow's Heirarchy - CORRECT ANSWER-Physiological
Safety/security
Love and belonging
Esteem
Self-actualization
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER-Focuses on thoughts and
behaviors to solve current problems. How thoughts and behaviors are related to each
other. Good for depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.
Dialetical behavior therapy - CORRECT ANSWER-Focusing on gradual behavioral
changes and proving acceptance and validation. Good for personality disorders.
Therapy for phobias - CORRECT ANSWER-Systematic desensitization
Therapy for PTSD - CORRECT ANSWER-Prolonged exposure
Tangential thoughts - CORRECT ANSWER-Going on a tangent and cannot come off of
the topic (autism/ADHD)
Flight of Ideas - CORRECT ANSWER-Nothing connects (mania)
Circumstantial thoughts - CORRECT ANSWER-Adding extra details that do not matter
(OCD)
Loose association - CORRECT ANSWER-One point to another with a common thread
(schizophrenia)
