NURS 2488 Mental Health 1 exam answers

NU249/NUR2488- Assess Your Knowledge- Exam 1 Theorists: Freud  1856 to 1939; neurologist considered the “father of psychiatry” Unconscious thoughts; psychosexual development  Psychoanalytic theory: most psychological disturbances are the result of early trauma or incidents that are often not remembered or recognized. free association to search for forgotten and repressed memories by encouraging the patient to say anything that comes to mind  Conscious mind- current awareness—thoughts, beliefs, and feelings.  Preconscious mind- what is lying immediately below the surface, not currently the subject of our attention, but accessible.  Unconscious mind- Biggest part, where primitive feelings, drives, and memories reside, especially those that are unbearable and traumatic.  Id- dominant primary thought process, instinctive, pleasure-seeking part (particularly sexual- mouth primary source) of our personalities that lurks in the unconscious mind  Ego- ability to realistically evaluate situations, limit the id's primitive impulses, and keep the superego from becoming too rigid and obsessive; sense of self and acts as an intermediary (mediates) between the id and the world by using functions of ego- problem solving, perception, and defense mechanisms, such as repression, denial, and rationalization; delays immediate gratification  Superego- Primarily unconscious and functions on reward and punishment principle, Moral component; conscience and