NUR 2459 RASMUSSEN MENTAL HEALTH
EXAM 1 2026 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
⩥ explain what behavioral therapy is. Answer: aims to modify
maladaptive behavior patterns.
based that a behavior is learned and has consequences and abnormal
behavior results from an attempt to avoid painful feelings and reduce
anxiety.
⩥ explain what cognitive therapy is. Answer: focuses on individual
client thoughts and behaviors to solve current problems.
Based on changing the way one thinks.
⩥ explain what cognitive behavioral therapy is (CBT). Answer: uses
both cognitive and behavioral approaches to assist a client with anxiety
management.
⩥ explain what family therapy is. Answer: therapy based on family
dynamics and improving family functioning by learning the ways for
dealing with mental illness in the family, improving understanding
among family members, maximizing positive interaction with family
members.
,⩥ explain what milieu therapy is. Answer: creates an environment that is
supportive and therapeutic and safe to benefit clients and promote
coping within a safe place.
⩥ explain what group therapy is. Answer: therapy focused on helping
individuals develop more functional and satisfying reactions within a
group setting with common feelings, experiences and thoughts that lead
to positive behavior changes from interaction and feedback.
⩥ what types of disorders can ECT help with?. Answer: Used as a last
resort in depression, mania, schizophrenia, and psychosis when
medication and treatment has failed.
⩥ which two defense mechanisms are always healthy?. Answer: alturism
and sublimation
⩥ explain altruism. Answer: dealing with anxiety by reaching out for
others
⩥ example of altruism. Answer: It is very cold and a man takes off his
jacket and gives it to someone who cannot afford a coat.
⩥ explain compensation. Answer: covering up a real or perceived
weakness by emphasizing a trait one considered more desirable
, ⩥ example of compensation. Answer: Someone who is too small to
make the wrestling team becomes a talented member of the debating
team.
⩥ explain denial. Answer: refusing to acknowledge the existence of a
real situation or feelings associated.
⩥ example of denial. Answer: A woman who drinks alcohol daily,
refuses to acknowledge she has a problem.
⩥ explain displacement. Answer: shifting feelings related to an object,
person, or situation to another less threatening object, person or
situation.
⩥ example of displacement. Answer: A man is angry with his boss and
when he comes home, he yells at his children.
⩥ explain projection. Answer: attributing one's unacceptable thoughts
and feelings onto another who does not have them
⩥ example of projection. Answer: A woman has feelings for someone
other than her husband, but blames him for being unfaithful.
⩥ Explain identification. Answer: conscious or unconscious assumption
of the characteristics of another individual or group
EXAM 1 2026 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
⩥ explain what behavioral therapy is. Answer: aims to modify
maladaptive behavior patterns.
based that a behavior is learned and has consequences and abnormal
behavior results from an attempt to avoid painful feelings and reduce
anxiety.
⩥ explain what cognitive therapy is. Answer: focuses on individual
client thoughts and behaviors to solve current problems.
Based on changing the way one thinks.
⩥ explain what cognitive behavioral therapy is (CBT). Answer: uses
both cognitive and behavioral approaches to assist a client with anxiety
management.
⩥ explain what family therapy is. Answer: therapy based on family
dynamics and improving family functioning by learning the ways for
dealing with mental illness in the family, improving understanding
among family members, maximizing positive interaction with family
members.
,⩥ explain what milieu therapy is. Answer: creates an environment that is
supportive and therapeutic and safe to benefit clients and promote
coping within a safe place.
⩥ explain what group therapy is. Answer: therapy focused on helping
individuals develop more functional and satisfying reactions within a
group setting with common feelings, experiences and thoughts that lead
to positive behavior changes from interaction and feedback.
⩥ what types of disorders can ECT help with?. Answer: Used as a last
resort in depression, mania, schizophrenia, and psychosis when
medication and treatment has failed.
⩥ which two defense mechanisms are always healthy?. Answer: alturism
and sublimation
⩥ explain altruism. Answer: dealing with anxiety by reaching out for
others
⩥ example of altruism. Answer: It is very cold and a man takes off his
jacket and gives it to someone who cannot afford a coat.
⩥ explain compensation. Answer: covering up a real or perceived
weakness by emphasizing a trait one considered more desirable
, ⩥ example of compensation. Answer: Someone who is too small to
make the wrestling team becomes a talented member of the debating
team.
⩥ explain denial. Answer: refusing to acknowledge the existence of a
real situation or feelings associated.
⩥ example of denial. Answer: A woman who drinks alcohol daily,
refuses to acknowledge she has a problem.
⩥ explain displacement. Answer: shifting feelings related to an object,
person, or situation to another less threatening object, person or
situation.
⩥ example of displacement. Answer: A man is angry with his boss and
when he comes home, he yells at his children.
⩥ explain projection. Answer: attributing one's unacceptable thoughts
and feelings onto another who does not have them
⩥ example of projection. Answer: A woman has feelings for someone
other than her husband, but blames him for being unfaithful.
⩥ Explain identification. Answer: conscious or unconscious assumption
of the characteristics of another individual or group
