1. A client with depression has been hospitalized for treatment after taking a leaveof
absence from work. The client’s employer expects the client to
... [Show More] return to work followinginpatient treatment. The client tells the nurse, “I’m no good. I’m a failure”. Accordingtocognitive theory, these statements reflect:
A. Learned behavior. B. Punitive superego and decreased self-esteem. C. Faulty thought processes that govern behavior. D. Evidence of difficult relationships in the work environment. Correct Answer: C. Faulty thought processes that govern behavior
The client is demonstrating faulty thought processes that are negative and that governhis
behavior in his work situation – issues that are typically examined using a cognitive theoryapproach. Cognitive-behavioral theorists suggest that depression results frommaladaptive, faulty, or irrational cognitions taking the form of distorted thoughts and judgments. Depressivecognitions can be learned socially (observationally) as is the case when children in a
dysfunctional family watch their parents fail to successfully cope with stressful experiences or
traumatic events. Or, depressive cognitions can result from a lack of experiences that wouldfacilitate the development of adaptive coping skills. Option A: Issues involving learned behavior are best explored through behavior theory, not
cognitive theory. Behavioral theory seeks to explain human behavior by analyzing theantecedents and consequences present in the individual’s environment and the learnedassociations he or she has acquired through previous experience. Option B: Issues involving ego development are the focus of psychoanalytic theory. Psychoanalysis is defined as a set of psychological theories and therapeutic methods whichhave their origin in the work and theories of Sigmund Freud. The primary assumptionof
psychoanalysis is the belief that all people possess unconscious thoughts, feelings, desires, and memories. The aim of psychoanalysis therapy is to release repressed emotions andexperiences, i.e., make the unconscious conscious. It is only having a cathartic (i.e., healing)
experience can the person be helped and “cured.” Option D: This is incorrect because there is no evidence in this situation that the client hasconflictual relationships in the work environment. A good psychological work environment
consists, among other things, in having colleagues you work well with and that helpyou [Show Less]