NSG 322 Psychology Exam Questions and Answers Fully Solved Latest Version 2025-2026
Use for Benzos. - Answers For anxiety
"pam and lam FIRST then SSRI"
-Lorazepam is for anxiety as needed
*Use caution with machinery, restrict caffeine, avoid alc/other sedatives
What do you do when someone is blind? - Answers Use the clock method
la belle indifference - Answers Term used to describe the lack of concern over physical illness;
seen in conversion reactions
Who is least likely to seek care for anxiety? - Answers African Americans
Asians
General Anxiety Disorder - Answers Constant worry, hard to control worry
OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) - Answers Anxiety about repetition, germs, dirt
Reflection Response - Answers Reflect on how you feel (therapeutic communication)
Busiprone - Answers Long action and is not for as needed
Does not cause dependence 2-4 weeks so might need short term first
Compensation - Answers Unconscious process allows individuals to make up for deficits in one
area by excelling in another to raise self-esteem
Altruism - Answers Individuals deal with emotional conflict by meeting the needs of others and
receiving gratification from the response of others
Ex: lose husband then do grief counseling to help others
Repression - Answers Unconsciously puts idea, event, or feeling out of awareness
Identification - Answers Unconscious mechanism that imitates the mannerisms or behaviors of
another
Devaluation - Answers Individual attributes negative qualities to self or others
Reaction Formation - Answers Unconscious mechanism keeps unacceptable feelings out of
awareness by using the opposite behavior. Instead of giving hatred give praise
, Projection - Answers Unconsciously disowning an unacceptable idea, feeling, or behavior by
attributing it to another
blaming for what you did
Rationalization - Answers Unconsciously, making excuses for one's behavior, inadequacies, or
feelings
Regression - Answers Unconscious behavior from an earlier stage of emotional development
Introjection - Answers Unconscious, intense identification with another person
-someone hates guns becomes hunter like best friend
Cognitive Restructuring - Answers Testing automatic thoughts and drawing new conclusions
Desensitization - Answers Graduated exposure to a feared object
Relaxation Technique - Answers Teach the patient to produce the opposite of the stress
response
Flooding - Answers Exposes the patient to a large amount of undesirable stimuli to extinguish
the anxiety response
What are social phobia anxiety disorders treated with? - Answers Beta Blockers (propanolol)
What are MAOIs for? - Answers Depression
*Non Tyramine Diet
somatic symtom disorder - Answers psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a
somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause
-go from physician to physician to establish a physical cause for their symptoms
-Often reject psychiatric help
Conversion Disorder - Answers a disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine
physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found
-Reduces anxiety through physical unrelated symptom
-Conversion is the defense mechanism of this disorder
-They demonstrate a lack of concern regarding the serious symptom (La Belle Indifference)
Use for Benzos. - Answers For anxiety
"pam and lam FIRST then SSRI"
-Lorazepam is for anxiety as needed
*Use caution with machinery, restrict caffeine, avoid alc/other sedatives
What do you do when someone is blind? - Answers Use the clock method
la belle indifference - Answers Term used to describe the lack of concern over physical illness;
seen in conversion reactions
Who is least likely to seek care for anxiety? - Answers African Americans
Asians
General Anxiety Disorder - Answers Constant worry, hard to control worry
OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) - Answers Anxiety about repetition, germs, dirt
Reflection Response - Answers Reflect on how you feel (therapeutic communication)
Busiprone - Answers Long action and is not for as needed
Does not cause dependence 2-4 weeks so might need short term first
Compensation - Answers Unconscious process allows individuals to make up for deficits in one
area by excelling in another to raise self-esteem
Altruism - Answers Individuals deal with emotional conflict by meeting the needs of others and
receiving gratification from the response of others
Ex: lose husband then do grief counseling to help others
Repression - Answers Unconsciously puts idea, event, or feeling out of awareness
Identification - Answers Unconscious mechanism that imitates the mannerisms or behaviors of
another
Devaluation - Answers Individual attributes negative qualities to self or others
Reaction Formation - Answers Unconscious mechanism keeps unacceptable feelings out of
awareness by using the opposite behavior. Instead of giving hatred give praise
, Projection - Answers Unconsciously disowning an unacceptable idea, feeling, or behavior by
attributing it to another
blaming for what you did
Rationalization - Answers Unconsciously, making excuses for one's behavior, inadequacies, or
feelings
Regression - Answers Unconscious behavior from an earlier stage of emotional development
Introjection - Answers Unconscious, intense identification with another person
-someone hates guns becomes hunter like best friend
Cognitive Restructuring - Answers Testing automatic thoughts and drawing new conclusions
Desensitization - Answers Graduated exposure to a feared object
Relaxation Technique - Answers Teach the patient to produce the opposite of the stress
response
Flooding - Answers Exposes the patient to a large amount of undesirable stimuli to extinguish
the anxiety response
What are social phobia anxiety disorders treated with? - Answers Beta Blockers (propanolol)
What are MAOIs for? - Answers Depression
*Non Tyramine Diet
somatic symtom disorder - Answers psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a
somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause
-go from physician to physician to establish a physical cause for their symptoms
-Often reject psychiatric help
Conversion Disorder - Answers a disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine
physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found
-Reduces anxiety through physical unrelated symptom
-Conversion is the defense mechanism of this disorder
-They demonstrate a lack of concern regarding the serious symptom (La Belle Indifference)
