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MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 1 NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||NEWEST EXAM!!!!
A nurse supports a parent for praising a child behaving in
a helpful way. When this child behaves with politeness
and helpfulness in adulthood, which feeling will most likely
result?
a. Guilt
b. Anxiety
c. Humility
d. Self-esteem - ANSWER-d
The individual will be living up to the ego ideal, which will
result in positive feelings about self. The other options are
incorrect because each represents a negative feeling.
A patient says, "I never know the answers," and "My
opinion doesn't count." The nurse correctly assesses that
this patient had difficulty resolving which psychosocial
crisis?
a. Initiative versus guilt
b. Trust versus mistrust
c. Autonomy versus shame and doubt
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d. Generativity versus self-absorption - ANSWER-c
These statements show severe self-doubt, indicating that
the crisis of gaining control over the environment was not
successfully met. Unsuccessful resolution of the crisis of
initiative versus guilt results in feelings of guilt.
Unsuccessful resolution of the crisis of trust versus
mistrust results in poor interpersonal relationships and
suspicion of others. Unsuccessful resolution of the crisis of
generativity versus self-absorption results in self-
absorption that limits the ability to grow as a person.
Which patient statement would lead the nurse to suspect
unsuccessful completion of the developmental task of
infancy?
a. "I have very warm and close friendships."
b. "I'm afraid to allow anyone to really get to know me."
c. "I'm always absolutely right, so don't bother saying
more."
d. "I'm ashamed that I didn't do things correctly in the first
place." - ANSWER-b
According to Erikson, the developmental task of infancy is
the development of trust. The correct response is the only
statement clearly showing lack of ability to trust others.
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Warm, close relationships suggest the developmental task
of infancy was successfully completed; rigidity and self-
absorption are reflected in the belief one is always right;
and shame for past actions suggests failure to resolve the
crisis of initiative versus guilt.
A patient is suspicious and frequently manipulates others.
To which psychosexual stage do these traits relate?
a. Oral
b. Anal
c. Phallic
d. Genital - ANSWER-a
The behaviors in the stem develop as the result of
attitudes formed during the oral stage, when an infant first
learns to relate to the environment. Anal-stage traits
include stinginess, stubbornness, orderliness, or their
opposites. Phallic stage traits include flirtatiousness, pride,
vanity, difficulty with authority figures, and difficulties with
sexual identity. Genital stage traits include the ability to
form satisfying sexual and emotional relationships with
members of the opposite sex, emancipation from parents,
a strong sense of personal identity, or the opposites of
these traits.
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A patient expresses the desire to be cared for by others
and often behaves in a helpless fashion. The patient's
needs relate to which stage of psychosexual
development?
a. Latency
b. Phallic
c. Anal
d. Oral - ANSWER-d
Fixation at the oral stage sometimes produces dependent
infantile behaviors in adults. Latency fixations often result
in difficulty identifying with others and developing social
skills, resulting in a sense of inadequacy and inferiority.
Phallic fixations result in having difficulty with authority
figures and poor sexual identity. Anal fixation sometimes
results in retentiveness, rigidity, messiness,
destructiveness, and cruelty.
A nurse listens to a group of recent retirees. One says, "I
volunteer with Meals on Wheels, coach teen sports, and
do church visitation." Another laughs and says, "I'm too
busy taking care of myself to volunteer to help others."
Which developmental task do these statements contrast?
a. Trust and mistrust
b. Intimacy and isolation
MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 1 NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||NEWEST EXAM!!!!
A nurse supports a parent for praising a child behaving in
a helpful way. When this child behaves with politeness
and helpfulness in adulthood, which feeling will most likely
result?
a. Guilt
b. Anxiety
c. Humility
d. Self-esteem - ANSWER-d
The individual will be living up to the ego ideal, which will
result in positive feelings about self. The other options are
incorrect because each represents a negative feeling.
A patient says, "I never know the answers," and "My
opinion doesn't count." The nurse correctly assesses that
this patient had difficulty resolving which psychosocial
crisis?
a. Initiative versus guilt
b. Trust versus mistrust
c. Autonomy versus shame and doubt
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d. Generativity versus self-absorption - ANSWER-c
These statements show severe self-doubt, indicating that
the crisis of gaining control over the environment was not
successfully met. Unsuccessful resolution of the crisis of
initiative versus guilt results in feelings of guilt.
Unsuccessful resolution of the crisis of trust versus
mistrust results in poor interpersonal relationships and
suspicion of others. Unsuccessful resolution of the crisis of
generativity versus self-absorption results in self-
absorption that limits the ability to grow as a person.
Which patient statement would lead the nurse to suspect
unsuccessful completion of the developmental task of
infancy?
a. "I have very warm and close friendships."
b. "I'm afraid to allow anyone to really get to know me."
c. "I'm always absolutely right, so don't bother saying
more."
d. "I'm ashamed that I didn't do things correctly in the first
place." - ANSWER-b
According to Erikson, the developmental task of infancy is
the development of trust. The correct response is the only
statement clearly showing lack of ability to trust others.
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Warm, close relationships suggest the developmental task
of infancy was successfully completed; rigidity and self-
absorption are reflected in the belief one is always right;
and shame for past actions suggests failure to resolve the
crisis of initiative versus guilt.
A patient is suspicious and frequently manipulates others.
To which psychosexual stage do these traits relate?
a. Oral
b. Anal
c. Phallic
d. Genital - ANSWER-a
The behaviors in the stem develop as the result of
attitudes formed during the oral stage, when an infant first
learns to relate to the environment. Anal-stage traits
include stinginess, stubbornness, orderliness, or their
opposites. Phallic stage traits include flirtatiousness, pride,
vanity, difficulty with authority figures, and difficulties with
sexual identity. Genital stage traits include the ability to
form satisfying sexual and emotional relationships with
members of the opposite sex, emancipation from parents,
a strong sense of personal identity, or the opposites of
these traits.
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A patient expresses the desire to be cared for by others
and often behaves in a helpless fashion. The patient's
needs relate to which stage of psychosexual
development?
a. Latency
b. Phallic
c. Anal
d. Oral - ANSWER-d
Fixation at the oral stage sometimes produces dependent
infantile behaviors in adults. Latency fixations often result
in difficulty identifying with others and developing social
skills, resulting in a sense of inadequacy and inferiority.
Phallic fixations result in having difficulty with authority
figures and poor sexual identity. Anal fixation sometimes
results in retentiveness, rigidity, messiness,
destructiveness, and cruelty.
A nurse listens to a group of recent retirees. One says, "I
volunteer with Meals on Wheels, coach teen sports, and
do church visitation." Another laughs and says, "I'm too
busy taking care of myself to volunteer to help others."
Which developmental task do these statements contrast?
a. Trust and mistrust
b. Intimacy and isolation
