STUDY NOTES & REFERENCE GUIDE
TEST BANK DAVIS ADVANTAGE FOR
TOWNSEND PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING 11th EDITION [ALL
CHAPTERS COMPLETED]
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Chapter 1: Concepts of Personality Development
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. A jilted college student is admitted to a hospital following a suicide
one will ever love a loser
According to
should recognize that this patient has a deficit in which
developmental stage?
1. Trust versus mistrust
2. Initiative versus guilt
3. Intimacy versus isolation
4. Ego integrity versus despair
2. A nurse observes a 3-year-old client willingly sharing candy with
a sibling. According to Peplau, which psychological stage of
development should the nurse determine that this child has
completed?
1. Learning to count on others
2. Learning to delay satisfaction
3. Identifying oneself
4. Developing skills in participation
3. A 9-month-old child screams every time his mother leaves and
will not tolerate anyone else changing his diaper. The nurse
should determine that, according to developmental
theory, this development was arrested at which phase?
1. The autistic phase
2. The symbiotic phase
3. The separation-individuation phase
4. The rapprochement phase
4. According to Peplau, a nurse who provides an abandoned child
with parental guidance and praise following small
accomplishments is serving which therapeutic role?
1. Technical expert
2. Resource person
3. Surrogate
4. Leader
5. When assessing clients, a psychiatric nurse should
understand that psychoanalytic theory is based on
which underlying concept?
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1. A possible genetic basis for the problems
2. The structure and dynamics of the personality
3. Behavioral responses to stressors
4. Maladaptive cognitions
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6. Which underlying concept should a nurse associate with
interpersonal theory when assessing a client?
1. The effects of social processes on personality development
2. The effects of unconscious processes and personality structures
3. The effects on thoughts and perceptual processes
4. The effects of chemical and genetic influences
7. A physically healthy, 35-year-old, single client lives with his
parents, who provide total financial support. According to
assist the client to accomplish?
1. Establishing the ability to control emotional reactions
2. Establishing a strong sense of ethics and character structure
3. Establishing and maintaining self-esteem
4. Establishing a career, personal relationships, and societal connections
8. A 1-month-old infant is left alone for extended periods, has
little physical stimulation, and is malnourished. Based on
potential deficit?
1. The symbiotic phase
2. The autistic phase
3. The consolidation phase
4. The rapprochement phase
9. A 6-year-old boy uses his flashlight to explore his 3-year-
old According to Freud, in which stage of
psychosocial development should a nurse identify this behavior
as normal?
1. Oral
2. Anal
3. Phallic
4. Latency
10. A married, 26-year-old client works as a schoolteacher. She and
her husband have just had their first child. A nurse should
recognize that this client is successfully accomplishing which
stage of developmental theory?
1. Industry versus inferiority
2. Identity versus role confusion
3. Intimacy versus isolation
4. Generativity versus stagnation
11. A 10-year-old child wins the science fair competition and is
chosen as a cheerleader for the basketball team. A nurse
should recognize that this child is in the process of
successfully accomplishing
developmental theory?
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TEST BANK DAVIS ADVANTAGE FOR
TOWNSEND PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING 11th EDITION [ALL
CHAPTERS COMPLETED]
Emanuell - Stuvia | Page 1 of 851
, STUDY NOTES & REFERENCE GUIDE
(Answers are at the end of each Chapter)
Chapter 1: Concepts of Personality Development
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. A jilted college student is admitted to a hospital following a suicide
one will ever love a loser
According to
should recognize that this patient has a deficit in which
developmental stage?
1. Trust versus mistrust
2. Initiative versus guilt
3. Intimacy versus isolation
4. Ego integrity versus despair
2. A nurse observes a 3-year-old client willingly sharing candy with
a sibling. According to Peplau, which psychological stage of
development should the nurse determine that this child has
completed?
1. Learning to count on others
2. Learning to delay satisfaction
3. Identifying oneself
4. Developing skills in participation
3. A 9-month-old child screams every time his mother leaves and
will not tolerate anyone else changing his diaper. The nurse
should determine that, according to developmental
theory, this development was arrested at which phase?
1. The autistic phase
2. The symbiotic phase
3. The separation-individuation phase
4. The rapprochement phase
4. According to Peplau, a nurse who provides an abandoned child
with parental guidance and praise following small
accomplishments is serving which therapeutic role?
1. Technical expert
2. Resource person
3. Surrogate
4. Leader
5. When assessing clients, a psychiatric nurse should
understand that psychoanalytic theory is based on
which underlying concept?
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1. A possible genetic basis for the problems
2. The structure and dynamics of the personality
3. Behavioral responses to stressors
4. Maladaptive cognitions
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6. Which underlying concept should a nurse associate with
interpersonal theory when assessing a client?
1. The effects of social processes on personality development
2. The effects of unconscious processes and personality structures
3. The effects on thoughts and perceptual processes
4. The effects of chemical and genetic influences
7. A physically healthy, 35-year-old, single client lives with his
parents, who provide total financial support. According to
assist the client to accomplish?
1. Establishing the ability to control emotional reactions
2. Establishing a strong sense of ethics and character structure
3. Establishing and maintaining self-esteem
4. Establishing a career, personal relationships, and societal connections
8. A 1-month-old infant is left alone for extended periods, has
little physical stimulation, and is malnourished. Based on
potential deficit?
1. The symbiotic phase
2. The autistic phase
3. The consolidation phase
4. The rapprochement phase
9. A 6-year-old boy uses his flashlight to explore his 3-year-
old According to Freud, in which stage of
psychosocial development should a nurse identify this behavior
as normal?
1. Oral
2. Anal
3. Phallic
4. Latency
10. A married, 26-year-old client works as a schoolteacher. She and
her husband have just had their first child. A nurse should
recognize that this client is successfully accomplishing which
stage of developmental theory?
1. Industry versus inferiority
2. Identity versus role confusion
3. Intimacy versus isolation
4. Generativity versus stagnation
11. A 10-year-old child wins the science fair competition and is
chosen as a cheerleader for the basketball team. A nurse
should recognize that this child is in the process of
successfully accomplishing
developmental theory?
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