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Behavioral Theory of Mental Health Questions
Question 1 of 5
A patient is encouraged to join in daily outdoor games with peers on the unit. The interdisciplinary team member who will monitor the patient's involvement will be the
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The recreation therapist helps the client to achieve a balance of work and play in his or her life and provides activities that promote constructive use of leisure or unstructured time. Occupational therapy focuses on the functional abilities of the client and ways to improve client functioning. Vocational rehabilitation includes determining clients' interests and abilities and matching them with vocational choices. The nurse has a solid foundation in health promotion, illness prevention, and rehabilitation in all areas, allowing him or her to view the client holistically. The nurse is also an essential team member in evaluating the effectiveness of medical treatment, particularly medications.
Question 2 of 5
A psychologist chose the profession because the psychologist was inspired by an aunt who was a successful psychologist. Which of Freud's ego defense mechanisms is this indicative of?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Identification is an ego defense mechanism where a person models the actions and opinions of influential others while searching for identity or aspiring to reach a personal, social, or occupational goal. In this case the psychologist has taken up the profession as the psychologist admires an aunt who is successful in the same profession. Denial is the failure of an individual to accept his or her situation. Compensation is an ego defense mechanism where an individual tries to work hard and achieve well in one area in order to compensate for the perceived deficiencies in another area. Displacement is an ego defense mechanism where a client expresses intense feelings toward persons who are less threatening than the one who aroused those feelings.
Question 3 of 5
An adolescent female client is working with a nurse about the same age as her mother. The adolescent reacts to the nurse like she is a parent. This is an example of
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is integrating Orem's model when developing plans of care for clients with mental illness based on the understanding that this model emphasizes which aspect?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
Which theorist showed that learning occurs by internalizing the behaviors of others through the process of pervasive imitation?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Albert Bandura showed that learning occurs by internalizing the behaviors of others through a process of modeling, or one person trying to be similar to another. B. F. Skinner studied operant behavior or conditioning. Frederick Perls believed that the root of human anxiety is frustration with an inability to express natural biologic and psychological desires in modern civilization. In nursing, Maslow's model is used to prioritize care; basic needs should be met before higher level needs.