A Person Has Had Difficulty Keeping a Job Because of Arguing

question 20

Multiple Choice

A person has had difficulty keeping a job because of arguing with co-workers and accusing them of conspiracy. Today the person shouts, "They're all plotting to destroy me. Isn't that true?" Select the nurse's most therapeutic response.

• A) "Everyone here is trying to help you. No one wants to harm you."
• B) "Feeling that people want to destroy you must be very frightening."
• C) "That is not true. People here are trying to help you if you will let them."
• D) "Staff members are health care providers who are qualified to help you."

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.