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NUR2488 / NUR 2488 Mental Health
Final Exam Review | Highly Rated
Guide |LATEST, 2021/2022 |
Rasmussen College
❖ Defense mechanisms:
a) Compensation: emphasize strengths to make up for weaknesses
b) Conversion: unconscious development of physical manifestations not caused by a
physical illness
c) Displacement: showing emotions toward someone/thing completely unrelated to that
which caused the emotion
d) Dissociation: creating temporary compartmentalization, or lack of connection
e) Identification: conscious or unconscious assumption of characteristics of another
individual one admires
f) Intellectualization: events are analyzed based on facts w/o passion
g) Reaction Formation: demonstrating the opposite behavior of what is felt
h) Regression: unconsciously retreating to an earlier level of development (acting a way
that is not typical for your age)
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i) Splitting: demonstrating an inability to reconcile negative and positive attributes of
self or other
❖ Erikson (stages), Maslow, Freud
- Erikson:
o Trust vs. Mistrust: birth to 18m • Identity vs Role Confusion: 12 – 20y
o Autonomy vs Shame/Doubt: 18m – 3y • Intimacy vs Isolation: 20 – 30y
o Initiative vs Guilt: 3 – 6y • Generativity vs Stagnation: 30 -65y
o Industry vs Inferiority: 6 – 12y • Ego Integrity vs Despair: 65y +
- Maslow Hierarchy of needs: individuals seek to fulfill in their quest to self-actualization
(one’s highest potential)
o Physiological: food, H2O, O2, elimination, rest and sex
o Safety: security, protection, stability, structure, order and limits
o Love and belonging: affiliation, affectionate relationships, and love
o Esteem: self-esteem related to competency, achievement, and esteem from others
o Self-actualization: becoming everything one is capable of
NUR2488 / NUR 2488 Mental Health
Final Exam Review | Highly Rated
Guide |LATEST, 2021/2022 |
Rasmussen College
❖ Defense mechanisms:
a) Compensation: emphasize strengths to make up for weaknesses
b) Conversion: unconscious development of physical manifestations not caused by a
physical illness
c) Displacement: showing emotions toward someone/thing completely unrelated to that
which caused the emotion
d) Dissociation: creating temporary compartmentalization, or lack of connection
e) Identification: conscious or unconscious assumption of characteristics of another
individual one admires
f) Intellectualization: events are analyzed based on facts w/o passion
g) Reaction Formation: demonstrating the opposite behavior of what is felt
h) Regression: unconsciously retreating to an earlier level of development (acting a way
that is not typical for your age)
, 2
i) Splitting: demonstrating an inability to reconcile negative and positive attributes of
self or other
❖ Erikson (stages), Maslow, Freud
- Erikson:
o Trust vs. Mistrust: birth to 18m • Identity vs Role Confusion: 12 – 20y
o Autonomy vs Shame/Doubt: 18m – 3y • Intimacy vs Isolation: 20 – 30y
o Initiative vs Guilt: 3 – 6y • Generativity vs Stagnation: 30 -65y
o Industry vs Inferiority: 6 – 12y • Ego Integrity vs Despair: 65y +
- Maslow Hierarchy of needs: individuals seek to fulfill in their quest to self-actualization
(one’s highest potential)
o Physiological: food, H2O, O2, elimination, rest and sex
o Safety: security, protection, stability, structure, order and limits
o Love and belonging: affiliation, affectionate relationships, and love
o Esteem: self-esteem related to competency, achievement, and esteem from others
o Self-actualization: becoming everything one is capable of
