PMHNP Certification Exam Study Guide
Tarasoff Principle - Answer✔✔-1976 - duty to warn victims of potential harm from client
Deontological Theory - Answer✔✔-Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad based on
the act itself regardless of the consequences
Teleological Theory - Answer✔✔-Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad based on
the consequence or outcome
Virtue ethics - Answer✔✔-ethical theory that states actions are chosen based on the moral virtues (eg.
honesty, courage, compassion, wisdom, gratitude, self-respect) or the character of the person making
the decision
Erikson's developmental stage infancy age range - Answer✔✔-birth-1 year
Erikson's developmental stage infancy developmental tasks - Answer✔✔-trust vs. mistrust
Erikson's developmental stage infancy indications of developmental mastery - Answer✔✔-Ability to form
meaningful relationships, hope about the future trust in others
Erikson's developmental stage infancy indication of developmental failure - Answer✔✔-poor
relationships, lack of future hope, suspicious of others
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood age - Answer✔✔-1-3 yo
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood developmental task - Answer✔✔-autonomy vs. shame
and doubt
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Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental mastery - Answer✔✔-self-
control, self-esteem, willpower
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental failure - Answer✔✔-poor
self-control, low self esteem, self-doubt, lack of independence
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood age - Answer✔✔-3-6yo
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood developmental task - Answer✔✔-initiative vs guilt
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental mastery - Answer✔✔-self-
directed behavior, goal formation, sense of purpose
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental failure - Answer✔✔-lack of
self-initiated behavior, lack of goal orientation
Erikson's developmental stage school-age ages - Answer✔✔-6-12yo
Erikson's developmental stage school-age developmental task - Answer✔✔-industry vs. inferiority
Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental mastery - Answer✔✔-ability to
work; sense of competency and achievement
Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental failure - Answer✔✔-sense of
inferiority, difficulty with working, learning
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence ages - Answer✔✔-12-20yo
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence developmental task - Answer✔✔-identity vs role confusion
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Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental mastery - Answer✔✔-personal
sense of identity
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental failure - Answer✔✔-identity
confusion, poor self-identification in group settings
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood ages - Answer✔✔-20-35 years
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood developmental task - Answer✔✔-intimacy vs isolation
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental mastery - Answer✔✔-
committed relationships, capacity to love
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental failure - Answer✔✔-
emotional isolation, egocentrism
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood ages - Answer✔✔-35-65 yo
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood developmental task - Answer✔✔-generativity vs. self-
absorption or stagnation
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental mastery - Answer✔✔-
ability to give time and talents to others, ability to care for others
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental failure - Answer✔✔-self-
absorption, inability to row and change as a person, inability to care for others
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood age - Answer✔✔->65yo
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood developmental task - Answer✔✔-integrity vs despair
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Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood indications of developmental mastery - Answer✔✔-
fulfilment and comfort with life, willingness to face death, insight and balanced perspective on life's
events
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood indications of developmental failure - Answer✔✔-
bitterness, sense of dissatisfaction with life, despair over impending death
Psychodynamic (Psychoanalytic) Theory - Answer✔✔--Sigmund Freud
-all bx is purposeful and meaningful
-principle of psychic determinism
-most mental activity is unconscious
-conscious behaviors and choices are affected by unconscious mental content
-childhood experiences shape adult personality
-instincts, urges, or fantasies function as drives that motivate thoughts, feelings, and bx
-Id, Ego, Superego
-conflict is experienced consciously as anxiety
Principle of psychic determinism - Answer✔✔-Even apparently meaningless, random, or accidental
behavior is actually motivated by underlying unconscious mental content
Intellectual disability typical age onset - Answer✔✔-infancy- usually evident at birth
ADHD typical age onset - Answer✔✔-early childhood (per DSM by age 12)
Schizophrenia typical age onset - Answer✔✔-18-25 for men
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