Part1 With Ratio Flashcards
7. Dervid, an adolescent has a history of truancy from school, running away from home and “barrowing” other people’s things without their permission. The adolescent denies stealing, rationalizing instead that as long as no one was using the items, it was all right to borrow them. It is important for the nurse to understand the psychodynamically, this behavior may be largely attributed to a developmental defect related to the:
a. Id
b. Ego
c. Superego
d. Oedipal complex
- Answer: (C) Superego
Rationale: This behavior shows a weak sense of moral consciousness. According to Freudian theory, personality disorders stem from a weak superego.
10.What parental behavior toward a child during an admission procedure should cause You to suspect child abuse?
a. Flat affect
b. Expressing guilt
c. Acting overly solicitous toward the child.
d. Ignoring the child.
- Answer: (C) Acting overly solicitous toward the child.
Rationale: This behavior is an example of reaction formation, a coping mechanism.
- Mental health is defined as:
A. The ability to distinguish what is real from what is not.
B. A state of well-being where a person can realize his own abilities can cope with normal stresses of life and work productively.
C. Is the promotion of mental health, prevention of mental disorders, nursing care of patients during illness and rehabilitation
D. Absence of mental illness
Answer: (B) A state of well-being where a person can realize his own abilities can cope with normal stresses of life and work productively.
Mental health is a state of emotional and psychosocial well being. A mentally healthy individual is self aware and self directive, has the ability to solve problems, can cope with crisis without assistance beyond the support of family and friends fulfill the capacity to love and work and sets goals and realistic limits.
Answer: (A) Administers medications to a schizophrenic patient.
Administration of medications and treatments, assessment, documentation are the activities of the nurse as a technician. B. Activities as a parent surrogate. C. Refers to the ward manager role. D. Role as a teacher.
3. Liza says, “Give me 10 minutes to recall the name of our college professor who failed many students in our anatomy class.” She is operating on her:
A. Subconscious
B. Conscious
C. Unconscious
D. Ego
Answer: (A) Subconscious
Subconscious refers to the materials that are partly remembered partly forgotten but these can be recalled spontaneously and voluntarily.
- The superego is that part of the psyche that:
A. Uses defensive function for protection.
B. Is impulsive and without morals.
C. Determines the circumstances before making decisions.
D. The censoring portion of the mind.
Answer: (D) The censoring portion of the mind.
The critical censoring portion of one’s personality; the conscience.
- Freud explains anxiety as:
A. Strives to gratify the needs for satisfaction and security
B. Conflict between id and superego
C. A hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal reaction to stress
D. A conditioned response to stressors
(B) Conflict between id and superego
Freud explains anxiety as due to opposing action drives between the id and the superego
. These misstatements are believed to reveal underlying, unconscious thoughts or feelings. Consider this
example:
James has just started a new relationship with a woman he met at school. While talking to her one afternoon, he accidentally calls her by his ex-girlfriend’s name.
Freudian slip
is used to refer to many aspects of Freud’s work and research, including Freudian therapy and the research methodology he used to develop his theories
Psychoanalysis
includes everything that we are aware of. This is the aspect of our mental processing that we can think and talk about rationally
The conscious mind
is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that outside of our conscious awareness
The unconscious mind
is the only component of personality that is present from birth. This aspect of personality is entirely unconscious and includes of the instinctive and primitive behaviors
Pleasure principle
ID
is the component of personality that is responsible for dealing with reality
Reality principle
Ego
is the aspect of personality that holds all of our internalized moral standards and ideals that we acquire from both parents and society–our sense of right and wrong.
Conscience principle
Superego
A client is angry at his physician. Does not express it, but becomes verbally abusive with the nurse.
Projection
Isolation
Denial
Displacement
Displacement
Sue's husband is being transferred with his job to a city far away from her parents. She hides anxiety by explaining to her parents the advantages associated with the move. Introjection Rationalization Identification Intellectualization
Introjection