NSG 527 Theory Final Exam: Questions

NSG 527 Theory Final Exam: Questions

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PSYCH THEORY

What is true about the third principle of communication: punctuation?

• Includes linear view of causality
• It is the fourth principle of communication
• Includes the circular view of causality
• It is the fifth principle of communication

(Ans- c. Includes the circular view of causality

Which of these fits this definition of communication: "unclear and/or

indirect transmission and reception of either or both the content and instruction of a message and /or the incongruency between the content and instruction level of the message"

• Functional communication
• Closed area of communication
• Family conflict communication
• Dysfunctional communication

(Ans- d. Dysfunctional communication

Considered the "pecking order" in a family

• Family form
• Child born last to first
• Family communications network 1 / 4

• Family power hierarchy

(Ans- d. Family power hierarchy

What determines the order of family power dynamics?

• Family power hierarchy
• Family form
• Social class
• The head of the household

(Ans- b. Family form

What is involved in primary prevention?

• Recovery and rehabilitation
• Health promotion
• Disease prevention '
• Early detection

(Ans-

• Health promotion
• Disease prevention '

What is involved in secondary prevention?

• Convalescence stage
• Disease prevention '
• Recovery and rehabilitation
• Early detection and diagnosis

(Ans- d. Early detection and diagnosis

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What is involved in tertiary prevention?

• Convalescence stage
• Early detection
• Health promotion
• Disease prevention

(Ans- a. Convalescence stage

What happens with Bowens eight interlocking theoretical concept of triangles? '

• Identifies three emotionally functioning patterns which consist of physical

and emotional dysfunction

• A two-person system becomes unstable and involves a third person to

reduce the tension

• This is where chronic anxiety is transmitted over several generations
• When children develop fixed personality characteristics based on their

birth order.(Ans- b. A two-person system becomes unstable and involves a third person to reduce the tension

Advocates of transgenerational models believe that current family patterns

• End after one generation
• Can be fixed easily by therapy sessions
• Are understood by Bowens six interlocking theoretical concepts
• Are embedded in unresolved issues that repeat in patterns that span

generations 3 / 4

(Ans- d. Are embedded in unresolved issues that repeat in patterns that span generations

This system is rigid and views change as a threat

• Closed system
• Random family
• Open system
• None of the above

(Ans- a. Closed system

With this system, the members seek out new resources and see people as good and helpful

• Closed system
• Random family
• Open system
• None of the above

(Ans- c. Open system

Which best fits the definition of "a system of ideas, attitudes and beliefs about the worth of an entity or concept that consciously and unconsciously binds together the members of a family in a common culture"?

• Family form
• Family values
• Family norms
• Culture

(Ans- b. Family values

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