WILKES NSG 526 EXAM 2 2026 EXAM REVIEW
COMPLETE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND FULL
SOLUTIONS
◉ Beck's Cognitive Triad in depressed patients.
1) Self- I'm worthless and ugly
2) World/experiences- people ignore me all the time
3) Future- I'm hopeless, things will never change)
(Worthless, helpless, and hopelessness ). Answer: negative views of
self
tendency toward interpreting experiences in a negative manner
holding negative views of the future
◉ Operant conditioning (BF SKINNER)- TYPE OF BEHAVIOR
THERAPY. Answer: Operant conditioning is the basis for behavior
modification and uses positive reinforcement to increase desired
behaviors.
desired goals are achieved or behaviors are performed, clients might
be rewarded with tokens. These tokens can be exchanged for food,
small luxuries, or privileges. This reward system is known as a token
economy.
,been useful in improving the verbal behaviors of mute, autistic, and
developmentally disabled children. In clients with severe and
persistent mental illness, behavior modification has helped increase
levels of self-care, social behavior, group participation
◉ Behavioral therapy. Answer: Behavioral therapy is base on the
assumption that changes in maladaptive behavior can occur without
insight into the underlying cause. This approach works best when it
is directed at specific problems and the goals are well defined.
Behavioral therapy is effective in treating people with phobias,
alcoholism, schizophrenia, and many other conditions.
◉ 4 types behavioral therapy. Answer: 1)Modeling
2)operant conditioning
3)systematic desensitization
4) aversion
◉ Systematic Desensitization (TYPE OF BEHAVIORAL THERAPY).
Answer: Systematic desensitization is another form of behavior
modification therapy that involves the development of behavioral
tasks customized to the client's specific fears; these tasks are
presented to the client while using learned relaxation techniques.
The process involves four steps:
The client's fear is broken down into its components by exploring
the particular stimulus cues to which the client reacts.
,The client is incrementally exposed to the fear.
The client is instructed in how to design a hierarchy of fears.
The client practices these techniques every day.
Girl- Swimming
◉ Approach to patient wanting to use CAM to treat his health
conditions. Answer: studies in the field are minimal when compared
to those of conventional medicine. no standards or regulations that
guarantee the safety or efficacy of herbal products. Consumers may
waste a great deal of money and risk their health on unproven,
fraudulently marketed, useless, or harmful products and treatments.
Another concern regarding CAM therapies is that diagnosis and
treatment may be delayed while clients try alternative interventions,
which is common with mental health symptoms such as major
depression and anxiety. Research on herbs such as St. John's wort,
valerian, and ginkgo biloba and mind-body interventions such as
yoga and meditation is extensive, and results are available on the
NCCAM website.
◉ DBT. Answer: tx designed specifically for individuals with self
harm behaviors, self cutting, suicide, etc. BPD
◉ Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development. Answer: theory of
cognitive development
, children move through 4 different stages of mental development.
1) sensorimotor- birth to 2 years
2) preoperational- 2-7 years
3)concrete operational- 7-11 years
4) formal operational- 12 plus
◉ piaget assumption. Answer: Assumption: children construct their
own knowledge in response to their experiences. Learn many things
on own without intervention, children are intrinsically motivated to
learn
◉ Ainsworth. Answer: theorist that studied types of attachment by
use of the strange situation test
◉ strange situation test. Answer: Gradually subjecting a child to a
stressful situation and observing his or her behavior toward the
parent or caregiver. This test is used to classify children according to
type of attachment—secure, resistant, avoidant, or
disorganized/disoriented.
◉ Yalom- is known for his 11 therapeutic/curative factors that are
mechanisms of effecting change in a person with group therapy.
Answer: existential psychotherapy is an attitude toward human
suffering and has no manual. Asks deep questions about the nature
COMPLETE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND FULL
SOLUTIONS
◉ Beck's Cognitive Triad in depressed patients.
1) Self- I'm worthless and ugly
2) World/experiences- people ignore me all the time
3) Future- I'm hopeless, things will never change)
(Worthless, helpless, and hopelessness ). Answer: negative views of
self
tendency toward interpreting experiences in a negative manner
holding negative views of the future
◉ Operant conditioning (BF SKINNER)- TYPE OF BEHAVIOR
THERAPY. Answer: Operant conditioning is the basis for behavior
modification and uses positive reinforcement to increase desired
behaviors.
desired goals are achieved or behaviors are performed, clients might
be rewarded with tokens. These tokens can be exchanged for food,
small luxuries, or privileges. This reward system is known as a token
economy.
,been useful in improving the verbal behaviors of mute, autistic, and
developmentally disabled children. In clients with severe and
persistent mental illness, behavior modification has helped increase
levels of self-care, social behavior, group participation
◉ Behavioral therapy. Answer: Behavioral therapy is base on the
assumption that changes in maladaptive behavior can occur without
insight into the underlying cause. This approach works best when it
is directed at specific problems and the goals are well defined.
Behavioral therapy is effective in treating people with phobias,
alcoholism, schizophrenia, and many other conditions.
◉ 4 types behavioral therapy. Answer: 1)Modeling
2)operant conditioning
3)systematic desensitization
4) aversion
◉ Systematic Desensitization (TYPE OF BEHAVIORAL THERAPY).
Answer: Systematic desensitization is another form of behavior
modification therapy that involves the development of behavioral
tasks customized to the client's specific fears; these tasks are
presented to the client while using learned relaxation techniques.
The process involves four steps:
The client's fear is broken down into its components by exploring
the particular stimulus cues to which the client reacts.
,The client is incrementally exposed to the fear.
The client is instructed in how to design a hierarchy of fears.
The client practices these techniques every day.
Girl- Swimming
◉ Approach to patient wanting to use CAM to treat his health
conditions. Answer: studies in the field are minimal when compared
to those of conventional medicine. no standards or regulations that
guarantee the safety or efficacy of herbal products. Consumers may
waste a great deal of money and risk their health on unproven,
fraudulently marketed, useless, or harmful products and treatments.
Another concern regarding CAM therapies is that diagnosis and
treatment may be delayed while clients try alternative interventions,
which is common with mental health symptoms such as major
depression and anxiety. Research on herbs such as St. John's wort,
valerian, and ginkgo biloba and mind-body interventions such as
yoga and meditation is extensive, and results are available on the
NCCAM website.
◉ DBT. Answer: tx designed specifically for individuals with self
harm behaviors, self cutting, suicide, etc. BPD
◉ Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development. Answer: theory of
cognitive development
, children move through 4 different stages of mental development.
1) sensorimotor- birth to 2 years
2) preoperational- 2-7 years
3)concrete operational- 7-11 years
4) formal operational- 12 plus
◉ piaget assumption. Answer: Assumption: children construct their
own knowledge in response to their experiences. Learn many things
on own without intervention, children are intrinsically motivated to
learn
◉ Ainsworth. Answer: theorist that studied types of attachment by
use of the strange situation test
◉ strange situation test. Answer: Gradually subjecting a child to a
stressful situation and observing his or her behavior toward the
parent or caregiver. This test is used to classify children according to
type of attachment—secure, resistant, avoidant, or
disorganized/disoriented.
◉ Yalom- is known for his 11 therapeutic/curative factors that are
mechanisms of effecting change in a person with group therapy.
Answer: existential psychotherapy is an attitude toward human
suffering and has no manual. Asks deep questions about the nature
