Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Transference - CORRECT ANSWER - When we remind the pt of someone in the past and
the pt projects emotion onto us
Counter-transference - CORRECT ANSWER - When the pt reminds us of someone in past
and we project it onto the pt
Sigmund Freud - CORRECT ANSWER - founder of psychoanalysis, a controversial
theory about the workings of the unconscious mind
Hildegard Peplau - CORRECT ANSWER - developed stages of therapeutic relationships
Stages of Peplau's - CORRECT ANSWER - Orientation, Working, Termination
Stages of Peplau's (Orientation) - CORRECT ANSWER - nurse engages pt in
relationships
Stages of Peplau's (Working) - CORRECT ANSWER - nurse helps pt identify problems
and guides pt towards their desired solution
Stages of Peplau's (Termination) - CORRECT ANSWER - pt getting well, prepare pt for
discharge, review meds
Therapeutic alliance - CORRECT ANSWER - relationship between therapist and pt
Electro convulsive therapy (ECT) - CORRECT ANSWER - Electric current passed
through both hemispheres of the brain. This is often used for severe depression. Side effects
include memory loss.
, When was Benzodiazepines produced - CORRECT ANSWER - 1960's
When was MAOI's, lithium, and thorazine produced - CORRECT ANSWER - 1950's
Psychoanalytical/psychodynamic therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - based on
understanding feelings (freud)
Cognitive/behavioral therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - based on changing thoughts and
behaviors
Central Nervous System (CNS) - CORRECT ANSWER - brain and spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - CORRECT ANSWER - all the nerves outside the
brain and spinal cord
Cerebrum - CORRECT ANSWER - largest part of the brain, divided into two hemispheres
Temporal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER - hearing, taste, smell
Occipital lobe - CORRECT ANSWER - vision
Parietal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER - sensation, touch, and taste
Frontal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER - intelligence, personality, voluntary muscles
Limbic system - CORRECT ANSWER - emotions, amygdala, thalamus, hypothalamus