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“PSYCHOTHERAPY EXAM” EXAM 2025 – 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+ (LATEST VERSION) WELL REVISED
AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDALE 100% GUARANTEE PASS
Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse
Studies comparing the efficacy of cognitive therapy versus medication for
depression have found that cognitive therapy:
a. is not as effective as medication.
b. is superior or equal to medication.
c. has lower long-term effects.
d. does not reduce suicidal ideation.
ANSWER: b. is superior or equal to medication.
Which of the following events is considered a primary indicator of potential
suicidal behavior?:
a. Hopelessness or a belief that things cannot improve
b. Financial crisis
c. Living with chronic pain or disability
d. Talking about death or suicide
ANSWER: a. Hopelessness or a belief that things cannot improve
Beck's research suggests that suicide risk is associated with:
a. hopelessness.
b. personalization.
c. infantile sexuality.
d. irrationality.
ANSWER: a. hopelessness.
Two personality dimensions, or modes of behavior, that Beck hypothesized
were related to depression are:
a. introversion and extraversion.
b. sociotropy and autonomy.
c. neuroticism and psychoticism.
d. stability and instability.
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ANSWER: b. sociotropy and autonomy.
A cognitive distortion refers to:
a. lying to protect one's self-image.
b. distortion of past memories.
c. a systematic error in reasoning.
d. drug-induced shifts in beliefs.
ANSWER: c. a systematic error in reasoning.
Drawing a specific conclusion without supporting evidence, or even in the face
of contradictory evidence, is defined as:
a. dichotomous thinking.
b. magnification.
c. personalization.
d. arbitrary inference.
ANSWER: d. arbitrary inference
Attributing external events to oneself without evidence supporting a causal
connection is termed:
a. personalization.
b. selective abstraction.
c. overgeneralization.
d. arbitrary inference.
ANSWER: a. personalization.
Kate has anorexia nervosa and when she gains one pound she believes she is
fat. If she loses one pound, she can perceive herself as thin. Kate's thought
process reflects:
a. arbitrary inference.
b. dichotomous thinking.
c. magnification.
d. personalization.
ANSWER: b: dichotomous thinking.
Shannon has a history of chronic depression. According to cognitive theory,
which statement likely represents her thought process upon discovering that
she has failed an exam?:
a. I can study harder next time and improve my grade.
b. Yesterday was an unlucky day for me to take an exam.
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c. It was a poorly written examination by a poor teacher.
d. I'm a failure, always have been, and always will be.
ANSWER: d. I'm a failure, always have been, and always will be.
Which of the following disorders is associated with an inflated view of self and
future?:
a. Anxiety disorder
b. Obsession
c. Hypomania
d. Compulsion
ANSWER: c. Hypomania
Which disorder is associated with catastrophic interpretations of bodily/mental
experiences?:
a. Panic disorder
b. Paranoia
c. Depression
d. Anorexia nervosa
ANSWER: a. Panic disorder
Which of the following is a diagnostic criterion for anorexia nervosa?:
a. Eating too much
b. Eating nothing
c. A pathological fear of gaining weight
d. Gaining weight
ANSWER: c. A pathological fear of gaining weight
In cognitive therapy, a patient learns to eliminate negative or dysfunctional
thoughts by learning beliefs that are:
a. irrational.
b. absolute.
c. positive.
d. realistic.
ANSWER: d. realistic.
The cognitions that are most accessible and least stable are:
a. core beliefs.
b. voluntary thoughts.
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c. assumptions.
d. automatic thoughts.
ANSWER: b. voluntary thoughts.
Which of the following is one of the primary goals in the initial cognitive
therapy interview?:
a. Transference development
b. Symptom relief
c. Nondirectiveness
d. Dream analysis
ANSWER: b. Symptom relief
Exposure therapy serves to provide data on:
a. thoughts, images, physiological symptoms, and self-reported tension.
b. patient details.
c. levels of physical activity.
d. daily patient behaviors.
ANSWER: a. thoughts, images, physiological symptoms, and self-reported tension.
Asking a patient to ponder "what if" scenarios about feared consequences is
known as:
a. redefining.
b. reattribution.
c. decatastrophizing.
d. decentering.
ANSWER: c. decatastrophizing.
For which of the following disorders has CT shown the largest treatment effect
size?:
a. Bulimia nervosa
b. Chronic pain
c. Panic disorder
d. Schizophrenia
ANSWER: c. Panic disorder
Behavioral theory is rooted in:
a. empiricism.
b. psychodynamics.
“PSYCHOTHERAPY EXAM” EXAM 2025 – 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+ (LATEST VERSION) WELL REVISED
AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDALE 100% GUARANTEE PASS
Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse
Studies comparing the efficacy of cognitive therapy versus medication for
depression have found that cognitive therapy:
a. is not as effective as medication.
b. is superior or equal to medication.
c. has lower long-term effects.
d. does not reduce suicidal ideation.
ANSWER: b. is superior or equal to medication.
Which of the following events is considered a primary indicator of potential
suicidal behavior?:
a. Hopelessness or a belief that things cannot improve
b. Financial crisis
c. Living with chronic pain or disability
d. Talking about death or suicide
ANSWER: a. Hopelessness or a belief that things cannot improve
Beck's research suggests that suicide risk is associated with:
a. hopelessness.
b. personalization.
c. infantile sexuality.
d. irrationality.
ANSWER: a. hopelessness.
Two personality dimensions, or modes of behavior, that Beck hypothesized
were related to depression are:
a. introversion and extraversion.
b. sociotropy and autonomy.
c. neuroticism and psychoticism.
d. stability and instability.
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ANSWER: b. sociotropy and autonomy.
A cognitive distortion refers to:
a. lying to protect one's self-image.
b. distortion of past memories.
c. a systematic error in reasoning.
d. drug-induced shifts in beliefs.
ANSWER: c. a systematic error in reasoning.
Drawing a specific conclusion without supporting evidence, or even in the face
of contradictory evidence, is defined as:
a. dichotomous thinking.
b. magnification.
c. personalization.
d. arbitrary inference.
ANSWER: d. arbitrary inference
Attributing external events to oneself without evidence supporting a causal
connection is termed:
a. personalization.
b. selective abstraction.
c. overgeneralization.
d. arbitrary inference.
ANSWER: a. personalization.
Kate has anorexia nervosa and when she gains one pound she believes she is
fat. If she loses one pound, she can perceive herself as thin. Kate's thought
process reflects:
a. arbitrary inference.
b. dichotomous thinking.
c. magnification.
d. personalization.
ANSWER: b: dichotomous thinking.
Shannon has a history of chronic depression. According to cognitive theory,
which statement likely represents her thought process upon discovering that
she has failed an exam?:
a. I can study harder next time and improve my grade.
b. Yesterday was an unlucky day for me to take an exam.
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c. It was a poorly written examination by a poor teacher.
d. I'm a failure, always have been, and always will be.
ANSWER: d. I'm a failure, always have been, and always will be.
Which of the following disorders is associated with an inflated view of self and
future?:
a. Anxiety disorder
b. Obsession
c. Hypomania
d. Compulsion
ANSWER: c. Hypomania
Which disorder is associated with catastrophic interpretations of bodily/mental
experiences?:
a. Panic disorder
b. Paranoia
c. Depression
d. Anorexia nervosa
ANSWER: a. Panic disorder
Which of the following is a diagnostic criterion for anorexia nervosa?:
a. Eating too much
b. Eating nothing
c. A pathological fear of gaining weight
d. Gaining weight
ANSWER: c. A pathological fear of gaining weight
In cognitive therapy, a patient learns to eliminate negative or dysfunctional
thoughts by learning beliefs that are:
a. irrational.
b. absolute.
c. positive.
d. realistic.
ANSWER: d. realistic.
The cognitions that are most accessible and least stable are:
a. core beliefs.
b. voluntary thoughts.
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c. assumptions.
d. automatic thoughts.
ANSWER: b. voluntary thoughts.
Which of the following is one of the primary goals in the initial cognitive
therapy interview?:
a. Transference development
b. Symptom relief
c. Nondirectiveness
d. Dream analysis
ANSWER: b. Symptom relief
Exposure therapy serves to provide data on:
a. thoughts, images, physiological symptoms, and self-reported tension.
b. patient details.
c. levels of physical activity.
d. daily patient behaviors.
ANSWER: a. thoughts, images, physiological symptoms, and self-reported tension.
Asking a patient to ponder "what if" scenarios about feared consequences is
known as:
a. redefining.
b. reattribution.
c. decatastrophizing.
d. decentering.
ANSWER: c. decatastrophizing.
For which of the following disorders has CT shown the largest treatment effect
size?:
a. Bulimia nervosa
b. Chronic pain
c. Panic disorder
d. Schizophrenia
ANSWER: c. Panic disorder
Behavioral theory is rooted in:
a. empiricism.
b. psychodynamics.
