NRNP 6645 PSYCHOTHERAPY
MIDTERM EXAM WALDEN
UNIVERSITY 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 100 PERCENT CORRECT
GRADED A+
◉ According to Freud, what problematic trait is associated with failure
to learn independence and control? Answer: Excessive dependency.
◉ What is the difference between standards of care and practice
guidelines? Answer: Standards of care are legally binding while practice
guidelines are not.
◉ What does primary thinking recognize in CBT cognitive processes?
Answer: Indeterminate, negative, and irrational thinking as part of
human action.
◉ What does secondary thinking in CBT recognize? Answer:
Indeterminate, negative, and irrational thinking as foremost.
◉ According to Yalom, what role does imitative behavior play in
therapy? Answer: Imitative behavior generally plays a more important
role in early stages of a group.
◉ What is a therapeutic benefit of imitative behavior? Answer: It may
allow an individual to experiment with a new behavior.
,◉ Who are not ideal candidates for psychoanalytic psychotherapy?
Answer: Patients with primarily primitive defenses.
◉ What is important for a family therapist during the initial contact with
a family seeking therapy? Answer: Identify the presenting problem and
arrange a consultation with everyone living in the family household.
◉ What is consistent with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
Answer: CBT is based on a theoretical framework that maintains how an
individual structures experiences largely determines how one feels and
behaves.
◉ What are maladaptive thoughts in CBT rooted in? Answer: Irrational
or illogical assumptions.
◉ How can emotions and behaviors be changed according to CBT?
Answer: By changing one's thoughts.
◉ What is the focus of primary thinking in CBT? Answer: Viewing the
social and cultural world in determinate, positive, and rational terms.
◉ What is the role of practice guidelines in relation to standards of care?
Answer: Practice guidelines should be followed as written while
standards of care are more flexible.
,◉ What is a characteristic of patients with neurotic to healthy
personality organization in psychotherapy? Answer: They are considered
ideal candidates for psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
◉ What is the purpose of identifying the presenting problem in family
therapy? Answer: To develop a therapeutic alliance and strategy for
fixing the problem.
◉ What is the significance of finding out what we are not in therapy?
Answer: It is progress toward finding out what we are.
◉ What does CBT maintain about the structure of experiences? Answer:
It largely determines how one feels and behaves.
◉ What is the role of the family therapist in ensuring family therapy is
necessary? Answer: Arrange a consultation with the caller to ensure
family therapy is really necessary.
◉ What is the relationship between thoughts and behaviors in CBT?
Answer: Changing thoughts can lead to changes in emotions and
behaviors.
◉ What is the importance of the therapeutic alliance in family therapy?
Answer: It helps in developing strategies to address the presenting
problem.
, ◉ What is the role of excessive guilt in Freud's theory? Answer: It is one
of the problematic traits associated with failure to learn independence
and control.
◉ What does the term 'cognitive triad' refer to in CBT? Answer:
Maladaptive thoughts that influence feelings and behaviors.
◉ What therapeutic factor is exemplified when a group member realizes
others share feelings of incompetency? Answer: Universality
◉ What is the basic strategy of dynamic supportive therapy that involves
assisting with reality testing and social skills? Answer: Lend psychic
structure
◉ Which strategy of dynamic supportive therapy involves advocating
for the patient to promote independence? Answer: Make connections
◉ What distinguishes psychoanalytic therapy from other therapies?
Answer: The deep analysis of the patient relationship with the therapist.
◉ What concept refers to the idea that every thought and behavior has a
cause? Answer: Psychic determinism
◉ In supportive psychodynamic psychotherapy, what do sessions most
often focus on? Answer: B and C (Life stresses and feelings, Life
stresses and problem-solving)
MIDTERM EXAM WALDEN
UNIVERSITY 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 100 PERCENT CORRECT
GRADED A+
◉ According to Freud, what problematic trait is associated with failure
to learn independence and control? Answer: Excessive dependency.
◉ What is the difference between standards of care and practice
guidelines? Answer: Standards of care are legally binding while practice
guidelines are not.
◉ What does primary thinking recognize in CBT cognitive processes?
Answer: Indeterminate, negative, and irrational thinking as part of
human action.
◉ What does secondary thinking in CBT recognize? Answer:
Indeterminate, negative, and irrational thinking as foremost.
◉ According to Yalom, what role does imitative behavior play in
therapy? Answer: Imitative behavior generally plays a more important
role in early stages of a group.
◉ What is a therapeutic benefit of imitative behavior? Answer: It may
allow an individual to experiment with a new behavior.
,◉ Who are not ideal candidates for psychoanalytic psychotherapy?
Answer: Patients with primarily primitive defenses.
◉ What is important for a family therapist during the initial contact with
a family seeking therapy? Answer: Identify the presenting problem and
arrange a consultation with everyone living in the family household.
◉ What is consistent with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
Answer: CBT is based on a theoretical framework that maintains how an
individual structures experiences largely determines how one feels and
behaves.
◉ What are maladaptive thoughts in CBT rooted in? Answer: Irrational
or illogical assumptions.
◉ How can emotions and behaviors be changed according to CBT?
Answer: By changing one's thoughts.
◉ What is the focus of primary thinking in CBT? Answer: Viewing the
social and cultural world in determinate, positive, and rational terms.
◉ What is the role of practice guidelines in relation to standards of care?
Answer: Practice guidelines should be followed as written while
standards of care are more flexible.
,◉ What is a characteristic of patients with neurotic to healthy
personality organization in psychotherapy? Answer: They are considered
ideal candidates for psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
◉ What is the purpose of identifying the presenting problem in family
therapy? Answer: To develop a therapeutic alliance and strategy for
fixing the problem.
◉ What is the significance of finding out what we are not in therapy?
Answer: It is progress toward finding out what we are.
◉ What does CBT maintain about the structure of experiences? Answer:
It largely determines how one feels and behaves.
◉ What is the role of the family therapist in ensuring family therapy is
necessary? Answer: Arrange a consultation with the caller to ensure
family therapy is really necessary.
◉ What is the relationship between thoughts and behaviors in CBT?
Answer: Changing thoughts can lead to changes in emotions and
behaviors.
◉ What is the importance of the therapeutic alliance in family therapy?
Answer: It helps in developing strategies to address the presenting
problem.
, ◉ What is the role of excessive guilt in Freud's theory? Answer: It is one
of the problematic traits associated with failure to learn independence
and control.
◉ What does the term 'cognitive triad' refer to in CBT? Answer:
Maladaptive thoughts that influence feelings and behaviors.
◉ What therapeutic factor is exemplified when a group member realizes
others share feelings of incompetency? Answer: Universality
◉ What is the basic strategy of dynamic supportive therapy that involves
assisting with reality testing and social skills? Answer: Lend psychic
structure
◉ Which strategy of dynamic supportive therapy involves advocating
for the patient to promote independence? Answer: Make connections
◉ What distinguishes psychoanalytic therapy from other therapies?
Answer: The deep analysis of the patient relationship with the therapist.
◉ What concept refers to the idea that every thought and behavior has a
cause? Answer: Psychic determinism
◉ In supportive psychodynamic psychotherapy, what do sessions most
often focus on? Answer: B and C (Life stresses and feelings, Life
stresses and problem-solving)
