Existential Model, Nursing Model, Medical Model, and Communication Models

Question 1

Centers on a person’s present experiences rather than past ones

Answer 1

Existential Model (Frankl, Perls, May)

Question 2

Hold that alienation from self causes deviant behavior, and that people can make free choices about which behavior to display

Answer 2

Existential Model (Frankl, Perls, May)

Question 3

Biopsychosocial being

Holistic approach focuses on caring rather than curing

Answer 3

Nursing Model (Rogers, Orem, Sister Roy, Peplau)

Question 4

Establishes the nursing process

Answer 4

Nursing Model (Rogers, Orem, Sister Roy, Peplau)

Question 5

Disease is a result of deviant behavior

Identification of neurochemicals as possible causes of deviant behavior

Answer 5

Medical Model

Question 6

Socio-environmental influences

Answer 6

Medical Model

Question 6

All behavior, including mental illness, is learned. Desired behavior can be learned through rewards, and negative behaviors can be eliminated through punishment

Answer 6

Behavioral Model (Skinner, Wolpe, Eysenck)

Question 7

All human behavior is a form of communication and that the meaning of behavior depends on the clarity of communication between sender and receiver

Answer 7

Communication model (Berne, Bandler, Grindler)