Theories & Therapies

Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality focuses on all the following except

• Methods used to cope with sexual and aggressive urges

• The potential for personal growth

• The influence of childhood experiences

• Unconscious motives and conflicts

Freud believed that smoking, overeating, and habitual gum chewing could result from fixation in the _______ stage.

• genital

• anal

• oral

• phallic

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  The component of personality that operates according to the reality principle is the

• conscious

• superego

• id

• ego

The superego is Freud's term for

• The moral component of personality

• The biological impulses that drive our behavior

• The mediating agent between the other two components of personality

• The unconscious aspect of personality

The thoughts, memories, and desires you have that you do not realize you have are in your__________ awareness.

• superego

• preconscious

• unconscious

• conscious

According to Freud, a basic defense mechanism that protects a person from anxiety by keeping distressing thoughts and feelings out of the conscious mind is

• repression

• regression

• displacement

• projection

When a patient is admitted to an inpatient mental health unit with the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, a cognitive behavioral therapy approach is used as part of the treatment plan. The nurse understands that which is the purpose of this approach?

• providing a supportive environment

• examining internal psychological conflicts and past issues

• emphasizing the importance of social interaction

• helping the patient identify dysfunctional thoughts and beliefs

While being treated, a patient exposed to their phobia for short periods of time while in a relaxed state. What term is used to describe this form of behavior modification?

• milieu therapy

• aversion therapy

• self-control therapy

• systematic desensitization

Which of the following theorists developed the various stages and importance of the nurse-patient relationship?

• Hildegard Peplau

• Sigmund Freud

• Erik Erikson

• Ian Pavlov

Which intervention best reflects the nursing role regarding effective implementation of behavioral therapy goals?

• Administering medications accurately

• Interacting effectively with members of the health care team

• Being aware of all the patient related therapeutic modalities

• Evaluating patient behaviors to rewards & punishments appropriately