PMHNP EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
Which stage has the focus of applying what has been learned in
the group and putting it to use in everyday life?
a. Transition
b. Consolidation
c. Orientation
d. Working Correct Answer b. Consolidation
Which of the following can NOT be said about group cohesion?
a. It can both help and hinder group process.
b. When cohesiveness is not accompanied by a challenge to
move forward, the group can reach a plateau.
c. Cohesion fosters other action-oriented behaviors such as risk
taking, self-disclosure, confrontation, and translation of insight into
action.
d. People open up less when group cohesion occurs. Correct
Answer d. People open up less when group cohesion occurs.
Group leaders should actively engage in interventions that foster
and maintain __________ because cohesion is integrally related
to the success of group therapy.
a. cohesion
b. consolidation
c. cognitive work
d. transition Correct Answer a. cohesion
Based on an extensive meta-analysis of cohesion in group
therapy, all of the following are strategies effective leaders use to
foster group cohesion EXCEPT
a. set group agendas and treatment expectations.
,b. identify and discuss fears and concerns of members regarding
self-disclosure.
c. discuss group rules with some members, but not all members.
d. discuss roles and responsibilities of both leaders and group
members. Correct Answer c. discuss group rules with some
members, but not all members.
It is imperative that leaders approach their groups with
a. the knowledge that members will not change no matter what.
b. a conviction that change and a better outcome are possible.
c. a lack of hope.
d. openness without self-disclosing or showing any emotions.
Correct Answer b. a conviction that change and a better outcome
are possible.
__________ is manifested in the participants' attitudes of
acceptance and in their willingness to take risks by sharing
meaningful here-and-now reactions.
a. Intimacy
b. Catharsis
c. Hope
d. Trust Correct Answer d. Trust
_________ involves a deep capacity to recall, relive, and tap
one's feelings through the intense experiences of others.
a. Hope
b. Trust
c. Empathy
d. Freedom to experiment Correct Answer c. Empathy
Genuine __________ develops in a group when people have
revealed enough of themselves for others to identify with them.
a. intimacy
b. cognitive restructuring
c. catharsis
, d. hope Correct Answer a. intimacy
If change is to occur,members must believe that change is
possible, that they need not remain trapped in their past, and that
they can take active steps to make their lives more authentic.
__________ is therapeutic in itself because it gives members the
incentive to commit themselves to the demanding work that
change requires.
a. Freedom to experiment
b. Hope
c. Intimacy
d. Catharsis Correct Answer b. Hope
Experimentation with different modes of behavior is a significant
aspect of the working stage. The group is now a safe
place in which to try out novel behavior. This describes
a. catharsis.
b. trust.
c. commitment to change.
d. freedom to experiment. Correct Answer d. freedom to
experiment.
Unexpressed feelings often result in physical symptoms such as
chronic headaches, stomach pains, muscle tension,
and high blood pressure. The expression of pent-up feelings can
be therapeutic because it releases energy that has been
tied up in withholding certain threatening feelings. This describes
a. catharsis.
b. self-disclosure.
c. cognitive reconstruction.
d. hope. Correct Answer a. catharsis.
A central part of the work done in a group consists of challenging
and exploring beliefs about situations. This component includes
explaining, clarifying, interpreting, providing the cognitive
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