Dr. Pam Turner NCE Study Guide Questions - Practice-Ready Answer Guide

Dr. Pam Turner NCE Study Guide Questions - Practice-Ready Answer Guide Daniel Levinson - Identified 3 Major major transitions/times occurring between four major eras of life: - answer - a. early adult transition (17 to 22) b. mid-life transition (40 to 45) c. late adult transition (60 to 65). Daniel Levinson stated adults cope with 3 developmental tasks: - answer - a. build, modify, and enhance life structure b. form and modify single components of the life structure such as: life dream, occupation, love-marriage, family relationships, mentor, and forming mutual relationships c. tasks to become more individuated. Levinson believed that most men experience - answer - a midlife crisis - age 40-45 William Perry developed a scheme for intellectual development and ethical development. 3 General Categories and 9 Positions - answer - A. Dualism B. Relativism is Discovered C. Commitment in Relativism Nancy Chodorow was one of the first to speak out against the masculine bias - answer - Found in psychoanalytic In Toward a New Psychology of Women, Jean Baker Miller indicated that a large part of women's lives has been spent helping others develop emotionally, intellectually, and socially. - answer - "Caretaking" concept Judith Jordan developed the Self-in-Relation Theory. Now known as relational-cultural theory. - answer - a. people grow toward relationships b. mature functioning is characterized by mutuality c. psychological growth is characterized by involvement in complex and diversified relational networks d. mutual empathy and empowerment are at the core e. growth-fostering relationships require engagements to be authentic f. growth-fostering relationships stimulate change g. goals of development are characterized by an increasing ability to name and resist disconnections, sources of oppression, and obstacles to mutual relationships Harriet Lerner wrote The Dance of Intimacy - answer - Women needed to re-evaluate their intimate relationships and choose a healthier balance between other-oriented and self-absorption Carol Tavris - answer - Society pathologizes women Different gender perceptions based on roles Gail Sheehy - answer - Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life Transitional periods between life stages Adaptive Thinking or Action - answer - Developed by Piaget - concept for intelligence General Intelligence (g factor) and special intelligence (s factor) - answer - Charles Spearman Primary Mental Abilities - answer - Louis Thurstone; individuals have seven primary mental abilities that make up intelligence, Daniel Goleman - answer - Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Propinquity - answer - proximity, nearness; Choose relationships based on proximal distance One-dimensional Causal Models - answer - this model assumes that a disorder is caused by one factor such as a chemical imbalance. NOT supported by research Multidimensional Causal Model - answer - a disorder is caused by the interaction of several factors and dimensions. Symptoms or Traits may be Ego-Dystonic or Ego-Syntonic - answer - Ego-Dystonic: Symptoms are unacceptable or undesirable Ego-Syntonic - Symptoms and Traits are perceived as acceptable A formal mental status exam covers the following five areas: - answer - a. appearance and behavior b. thought processes c. mood and affect d. intellectual functioning e. sensorium Sensorium refers to - answer - awareness of place, time, and person Projective Tests - answer - Rorschach, Thematic Apperception Test, Incomplete Sentences Blank Personality Tests - answer - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), California Psychological Inventory Intelligence Tests - answer - Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - IV Neuropsychological Assessment - answer - Measure brain dysfunctions Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery: measures organic damage and location of such injury. Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test: often used with children, and can measure brain dysfunction. DSM-5