NSG 527 FINAL EXAM |
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, THEORIES, &
ADVANCED CLINICAL MODALITIES
1. According to Psychodynamic theory, what is the unconscious process where a patient
displaces feelings for a significant person from their past onto the therapist?
A. Transference
B. Countertransference
C. Projective Identification
D. Reaction Formation
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Transference occurs when the client redirects feelings for others
onto the therapist. Countertransference is the therapist’s emotional reaction to the client.
2. In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), the ‘Cognitive Triad’ of depression involves negative
views about which three components?
A. Self, Family, and Career
B. Past, Present, and Future
,C. Self, World, and Future
D. Self, Others, and Environment
Answer: C
Conceptual Explanation: Aaron Beck’s cognitive triad consists of a negative view of the
self, the world (or environment), and the future.
3. Which neurobiological pathway is primarily associated with the positive symptoms of
Schizophrenia, such as hallucinations and delusions?
A. Mesocortical pathway
B. Mesolimbic pathway
C. Tuberoinfundibular pathway
D. Nigrostriatal pathway
Answer: B
Conceptual Explanation: Overactivity in the mesolimbic dopamine pathway is linked to
positive symptoms, while mesocortical dysfunction is linked to negative symptoms.
4. A patient exhibits a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, a need for admiration, and a lack of
empathy. Which Personality Disorder is most likely?
A. Narcissistic
B. Histrionic
C. Borderline
, D. Antisocial
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Narcissistic Personality Disorder is characterized by grandiosity
and lack of empathy, distinguishing it from the emotional instability of Borderline or the
attention-seeking of Histrionic.
5. In Murray Bowen’s Family Systems Theory, what is the term for the process where a third
person is brought into a two-person relationship to reduce tension?
A. Triangulation
B. Differentiation
C. Enmeshment
D. Fusion
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Triangulation is the act of involving a third party to stabilize a
stressful dyadic relationship, which often hinders conflict resolution.
6. Which of Irvin Yalom’s curative factors of group therapy involves the realization that one is
not alone in their suffering?
A. Altruism
B. Catharsis
C. Universality
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, THEORIES, &
ADVANCED CLINICAL MODALITIES
1. According to Psychodynamic theory, what is the unconscious process where a patient
displaces feelings for a significant person from their past onto the therapist?
A. Transference
B. Countertransference
C. Projective Identification
D. Reaction Formation
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Transference occurs when the client redirects feelings for others
onto the therapist. Countertransference is the therapist’s emotional reaction to the client.
2. In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), the ‘Cognitive Triad’ of depression involves negative
views about which three components?
A. Self, Family, and Career
B. Past, Present, and Future
,C. Self, World, and Future
D. Self, Others, and Environment
Answer: C
Conceptual Explanation: Aaron Beck’s cognitive triad consists of a negative view of the
self, the world (or environment), and the future.
3. Which neurobiological pathway is primarily associated with the positive symptoms of
Schizophrenia, such as hallucinations and delusions?
A. Mesocortical pathway
B. Mesolimbic pathway
C. Tuberoinfundibular pathway
D. Nigrostriatal pathway
Answer: B
Conceptual Explanation: Overactivity in the mesolimbic dopamine pathway is linked to
positive symptoms, while mesocortical dysfunction is linked to negative symptoms.
4. A patient exhibits a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, a need for admiration, and a lack of
empathy. Which Personality Disorder is most likely?
A. Narcissistic
B. Histrionic
C. Borderline
, D. Antisocial
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Narcissistic Personality Disorder is characterized by grandiosity
and lack of empathy, distinguishing it from the emotional instability of Borderline or the
attention-seeking of Histrionic.
5. In Murray Bowen’s Family Systems Theory, what is the term for the process where a third
person is brought into a two-person relationship to reduce tension?
A. Triangulation
B. Differentiation
C. Enmeshment
D. Fusion
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Triangulation is the act of involving a third party to stabilize a
stressful dyadic relationship, which often hinders conflict resolution.
6. Which of Irvin Yalom’s curative factors of group therapy involves the realization that one is
not alone in their suffering?
A. Altruism
B. Catharsis
C. Universality
