WILKES NSG 526 EXAM 2QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS UPDATES

WILKES NSG 526 EXAM 2QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS UPDATES 1. Group Therapy primary purpose: ans- The primary purpose of group therapy is tofacilitate changes by the patient to address identified problems. 2. A technique for dealing with an over talkative client and silence from other participants in a group during therapy: ans- make an observation about the group's silence and invite the others to comment 3. the technique of "Information Giver".: ans- During group members sharing methodsthey personally use for dealing with problems 4. CBT: ans- 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. 5. Attachment: ans- Attempts to explain the dynamics of interpersonal relationships between humans. A child needs to form a relationship between at 2 / 15 least one primarycaregiver. 6. Mileu: ans- Milieu therapy requires consideration of the client's social, economic, andcultural status. 7. Complementary Alternative Medicine vs Western major difference: Western medicine focuses on what is done to the patient whereas CAM focuses on mind-body interactions. 8. Beck: Beck developed the cognitive model of depression and the concept that cognitive processing distortions underlie psychological disorders ACTIVE, TIME-LIMITED APPROACH 9. depression can be understood via schemas:: 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). 10. Beck assumption: Distorted thinking contributes to and maintains bheavior (symptoms) 11. Ellis: RET (Rational Emotive Therapy) a form of cbt 12. ret: unrealistic and irrational beliefs cause many emotional problems. The pur- pose of RET is to identify an irrational belief and dispute it through active, philosoph- ical, confrontational therapy. 3 / 15 13. RET assumption: 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). 14. Skinner: operant conditioning 15. Operant conditioning: voluntary behaviors are learned through consequences, and behavioral responses are elicited through reinforcement, which causes a be- 4 / 15 havior to occur more frequently. Positive reinforcement- getting a gift, or negative reinforcement- removal of objectionable' or aversive stimulus 16. Skinner: 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 prin- ciples have shown to be successful in altering targeted behaviors. Programmed learning and token economies represent extensions of Skinner's thoughts on learn- ing. Behavioral methods are particularly effective with children, adolescents, and individuals with many forms of chronic mental illness. 17. Universality: 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. 18. Altruism: 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