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23.  A client with a history of three suicide attempts has been taking fluoxetine for 1 month. The client suddenly presents with a bright affect, rates mood at 9/10, and is much more communicative. Which action would be the nurse’s priority at this time?

4.  A person consistently rationalizes their cruel and abusive behavior. Which comment is most characteristic of this person defense mechanism?  

28.   An adult comes to the crisis clinic after being terminated from a job of 15 years. The client says, “I don’t know what to do. How can I get another job? Who will pay the bills? How will I feed my family?” Which nursing diagnosis applies?  

Which term BEST describes an attempt to change a person’s attitude?

The James–Lange theory of emotion and the facial feedback hypothesis are similar in that they both suggest that, in emotional situations, ____.

In the process of classical conditioning, a(n) ____.

According to the principles of ____, people are relatively likely to repeat behaviors that have been rewarded and relatively unlikely to repeat behaviors that have been punished.

Social psychologists who study persuasion use the term source to refer to the ____.

The opposite of a cognitive miser would be someone who ____.

When social psychologists talk about a quick and automatic reaction that is simply positive or negative (as opposed to being a full-blown, complex feeling), they are talking about ____.