1. A successful business executive continually thinks that job accomplishments are not
adequate. A nurse recognizes that the clients thinking is reflective of which cognitive error?
A. Minimization
B. Dichotomous thinking
C. Arbitrary inference
D. Personalization:
Answer A
2. An advanced practice nurse recommends that a client participate in cognitive therapy.
The client asks. Whats cognitive therapy and how can it help me?Which is the nurses most
appropriate reply?
A. It is a system of techniques in which you use positive thinking to improveyour mood.
B. It is a long-term interpersonal approach that emphasizes the role of earlychildhood
experiences.
C. It is an interpersonal treatment approach that specifically targets magicalthinking.
D. It is a type of psychotherapy that focuses treatment on the modification ofdistorted
thinking and maladaptive behaviors.:
Answer D
3. A nursing instructor isteaching about dichotomousthinking.Which studentstatement
indicates that learning has occurred?
A. Dichotomousthinking is when an individual viewssituations as being goodor bad or
black or white.
B. Dichotomous thinking is when an individual takes complete responsibilityfor
situations without considering other circumstances.
C. Dichotomous thinking is when an individual exaggerates the negativesignificance of
an event.
D. Dichotomous thinking is when an individual undervalues the positive sig-nificance of
an event.:
Answer A
4. Using a cognitive approach, a nurse would choose which intervention forassisting
clients to manage their anger without the use of violence?
A. Assist the client to identify thoughts that trigger anger and substitutereality-based
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