Exam 19: Behavior Therapy

According to behavioral theory, the treatment of phobic symptoms should involve which action?

When asked to identify principles that define the term "maladaptive behavior," which nursing student statement indicates that further teaching is needed?

During hospitalization, an attention-seeking client has repeatedly cut self. After threatening to cut self again, the nurse states, "Here are some Band-Aids so you won't bleed on the sheets." Which is the underlying reason for this nurse's response?

Parents of a 3-year-old have noticed an improvement in behavior because of using a "time out" behavioral approach. What aspect of "time out" therapy may be responsible for this child's improved behavior?

During a smoking cessation group, the community health nurse explains that in their effort to quit smoking, a reciprocal inhibition approach will be used. The nurse should give the group which example of this technique?

An adolescent client was recently admitted to the psychiatric unit because of impulsivity and acting-out behavior at school. The nurse should initially implement which nursing action?

Parents decide to try the nurse practitioner's suggestion of time out when their child misbehaves. What teaching should the nurse practitioner provide the parents?

A 2-year-old engages in frequent temper tantrums that usually result in the parents giving in to demands. During family therapy, how should a nurse counsel the parents?

A client is in therapy with a nurse practitioner for the treatment of arachnophobia. The nurse practitioner decides to use the technique of "flooding." Which intervention best exemplifies this technique?

An adolescent comes from a dysfunctional family where physical and verbal abuse prevail. At school this adolescent bullies and fights with classmates. Based on principles of behavior therapy, what is the probable source of this behavior?

A nurse should recognize which intervention as most appropriate within a behavioral therapy program?

A client is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. The nurse counselor recommends intervention with the behavioral technique of reciprocal inhibition. The client asks, "What's that?" Which is the most appropriate nursing reply?

Which assumption is most reflective of a behavioral theory model?

A mother tells her teenager that in order for college tuition to be paid, the teenager must quit smoking. They develop a written agreement stipulating time frames and consequences. This is an example of which technique of behavior modification?

A kindergarten rule states that if unacceptable behavior occurs, a child's personalized fish will be moved to the sea grass. Children who behave keep their fish out of the sea grass. The school nurse should identify this intervention as based on which principle of behavior therapy?

A client reports, "My friend panicked at the site of spiders. Her therapist used gradual exposure to spiders that initially made her increasingly more anxious." Which technique was the friend's therapist most likely using?

A third-grader feigns illness in order to avoid doing homework. The teacher recommends an educational program that uses a token economy. How should a school nurse explain a token economy to this child's parent?

A child always chooses to ask mother over father when seeking special privileges. The father is more apt to disagree than agree with the child's requests while the mother usually consents. The child's choice is the result of which component of operant conditioning?

A nursing instructor is teaching about the behavior technique of modeling. When asked to give an example of this behavioral intervention, which student statement meets the learning objective?

A mother states, "You are old enough to clean your own bedroom." Later inspection finds the floor clear, but with everything stacked in a chair. The mother praises the child for clearing the floor. This is consistent with which technique of behavior modification?