PMHNP EXAM Q&A 2026 STUDY GUIDE
SOLVED QUESTIONS GRADED A+
◉ accumbens nucleus. Answer: is a brain part involved in functions such
as REWARD, motivation, addiction or positive behavioral reinforcement
◉ prefrontal cortex. Answer: part of frontal lobe responsible for thinking
and language
◉ hippocampus. Answer: Part of Limbic system is associated mainly
with memory, in particular long-term memory as well as mood
◉ hypnogogic. Answer: relating to the state immediately before falling
asleep.
◉ hypnogogic hallucinations. Answer: dream-like auditory or visual
experiences while dozing or falling asleep
◉ hypnopompic. Answer: relating to the state immediately preceding
waking up
◉ sublimation (defense mechanism). Answer: - Rechanneling of drives
or impulses that are personally or socially unacceptable into activities
that are constructive.
,EX: Mom of son killed by drunk driver, president of MADD.
◉ Introjection: Defense Mechanism. Answer: -a coping mechanism
when we take on attributes of other people who seem better able to cope
with the situation than we do.
EX: Children integrate their parents value system into the process of
conscience formation.
◉ displacement (defense mechanism). Answer: - The transfer of feelings
from one target to another that is considered less threatening or that is
neutral.
EX: A client is angry at his doctor, does not express it, but becomes
verbally abusive with the nurse.
◉ Intellectualization Defense Mechanism. Answer: - An attempt to
avoid expressing actual emotions associated with a stressful situation by
using the intellectual process of logic, reasoning and analysis.
◉ Undoing: Defense Mechanism. Answer: - Symbolically negating or
canceling out an experience that one finds intolerable.
-person tries to cancel out or remove an unhealthy, destructive or
otherwise threatening thought or action by engaging in contrary behavior
, EX: Joe is nervous about his new job and yells at his wife. On his way
home he stops and buys her flowers.
For example, after thinking about being violent with someone, one
would then be overly nice or accommodating to them.
◉ Compensation : Defense Mechanism. Answer: overachieve in one
area to compensate for failures in another.
making up for weaknesses in one area by excelling in another area
For example, individuals with poor family lives may direct their energy
into excelling above and beyond what is required at work
◉ Rationalization (defense mechanism). Answer: - Attempting to make
excuses or formulate logical reasons to justifying unacceptable feelings
or behaviors.
EX: John tells the rehab nurse, "I drink because its the only way I can
deal with my bad marriage and awful job."
◉ resistance: psychiatry. Answer: Psychological resistance is the
phenomenon often encountered in clinical practice in which patients
either directly or indirectly exhibits paradoxical opposing behaviors in
presumably a clinically initiated push and pull of a change process
SOLVED QUESTIONS GRADED A+
◉ accumbens nucleus. Answer: is a brain part involved in functions such
as REWARD, motivation, addiction or positive behavioral reinforcement
◉ prefrontal cortex. Answer: part of frontal lobe responsible for thinking
and language
◉ hippocampus. Answer: Part of Limbic system is associated mainly
with memory, in particular long-term memory as well as mood
◉ hypnogogic. Answer: relating to the state immediately before falling
asleep.
◉ hypnogogic hallucinations. Answer: dream-like auditory or visual
experiences while dozing or falling asleep
◉ hypnopompic. Answer: relating to the state immediately preceding
waking up
◉ sublimation (defense mechanism). Answer: - Rechanneling of drives
or impulses that are personally or socially unacceptable into activities
that are constructive.
,EX: Mom of son killed by drunk driver, president of MADD.
◉ Introjection: Defense Mechanism. Answer: -a coping mechanism
when we take on attributes of other people who seem better able to cope
with the situation than we do.
EX: Children integrate their parents value system into the process of
conscience formation.
◉ displacement (defense mechanism). Answer: - The transfer of feelings
from one target to another that is considered less threatening or that is
neutral.
EX: A client is angry at his doctor, does not express it, but becomes
verbally abusive with the nurse.
◉ Intellectualization Defense Mechanism. Answer: - An attempt to
avoid expressing actual emotions associated with a stressful situation by
using the intellectual process of logic, reasoning and analysis.
◉ Undoing: Defense Mechanism. Answer: - Symbolically negating or
canceling out an experience that one finds intolerable.
-person tries to cancel out or remove an unhealthy, destructive or
otherwise threatening thought or action by engaging in contrary behavior
, EX: Joe is nervous about his new job and yells at his wife. On his way
home he stops and buys her flowers.
For example, after thinking about being violent with someone, one
would then be overly nice or accommodating to them.
◉ Compensation : Defense Mechanism. Answer: overachieve in one
area to compensate for failures in another.
making up for weaknesses in one area by excelling in another area
For example, individuals with poor family lives may direct their energy
into excelling above and beyond what is required at work
◉ Rationalization (defense mechanism). Answer: - Attempting to make
excuses or formulate logical reasons to justifying unacceptable feelings
or behaviors.
EX: John tells the rehab nurse, "I drink because its the only way I can
deal with my bad marriage and awful job."
◉ resistance: psychiatry. Answer: Psychological resistance is the
phenomenon often encountered in clinical practice in which patients
either directly or indirectly exhibits paradoxical opposing behaviors in
presumably a clinically initiated push and pull of a change process
