A Patient States,"When I Married My Husband I Thought He

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Multiple Choice

A patient states,"When I married my husband I thought he was perfect,but now I know that he is certainly far from perfect." The nurse reframes the statement by responding:

• A) "I think you might want to change your thinking since no one is perfect."
• B) "It seems as if you think of people as being either all good or all bad."
• C) "So, when did you start seeing your husband as a very bad person?"
• D) "It is good to be able to both externalize and objectify your anger."

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Definitions:

Assimilation

The process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group, often leading to the diminution of the original culture.

Conservation

In cognitive development, the understanding that certain properties of objects, such as volume or mass, remain the same even when their forms or appearances change.

Egocentrism

The cognitive inability to differentiate between one's own perspective and another person's perspective.

Autism Spectrum Disorder

A variety of conditions related to the development of the nervous system, marked by difficulties in social interaction, repetitive actions, and issues with both verbal and nonverbal communication.