FOUNDATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE
PRACTICE ASSESSMENT 2026
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ Harry Stack Sullivan. Answer: Interpersonal Theory; Humans are
social beings, and our relationship with others help to develop our
personality; established five life stages of development
◉ Sullivan's Life Stages. Answer: 1. Infancy,
2. Childhood,
3. Juvenile,
4. Preadolescence,
5. Adolescence
◉ Sigmond Freud. Answer: Psychosexual Theory; The Father of
Psychology 1856-1939. Studied the Mind, and developed the
Psychosexual Theory of Personality Development, Viewed
Aggression as an Inborn Drive or an Impulse, with the Aim of
Destruction.
,◉ Eric Ericsons. Answer: Psychosocial Theory; Identified 8 stages of
development
◉ FREUD IDENTIFIED THREE STRUCTURES OF PERSONALITY:.
Answer: The ID- "pleasure seeker",
The Ego, the "here and now"
The superEgo, the "conscience"
◉ id. Answer: Pleasure-seeking behavior, aggression, and sexual
impulses; Storage site for early childhood experiences & the
Instinctual Drives for Self-Preservation, Reproduction, & Association
with Others
◉ Ego. Answer: Begins between 1-2 years, The Toddler Delays the ID
is aware of reality/right and wrong. The Middle Man between the ID
and the Superego. It is our individual identity, the center of our
personality our "self", Develops coping skills which are used to cope
with stressors.
◉ Superego. Answer: Begins by 2 years developed by age 6-7 and is
fully developed by age 9-10, "the age of reasoning",
The conscience the ideal of personality Aware of reality
Operated on a Conscious and Subconscious level,Values are learned
from caregivers, church, and home. Moral and Ethical Concepts,
Values, and Parental and Social Expectations.
, ◉ ELECTRA COMPLEX. Answer: The female child Resents the
Mother, Is Attracted to the Father and turns to him for love and
attention. Not as well understood as the male complex.
◉ Conscious. Answer: Awareness of thought and emotion
◉ Preconscious. Answer: Not current emotion, but can remember
the emotion from past experience.
◉ Unconscious. Answer: Thoughts that motivate a person when they
are unaware of the thought or emotion. This also includes
repression as a defense.
◉ JEAN PIAGET'S: Four stages of cognitive development. Answer: 1.
Sensorimotor,
2. Preoperational,
3. Concrete operations,
4. Formal operations
◉ Hildegard Peplau. Answer: Nursing theorist and clinician who
built on Sullivan's interpersonal theories and also saw the role of the
nurse as a participant observer. Developed the concept of the
PRACTICE ASSESSMENT 2026
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ Harry Stack Sullivan. Answer: Interpersonal Theory; Humans are
social beings, and our relationship with others help to develop our
personality; established five life stages of development
◉ Sullivan's Life Stages. Answer: 1. Infancy,
2. Childhood,
3. Juvenile,
4. Preadolescence,
5. Adolescence
◉ Sigmond Freud. Answer: Psychosexual Theory; The Father of
Psychology 1856-1939. Studied the Mind, and developed the
Psychosexual Theory of Personality Development, Viewed
Aggression as an Inborn Drive or an Impulse, with the Aim of
Destruction.
,◉ Eric Ericsons. Answer: Psychosocial Theory; Identified 8 stages of
development
◉ FREUD IDENTIFIED THREE STRUCTURES OF PERSONALITY:.
Answer: The ID- "pleasure seeker",
The Ego, the "here and now"
The superEgo, the "conscience"
◉ id. Answer: Pleasure-seeking behavior, aggression, and sexual
impulses; Storage site for early childhood experiences & the
Instinctual Drives for Self-Preservation, Reproduction, & Association
with Others
◉ Ego. Answer: Begins between 1-2 years, The Toddler Delays the ID
is aware of reality/right and wrong. The Middle Man between the ID
and the Superego. It is our individual identity, the center of our
personality our "self", Develops coping skills which are used to cope
with stressors.
◉ Superego. Answer: Begins by 2 years developed by age 6-7 and is
fully developed by age 9-10, "the age of reasoning",
The conscience the ideal of personality Aware of reality
Operated on a Conscious and Subconscious level,Values are learned
from caregivers, church, and home. Moral and Ethical Concepts,
Values, and Parental and Social Expectations.
, ◉ ELECTRA COMPLEX. Answer: The female child Resents the
Mother, Is Attracted to the Father and turns to him for love and
attention. Not as well understood as the male complex.
◉ Conscious. Answer: Awareness of thought and emotion
◉ Preconscious. Answer: Not current emotion, but can remember
the emotion from past experience.
◉ Unconscious. Answer: Thoughts that motivate a person when they
are unaware of the thought or emotion. This also includes
repression as a defense.
◉ JEAN PIAGET'S: Four stages of cognitive development. Answer: 1.
Sensorimotor,
2. Preoperational,
3. Concrete operations,
4. Formal operations
◉ Hildegard Peplau. Answer: Nursing theorist and clinician who
built on Sullivan's interpersonal theories and also saw the role of the
nurse as a participant observer. Developed the concept of the
