NURS 661 Exam 2 - Questions and Answers (Maryville University)

NURS 661 Exam 2 - Questions and Answers (Maryville University) __________ is characterized by the commitment of members to explore significant problems they bring to the sessions and by their attention to the dynamics within the group. a. transition stage b. consolidation stage c. orientation stage d. working stage Which stage has the focus of applying what has been learned in the group and putting it to use in everyday life? a. transition b. consolidation c. orientation d. working If change is to occur, members must believe that change is possible, that they need not remain trapped in their past, and that they can take active steps to make their lives more authentic. __________ is therapeutic in itself because it gives members the incentive to commit themselves to the demanding work that change requires. a. freedom to experiment b. hope c. intimacy d. catharsis Unexpressed feelings often result in physical symptoms such as chronic headaches, stomach pains, muscle tension, and high blood pressure. The expression of pent-up feelings can be therapeutic because it releases energy that has been tied up in withholding certain threatening feelings. This describes a. catharsis b. self-discloosure c. cognitive reconstruction d. hope At the __________ members can discuss the efforts they have made since termination of the group to implement their learning in the real world. a. initial session b. follow-up session c. last session of the group d. middle session Psychoanalytic dream work consists of a. asking the member to act out all parts of his dream b. interpretation of the latent meaning of the dream c. having the member analyze and interpret his own dream d. the leader avoiding giving any interpretations of the dream ______ is a defense mechanism whereby we try to justify our behavior by assigning logical and admirable motives to it. Some people manufacture "good" reasons to explain away a bruised ego. a. transference b. countertransference c. rationalization d. free association All of the following are advantages of a group EXCEPT a. multiple transference can be formed b. the group becomes a family of yesterday c. members can benefit from one another's work d. participants can't gain a clear sense of how their defenses and resistances are manifested When anxiety is referred to as "free-floating," this suggests that a. it is floating over the unconscious, just as a ship floats over the ocean b. it is vague and general, not yet having crystallized into specific form c. it is close to the surface of consciousness and is thereby ready to access through free association d. it is floating over the unconscious, just as a ship floats over the ocean, and it is close to the surface of consciousness and is thereby ready to access through free association Which ego defense mechanism involves attributing our own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and motives to others? a. displacement b. projection c. reaction formation d. regression The "identity crisis" is a hallmark of a. adolescence b. young adulthood c. school age children d. all of the above A person who is in Erikson's "middle age" stage a. is dealing with accepting the inevitability of his own death b. often suffers from a feeling of hopelessness c. is adjusting to retirement d. is concerned with achieving intimacy in his relationship When the group therapist experiences feelings from the past that are reactivated by a group member in the present, he or she is experiencing a. sublimation b. psychosis c. countertransference d. transference How is catharsis a part of psychodrama? a. pent-up feelings are not dealt with b. catharsis is neither necessary or desired c. catharsis is facilitated by the use of certain techniques designed to intensify feelings and pent-up feelings are released through acting d. catharsis is useful only after members fully understand fully understand what is causing a particular problem The psychodrama method emphasizes a. spontaneity and creativity b. an intellectual understanding of the causes of conflicts c. a way of challenging irrational beliefs d. understanding life scripts The protagonist is a. the person selected to work b. the symbolic figure in a member's life that antagonizes the member c. the group member who serves as an alter-ego d. the director when he or she is role-playing with the member who is working The auxiliary ego is a. a group member who plays symbolic roles b. an inner part of the member that is in conflict c. the person who is chosen to work on a conflict d. played at all times by the director The major task for a child of preschool age is a. to engage in social tasks b. to explore the world c. to achieve a sense of industry d. to establish a sense of competence Psychodrama was designed to facilitate the expression of feelings in a spontaneous and dramatic way through the use of a. free association b. role playing c. dream analysis d. shame-attacking exercises The ventilation of stored-up feelings is known as a. breaking out b. breaking down c. working through d. catharsis Grasping the essence of a message at both the feeling and the thinking levels; simplifying client statements by focusing on the core of the message is defined as a. active listening b. clarifying c. restating d. summarizing To prepare members to assimilate, integrate, and apply in-group learning to everyday life is defined as a. modeling b. suggesting c. terminating d. initiating _____ is to offer an external view of how the person appears to others; to increase the client's self- awareness. a. giving feedback