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NSG 526 Exam 2 2026/2027 – 100+ Questions & Answers on CBT, Group Therapy, Attachment Theory & Psychiatric Nursing

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This 36-page NSG 526 Exam 2 study guide provides comprehensive exam questions and answers covering psychiatric mental health nursing, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), group psychotherapy, attachment theory, milieu therapy, behavioral interventions, and complementary alternative medicine. Key topics include Beck's cognitive triad, Ellis's rational emotive therapy, Yalom's therapeutic factors, Skinner's operant conditioning, Piaget's developmental stages, Bowlby's attachment theory, Ainsworth's attachment styles, cognitive distortions, reinforcement techniques, and therapeutic communication. The material also explores group leadership, strategic family therapy, and psychiatric interventions for depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Relevant academic references include Beck's Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond (3rd ed., 2020) and Yalom and Leszcz's The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy (6th ed., 2020). Ideal for PMHNP, MSN, DNP, APRN, and psychiatric mental health nursing students preparing for psychotherapy and behavioral health examinations. The document is labeled graded A+, although this claim is not independently verified. Keywords: NSG 526 Exam 2, NSG 526 2026/2027, psychiatric nursing exam questions, mental health nursing, CBT questions and answers, DBT therapy, group psychotherapy, Yalom therapeutic factors, Beck cognitive triad, Ellis rational emotive therapy, Skinner operant conditioning, Piaget developmental theory, Bowlby attachment theory, Ainsworth attachment styles, milieu therapy, cognitive distortions, behavioral therapy, therapeutic communication, PMHNP exam preparation, MSN nursing, psychiatric nursing study guide, psychotherapy exam review

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Exam 2 NSG 526 2026/2027
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Group Therapy primary purpose - ANSWER ✔✔The primary purpose

of group therapy is to facilitate changes by the patient to address

identified problems.

A technique for dealing with an over talkative client and silence from

other participants in a group during therapy - ANSWER ✔✔make an

observation about the group's silence and invite the others to comment


the technique of "Information Giver". - ANSWER ✔✔During group

members sharing methods they personally use for dealing with problems

,CBT - ANSWER ✔✔consists of active questioning, homework

assignments, and dream survey. The therapist helps the patient consider

personal ideas and beliefs in order to increase the patient's realization

about how thoughts influence behaviors.


Attachment - ANSWER ✔✔Attempts to explain the dynamics of

interpersonal relationships between humans. A child needs to form a

relationship between at least one primary caregiver.


Mileu - ANSWER ✔✔Milieu therapy requires consideration of the

client's social, economic, and cultural status.

Complementary Alternative Medicine vs Western major difference -

ANSWER ✔✔Western medicine focuses on what is done to the

patient whereas CAM focuses on mind-body interactions.


Beck - ANSWER ✔✔Beck developed the cognitive model of

depression and the concept that cognitive processing distortions

underlie psychological disorders




ACTIVE, TIME-LIMITED APPROACH


depression can be understood via schemas: - ANSWER ✔✔Beck;

,cognitive errors, and the cognitive triad (i.e., negative views of self,

tendency toward interpreting experiences in a negative manner, and

holding negative views of the future).


Beck assumption - ANSWER ✔✔Distorted thinking contributes to and

maintains bheavior (symptoms)


Ellis - ANSWER ✔✔RET (Rational Emotive Therapy) a form of cbt


ret - ANSWER ✔✔unrealistic and irrational beliefs cause many

emotional problems. The purpose of RET is to identify an irrational belief

and dispute it through active, philosophical, confrontational therapy.


RET assumption - ANSWER ✔✔People make themselves sick

anytime they escalate a desire or preference into a demand or absolute

must. (People become who they become based on their beliefs).


Skinner - ANSWER ✔✔operant conditioning


Operant conditioning - ANSWER ✔✔voluntary behaviors are learned

through consequences, and behavioral responses are elicited through

reinforcement, which causes a behavior to occur more frequently.

Positive reinforcement- getting a gift, or negative reinforcement- removal

of objectionable' or aversive stimulus



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, Skinner - ANSWER ✔✔Absence of reinforcement, or extinction, also

decreases behavior by withholding a reward that has become habitual.

Teachers employ this strategy in the classroom when they ignore acting-

out behavior that had previously been rewarded by more attention.

Skinner's behavior model provides a concrete method for modifying or

replacing behaviors. Behavior management and modification programs

based on his principles have shown to be successful in altering targeted

behaviors. Programmed learning and token economies represent

extensions of Skinner's thoughts on learning. Behavioral methods are

particularly effective with children, adolescents, and individuals with

many forms of chronic mental illness.


Universality - ANSWER ✔✔Yaslom: The recognition of shared

experiences and feelings among group members and that these may be

widespread or universal human concerns, serves to remove a group

member's sense of isolation, validate their experiences, and raise self-

esteem.


Altruism - ANSWER ✔✔Yaslom: The group is a place where

members can help each other, and the experience of being able to give

something to another person can lift the member's self esteem and help

develop more adaptive coping styles and interpersonal skills.

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