WALDEN NURS 6645 EXAM (ACTUAL 2025-2026)
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Processing
Reflects access to all dimensions of memory: behaviors,
affect, sensations, cognitions, and beliefs associated with the
trauma and leads to an expansion of consciousness
Stage I of the Treatment Heirarchy
Stabilization-Basic needs are met: food, sleep, safety,
security, case managment and work towards achieiving solid
state resiliency
Stage II of the Treatment Hierarchy Framework
Processing
Stage III of the Treatment Hierarchy Framework
Enhance Future Visioning
Thalamus
Acts as a relay station for the top-down, bottom-up neural
networks that connect the cortex to the limbic system. There
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,WALDEN NURS 6645 EXAM (ACTUAL 2025-2026)
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
is constant interaction between the thalamus and the cortex,
and all sensory information, except for smell, which is routed
through the thalamus to the cerebral cortex. Mediates the
interaction between attention and arousal and is therefore
relevant to the phenomenology of trauma.
T or F: Neuroimaging studies show decreased thalamic
activity in subjects with PTSD
True
Violating clinical norms
not referring someone in a troubled marriage for couples
therapy, accepting personal counseling from a supervisor, and
so on
Professional isolation
not being willing to discuss your decisions with professional
colleagues
The Expressive (Owning) Skill
gaining awareness of one's own feelings and taking
responsibility for them without projecting them onto others
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,WALDEN NURS 6645 EXAM (ACTUAL 2025-2026)
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
The Empathic Responding (Receptive) Skill
learning to listen to the other person's feelings
The Conversive (Discussion-Negotiation/Engagement) Skill
learning to acknowledge the meaning of what was heard;
partners may switch positions between listener and speaker
Critical skills for effective functioning as a couple:
A. Structure
B. Communication
C. Problem solving
D. Consideration
E. Fun
systems theory
the essential properties of living systems arise from the
relationships among their parts. These properties are lost
when the system is reduced to isolated elements
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, WALDEN NURS 6645 EXAM (ACTUAL 2025-2026)
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
black box metaphor
Viewing people as black boxes may seem like the ultimate
expression of mechanistic thinking, but this metaphor had the
advantage of simplifying the field of study by eliminating
speculation about the mind in order to concentrate on people's
input and output—that is, communication and behavior.
Bertalanffy's general systems theory
>A system as more than the sum of its parts
>Emphasis on interaction within and among systems versus
reductionism.
>Human systems as ecologic organisms versus mechanism
>Concept of equifinality.
>Homeostatic reactivity versus spontaneous activity.
Constructivism
A movement in IR theory that examines how changing
international norms and actors' identities help shape the
content of state interests.
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QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Processing
Reflects access to all dimensions of memory: behaviors,
affect, sensations, cognitions, and beliefs associated with the
trauma and leads to an expansion of consciousness
Stage I of the Treatment Heirarchy
Stabilization-Basic needs are met: food, sleep, safety,
security, case managment and work towards achieiving solid
state resiliency
Stage II of the Treatment Hierarchy Framework
Processing
Stage III of the Treatment Hierarchy Framework
Enhance Future Visioning
Thalamus
Acts as a relay station for the top-down, bottom-up neural
networks that connect the cortex to the limbic system. There
Page 1 of 77
,WALDEN NURS 6645 EXAM (ACTUAL 2025-2026)
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
is constant interaction between the thalamus and the cortex,
and all sensory information, except for smell, which is routed
through the thalamus to the cerebral cortex. Mediates the
interaction between attention and arousal and is therefore
relevant to the phenomenology of trauma.
T or F: Neuroimaging studies show decreased thalamic
activity in subjects with PTSD
True
Violating clinical norms
not referring someone in a troubled marriage for couples
therapy, accepting personal counseling from a supervisor, and
so on
Professional isolation
not being willing to discuss your decisions with professional
colleagues
The Expressive (Owning) Skill
gaining awareness of one's own feelings and taking
responsibility for them without projecting them onto others
Page 2 of 77
,WALDEN NURS 6645 EXAM (ACTUAL 2025-2026)
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
The Empathic Responding (Receptive) Skill
learning to listen to the other person's feelings
The Conversive (Discussion-Negotiation/Engagement) Skill
learning to acknowledge the meaning of what was heard;
partners may switch positions between listener and speaker
Critical skills for effective functioning as a couple:
A. Structure
B. Communication
C. Problem solving
D. Consideration
E. Fun
systems theory
the essential properties of living systems arise from the
relationships among their parts. These properties are lost
when the system is reduced to isolated elements
Page 3 of 77
, WALDEN NURS 6645 EXAM (ACTUAL 2025-2026)
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
black box metaphor
Viewing people as black boxes may seem like the ultimate
expression of mechanistic thinking, but this metaphor had the
advantage of simplifying the field of study by eliminating
speculation about the mind in order to concentrate on people's
input and output—that is, communication and behavior.
Bertalanffy's general systems theory
>A system as more than the sum of its parts
>Emphasis on interaction within and among systems versus
reductionism.
>Human systems as ecologic organisms versus mechanism
>Concept of equifinality.
>Homeostatic reactivity versus spontaneous activity.
Constructivism
A movement in IR theory that examines how changing
international norms and actors' identities help shape the
content of state interests.
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