Wilkes NSG 526 Exam (1, 2, 3) Clinical Modalities Adv. Psych (Latest 2025 / 2026) Qs and Ans with Explanation, Pass with Confidence

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Group Therapy primary purpose - CORRECT ANSWER -The primary purpose of group therapy is
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to facilitate changes by the patient to address identified problems.
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A technique for dealing with an over talkative client and silence from other participants in a
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group during therapy - CORRECT ANSWER -make an observation about the group's silence and
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invite the others to comment
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the technique of "Information Giver". - CORRECT ANSWER -During group members sharing
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methods they personally use for dealing with problems
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CBT - CORRECT ANSWER -consists of active questioning, homework assignments, and dream
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survey. The therapist helps the patient consider personal ideas and beliefs in order to increase
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the patient's realization about how thoughts influence behaviors.
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Attachment - CORRECT ANSWER -Attempts to explain the dynamics of interpersonal
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relationships between humans. A child needs to form a relationship between at least one
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primary caregiver.
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Mileu - CORRECT ANSWER -Milieu therapy requires consideration of the client's social,
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economic, and cultural status.
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Complementary Alternative Medicine vs Western major difference - CORRECT ANSWER -
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Western medicine focuses on what is done to the patient whereas CAM focuses on mind-body
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interactions.
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,Beck - CORRECT ANSWER -Beck developed the cognitive model of depression and the concept
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that cognitive processing distortions underlie psychological disorders
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ACTIVE, TIME-LIMITED APPROACH
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depression can be understood via schemas: - CORRECT ANSWER -Beck;
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cognitive errors, and the cognitive triad (i.e., negative views of self, tendency toward
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interpreting experiences in a negative manner, and holding negative views of the future).
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Beck assumption - CORRECT ANSWER -Distorted thinking contributes to and maintains bheavior
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(symptoms)
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Ellis - CORRECT ANSWER -RET (Rational Emotive Therapy) a form of cbt
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ret - CORRECT ANSWER -unrealistic and irrational beliefs cause many emotional problems. The
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purpose of RET is to identify an irrational belief and dispute it through active, philosophical,
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RET assumption - CORRECT ANSWER -People make themselves sick anytime they escalate a
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desire or preference into a demand or absolute must. (People become who they become based
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on their beliefs).
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Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER -operant conditioning
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Operant conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER -voluntary behaviors are learned through
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consequences, and behavioral responses are elicited through reinforcement, which causes a
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behavior to occur more frequently. Positive reinforcement- getting a gift, or negative
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reinforcement- removal of objectionable' or aversive stimulus
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, Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER -Absence of reinforcement, or extinction, also decreases behavior
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by withholding a reward that has become habitual. Teachers employ this strategy in the
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classroom when they ignore acting-out behavior that had previously been rewarded by more
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attention.
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Skinner's behavior model provides a concrete method for modifying or replacing behaviors.
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Behavior management and modification programs based on his principles have shown to be
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successful in altering targeted behaviors. Programmed learning and token economies represent
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extensions of Skinner's thoughts on learning. Behavioral methods are particularly effective with
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children, adolescents, and individuals with many forms of chronic mental illness.
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Universality - CORRECT ANSWER -Yaslom: The recognition of shared experiences and feelings
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among group members and that these may be widespread or universal human concerns, serves
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to remove a group member's sense of isolation, validate their experiences, and raise self-
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esteem.



Altruism - CORRECT ANSWER -Yaslom: The group is a place where members can help each other,
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and the experience of being able to give something to another person can lift the member's self
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esteem and help develop more adaptive coping styles and interpersonal skills.
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Instillation of hope - CORRECT ANSWER -Yaslom: In a mixed group that has members at various
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vstages of development or recovery, a member can be inspired and encouraged by another
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member who has overcome the problems with which they are still struggling.
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Imparting information - CORRECT ANSWER -Yaslom: While this is not strictly speaking a
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vpsychotherapeutic process, members often report that it has been very helpful to learn factual
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vinformation from other members in the group, for example, about their treatment or about
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access to services.
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Corrective recapitulation of primary family experience - CORRECT ANSWER -Yaslom: Members
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often unconsciously identify the group therapist and other group members with their own
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parents and siblings in a process that is a form of transference specific to group psychotherapy.
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The therapist's interpretations can help group members gain understanding of the impact of
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