PSYCHOSOCIAL EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS!!
which characteristic of adolescence is exemplified by risk-taking behavior without fear of
consequences?
a. animism
b. personal fable
c. imaginary audience
d. sense of invulnerability
ANSWER: D
adolescents have the belief that they are invulnerable. feelings of invulnerability often lear to
risk-taking behaviors, especially in early adolescents. a toddler experiences animism, in which he
or she personifies objects and believes that they have feelings. the personal fable is seen in
adolescents; the adolescent thinks id him- or herself as the center of attention and believes that he
or she is unique. adolescents also feel that they ave an imaginary audience, enthusiastically
listening or watching them.
an 8-year-old child has experienced the death of a sister. the child begins to ask many
questions about what happens to the body after death. the parents wonder if this is
abnormal behavior picked up from playing video games. which is the best response by the
nurse?
a. "playing video games can cause morbid behaviors."
b. "children handle the event of death more realistically than adults do."
c. "school-aged children are inquisitive and ask a lot of questions about death."
d. "giggling, attracting attention, and plating are the usual ways of dealing with death."
,ANSWER: C
school-aged children handle death by asking questions and gaining information. playing video
games does not change the essential ways in which children deal with the deaths of loved ones.
children are unable to understand the finality of death until they have reached school age; they
begin to think about it in idealistic ways by adolescence. giggling and playing are a preschoolers
reactions to death.
which characteristics are commonly associated with adolescent depression? select all that
apply. one, some, or all may be correct.
a. exercising daily
b. having suicidal ideation
c. exhibiting tearfulness
d. having poor muscle tone
e. avoiding previously enjoyed activities and relationships.
ANSWER: B, C, E
having suicidal ideation, exhibiting tearfulness and avoiding previously enjoyed activities and
relationships are characteristic features of depression. having poor muscle tone and performing
physical exercise routines are uncommon in depressed adolescents
at which stage of Kohlberg's theory does an individual want to fulfill the expectations of
one's immediate group?
a. good boy--nice girl orientation
b. society-maintaining orientation
c. instrumental relativist orientation
d. universal ethical principle orientation
, ANSWER: A
the good boy--good girl orientation stage involves an individual who wants to win the approval
and maintain the expectations of ones immediate group. during the society-maintaining
orientation stage, an individual expands focus from a relationships with others to societal
concerns. the instrumental relativist orientation stage involves a child who wants to follow their
parents rules. the universal ethical principle orientation stages defines "right" by the decisions of
conscience according to self-chosen ethical principles.
which period of Piaget's theory covers the prevalence of egocentrism in adolescents?
a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. formal operations
d. concrete operations
Answer: C
formal operations is the 4th period of piaget's theory. during this period, there is a prevalence of
egocentric thought. this egocentricity leads adolescents to demonstrate feelings and behaviours
characterized by self-consciousness.
which component of the human personality, according to freud, allows an individual to
judge reality accurately?
a. id
b. ego
c. super ego
d. oedipus complex
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS!!
which characteristic of adolescence is exemplified by risk-taking behavior without fear of
consequences?
a. animism
b. personal fable
c. imaginary audience
d. sense of invulnerability
ANSWER: D
adolescents have the belief that they are invulnerable. feelings of invulnerability often lear to
risk-taking behaviors, especially in early adolescents. a toddler experiences animism, in which he
or she personifies objects and believes that they have feelings. the personal fable is seen in
adolescents; the adolescent thinks id him- or herself as the center of attention and believes that he
or she is unique. adolescents also feel that they ave an imaginary audience, enthusiastically
listening or watching them.
an 8-year-old child has experienced the death of a sister. the child begins to ask many
questions about what happens to the body after death. the parents wonder if this is
abnormal behavior picked up from playing video games. which is the best response by the
nurse?
a. "playing video games can cause morbid behaviors."
b. "children handle the event of death more realistically than adults do."
c. "school-aged children are inquisitive and ask a lot of questions about death."
d. "giggling, attracting attention, and plating are the usual ways of dealing with death."
,ANSWER: C
school-aged children handle death by asking questions and gaining information. playing video
games does not change the essential ways in which children deal with the deaths of loved ones.
children are unable to understand the finality of death until they have reached school age; they
begin to think about it in idealistic ways by adolescence. giggling and playing are a preschoolers
reactions to death.
which characteristics are commonly associated with adolescent depression? select all that
apply. one, some, or all may be correct.
a. exercising daily
b. having suicidal ideation
c. exhibiting tearfulness
d. having poor muscle tone
e. avoiding previously enjoyed activities and relationships.
ANSWER: B, C, E
having suicidal ideation, exhibiting tearfulness and avoiding previously enjoyed activities and
relationships are characteristic features of depression. having poor muscle tone and performing
physical exercise routines are uncommon in depressed adolescents
at which stage of Kohlberg's theory does an individual want to fulfill the expectations of
one's immediate group?
a. good boy--nice girl orientation
b. society-maintaining orientation
c. instrumental relativist orientation
d. universal ethical principle orientation
, ANSWER: A
the good boy--good girl orientation stage involves an individual who wants to win the approval
and maintain the expectations of ones immediate group. during the society-maintaining
orientation stage, an individual expands focus from a relationships with others to societal
concerns. the instrumental relativist orientation stage involves a child who wants to follow their
parents rules. the universal ethical principle orientation stages defines "right" by the decisions of
conscience according to self-chosen ethical principles.
which period of Piaget's theory covers the prevalence of egocentrism in adolescents?
a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. formal operations
d. concrete operations
Answer: C
formal operations is the 4th period of piaget's theory. during this period, there is a prevalence of
egocentric thought. this egocentricity leads adolescents to demonstrate feelings and behaviours
characterized by self-consciousness.
which component of the human personality, according to freud, allows an individual to
judge reality accurately?
a. id
b. ego
c. super ego
d. oedipus complex
