Wilkes NSG 526 Exam Questions and
correct Answers
1. Labeling is an extreme form of which cognitive distortion?
A) Overgeneralization
B) Mind Reading
C) All-or-Nothing Thinking
D) Labeling
Answer: D
2. What is the primary purpose of group therapy?
A) To provide medication management
B) To facilitate changes by the patient to address identified problems, rooted in the
idea that humans heal in community
C) To replace individual therapy entirely
D) To teach clients how to lead groups
Answer: B
3. Which attachment stage occurs from birth to 8-12 weeks?
A) Clear-cut attachment
B) Attachment in the making
C) Pre-attachment stage
D) Secure attachment
Answer: C
4. What describes a heterogeneous group?
A) A group where all members share central traits
B) A group led by an autocratic leader
C) A group in which a range of differences exists among members
D) A closed group with fixed membership
Answer: C
5. Which attachment pattern involves an infant avoiding connection with the
caregiver, showing no distress upon separation?
A) Secure attachment
B) Insecure-ambivalent attachment
C) Insecure-disorganized attachment
D) Insecure-avoidant attachment
Answer: D
6. What is the A-B-C theory associated with?
A) Beck's cognitive triad
,B) Ellis' Rational Emotive Therapy
C) Skinner's operant conditioning
D) Piaget's cognitive development
Answer: B
7. Which theorist developed the cognitive model of depression using an active,
time-limited approach?
A) Ellis
B) Skinner
C) Beck
D) Yalom
Answer: C
8. What are the four stages of Piaget's cognitive development in correct order?
A) Preoperational, Sensorimotor, Concrete operational, Formal operational
B) Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete operational, Formal operational
C) Concrete operational, Sensorimotor, Formal operational, Preoperational
D) Formal operational, Preoperational, Sensorimotor, Concrete operational
Answer: B
9. Which type of group leader allows members to behave in any way they choose
and gives minimal direction?
A) Autocratic leader
B) Democratic leader
C) Laissez-faire leader
D) Strategic leader
Answer: C
10. What is operant conditioning primarily associated with?
A) Pavlov
B) Beck
C) Ellis
D) Skinner
Answer: D
11. Which therapy is specifically designed for individuals with self-harm behaviors
such as self-cutting and suicide?
A) CBT
B) DBT
C) RET
D) Strategic Therapy
Answer: B
12. What is the "strange situation test" used to assess?
, A) Cognitive development stages
B) Types of attachment in children
C) Social skills in group therapy
D) Behavioral responses to operant conditioning
Answer: B
13. Which cognitive distortion involves predicting that things will turn out badly?
A) Mind Reading
B) Mental Filter
C) Fortune-telling
D) Magnification
Answer: C
14. What is systematic desensitization?
A) A token economy system
B) A form of behavior modification involving incremental exposure to fear with
relaxation techniques
C) A paradoxical directive technique
D) A group therapy technique for silent members
Answer: B
15. Which of Yalom's therapeutic factors refers to the recognition of shared
experiences among group members, removing a sense of isolation?
A) Altruism
B) Cohesiveness
C) Universality
D) Catharsis
Answer: C
16. What is the main difference between Western medicine and Complementary
Alternative Medicine (CAM)?
A) Western medicine is cheaper
B) CAM focuses on mind-body interactions whereas Western medicine focuses on
what is done to the patient
C) CAM uses only herbal treatments
D) Western medicine is holistic
Answer: B
17. Which cognitive distortion occurs when you hold yourself personally responsible
for an event not entirely under your control?
A) Emotional Reasoning
B) Labeling
C) Personalization
D) Overgeneralization
correct Answers
1. Labeling is an extreme form of which cognitive distortion?
A) Overgeneralization
B) Mind Reading
C) All-or-Nothing Thinking
D) Labeling
Answer: D
2. What is the primary purpose of group therapy?
A) To provide medication management
B) To facilitate changes by the patient to address identified problems, rooted in the
idea that humans heal in community
C) To replace individual therapy entirely
D) To teach clients how to lead groups
Answer: B
3. Which attachment stage occurs from birth to 8-12 weeks?
A) Clear-cut attachment
B) Attachment in the making
C) Pre-attachment stage
D) Secure attachment
Answer: C
4. What describes a heterogeneous group?
A) A group where all members share central traits
B) A group led by an autocratic leader
C) A group in which a range of differences exists among members
D) A closed group with fixed membership
Answer: C
5. Which attachment pattern involves an infant avoiding connection with the
caregiver, showing no distress upon separation?
A) Secure attachment
B) Insecure-ambivalent attachment
C) Insecure-disorganized attachment
D) Insecure-avoidant attachment
Answer: D
6. What is the A-B-C theory associated with?
A) Beck's cognitive triad
,B) Ellis' Rational Emotive Therapy
C) Skinner's operant conditioning
D) Piaget's cognitive development
Answer: B
7. Which theorist developed the cognitive model of depression using an active,
time-limited approach?
A) Ellis
B) Skinner
C) Beck
D) Yalom
Answer: C
8. What are the four stages of Piaget's cognitive development in correct order?
A) Preoperational, Sensorimotor, Concrete operational, Formal operational
B) Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete operational, Formal operational
C) Concrete operational, Sensorimotor, Formal operational, Preoperational
D) Formal operational, Preoperational, Sensorimotor, Concrete operational
Answer: B
9. Which type of group leader allows members to behave in any way they choose
and gives minimal direction?
A) Autocratic leader
B) Democratic leader
C) Laissez-faire leader
D) Strategic leader
Answer: C
10. What is operant conditioning primarily associated with?
A) Pavlov
B) Beck
C) Ellis
D) Skinner
Answer: D
11. Which therapy is specifically designed for individuals with self-harm behaviors
such as self-cutting and suicide?
A) CBT
B) DBT
C) RET
D) Strategic Therapy
Answer: B
12. What is the "strange situation test" used to assess?
, A) Cognitive development stages
B) Types of attachment in children
C) Social skills in group therapy
D) Behavioral responses to operant conditioning
Answer: B
13. Which cognitive distortion involves predicting that things will turn out badly?
A) Mind Reading
B) Mental Filter
C) Fortune-telling
D) Magnification
Answer: C
14. What is systematic desensitization?
A) A token economy system
B) A form of behavior modification involving incremental exposure to fear with
relaxation techniques
C) A paradoxical directive technique
D) A group therapy technique for silent members
Answer: B
15. Which of Yalom's therapeutic factors refers to the recognition of shared
experiences among group members, removing a sense of isolation?
A) Altruism
B) Cohesiveness
C) Universality
D) Catharsis
Answer: C
16. What is the main difference between Western medicine and Complementary
Alternative Medicine (CAM)?
A) Western medicine is cheaper
B) CAM focuses on mind-body interactions whereas Western medicine focuses on
what is done to the patient
C) CAM uses only herbal treatments
D) Western medicine is holistic
Answer: B
17. Which cognitive distortion occurs when you hold yourself personally responsible
for an event not entirely under your control?
A) Emotional Reasoning
B) Labeling
C) Personalization
D) Overgeneralization
