QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Conflict is normally dealt with using defense mechanisms.
Unconsciously excluding unwanted, disturbing emotions, thoughts,
and impulses from conscious awareness is an explanation of which
defense mechanism:
A. Undoing
B. Suppression
C. Denial
D. Repression Answer: D. Repression
◉ Erickson's developmental stages and the milestones or tasks that
accompany them give insight into age-appropriate behaviors,
measure levels of comprehension for client teaching, and provide a
context within which to evaluate assessment data. One indication of
developmental mastery is the ability to give time and talents to
others, and the ability to care for others. This occurs during which of
the following developmental stages:
A. Middle Adulthood
B. Early Adulthood
C. School Age
D. Adolescence Answer: A. Middle Adulthood
,◉ The intrapsychic splitting or separation of affect from content
resulting in repression of either idea or affect or the displacement of
affect to a different or substitute content describes which defense
mechanism:
A. Isolation
B. Inhibition
C. Suppression
D. Intellectualization Answer: A. Isolation
◉ This form of positive psychotherapy combines techniques of
cognitive therapy with the Buddhist practice of mindfulness
meditation, which encourages people to be more aware of what they
are thinking, to live in the moment, and to refrain from evaluating
judgements about their own thoughts.
A. Positive Behavioral Support
B. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
C. Hope Therapy
D. Quality of Life Therapy Answer: B. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive
Therapy (MBCT)
◉ Which of the following are part of the 4 major stages of cognitive
development according to Piaget?
A. Sensorimotor
B. Sensory processing
,C. Preoperational thought
D. Concrete operations
E. Formal operations Answer: A. Sensorimotor
C. Preoperational thought
D. Concrete operations
E. Formal operations
◉ Which of the following is the most prevalent and best-studied
example of diencephalic amnesia?
A. Anoxic encephalopathy
B. Alzheimer disease
C. Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome
D. Temporal lobe epilepsy Answer: C. Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome
◉ Which of the following is true regarding the concept of symbolism
according to Freud?
A. A symbol is representative of or substitute for some other idea
from which it derives a secondary significance that it does not
possess of itself.
B. A symbol represents secondary elements by reason of a common
element that these ideas share.
C. A symbol is characteristically motor and separate from nature.
, D. A symbol is a manifest expression of an idea that is conscious and
visible.
E. Symbolic modes of thought represent the present stage of mental
development and tend to function in more conscious expressions
and conditions. Answer: A. A symbol is representative of or
substitute for some other idea from which it derives a secondary
significance that it does not possess of itself.
◉ Which of the following is an example of immature defenses?
A. Displacement
B. Externalization
C. Introjection
D. Humor Answer: C. Introjection
◉ Which theorist proposed that individuals were unique, unified
biological entities whose psychological processes fit together into an
individual lifestyle, proposed a principle of dynamism, proposed the
theory of psychopathology, and whose personality theory involved
the concept of moving from a sense of inferiority to a sense of
mastery?
A. Carl Gustav Jung
B. Franz Alexander
C. Alfred Adler
D. Karen Horney Answer: C. Alfred Adler