RASMUSSEN MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 1
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS.
Culture - Correct Answer-Includes traditions of thought and behavior, such as
language and history that can be socially acquired, shared, and passed on to
new generations.
The concept of culture is most often considered with racial or ethnic minority
groups. However, the concept of culture also includes sexual orientation, age
groups, physical abilities or disabilities, gender, religion, or socioeconomic
status.
FREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY - Correct Answer-Chapter 3
Id - Correct Answer-The primitive, PLEASURE-seeking part (according to
Freud, predominantly sexual pleasure) of our personalities that lurks in the
unconscious mind.
The IMPULSIVE part of our psyche which responds directly and immediately
to the instincts.
Engages in PRIMARY PROCESS thinking, which is primitive, illogical,
irrational, and fantasy oriented.
Ego - Correct Answer-Our sense of self. And acts as an intermediary between
the Id and the world by using ego defense mechanisms, such as repression,
denial, and rationalization.
Engages in secondary process thinking, which is rational, REALISTIC, and
orientated towards PROBLEM SOLVING.
Superego - Correct Answer-Assigned to those processes that Freud referred
to as our conscience (our sense of what is right or wrong) and is greatly
influenced by our parents' or caregivers' MORALS and ETHICAL stances.
, The superego's function is to control the id's impulses, especially those which
society forbids, such as sex and aggression. It also has the function of
persuading the ego to turn to moralistic goals rather than simply realistic
ones and to strive for perfection.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Correct Answer-1. Physiological- food, water,
oxygen, elimination, rest, sex
2. Safety- protection, security, stability, order, structure, limits
3. Love and Belonging Needs- affiliation, affection, lover
4. Esteem- competency, achievement, esteem from others
5. Self Actualization- becoming everything one is capable of
6. Self Transcendent Needs - when an individual "seeks to further a cause
beyond the self and to experience a communion beyond the boundaries of
the self through peak experiences."
Erickson's Stages of Development - Infant: Birth - 1.5 yrs old - Correct
Answer-Trust vs. Mistrust
Task: develop a basic sense of trust and comfort and minimal fear and
uncertainty.
Erickson's Stages of Development - Early childhood (toddler) - 1.5-3 yrs old -
Correct Answer-Autonomy vs. Shame/doubt
Task: gain self control and independence
Erickson's Stages of Development - Preschooler 3-6 yrs old - Correct Answer-
Initiative vs. Guilt
Task: achieve sense of purpose and task mastery
Erickson's Stages of Development - School age 6-12 yrs old - Correct Answer-
Industry vs. Inferiority
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS.
Culture - Correct Answer-Includes traditions of thought and behavior, such as
language and history that can be socially acquired, shared, and passed on to
new generations.
The concept of culture is most often considered with racial or ethnic minority
groups. However, the concept of culture also includes sexual orientation, age
groups, physical abilities or disabilities, gender, religion, or socioeconomic
status.
FREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY - Correct Answer-Chapter 3
Id - Correct Answer-The primitive, PLEASURE-seeking part (according to
Freud, predominantly sexual pleasure) of our personalities that lurks in the
unconscious mind.
The IMPULSIVE part of our psyche which responds directly and immediately
to the instincts.
Engages in PRIMARY PROCESS thinking, which is primitive, illogical,
irrational, and fantasy oriented.
Ego - Correct Answer-Our sense of self. And acts as an intermediary between
the Id and the world by using ego defense mechanisms, such as repression,
denial, and rationalization.
Engages in secondary process thinking, which is rational, REALISTIC, and
orientated towards PROBLEM SOLVING.
Superego - Correct Answer-Assigned to those processes that Freud referred
to as our conscience (our sense of what is right or wrong) and is greatly
influenced by our parents' or caregivers' MORALS and ETHICAL stances.
, The superego's function is to control the id's impulses, especially those which
society forbids, such as sex and aggression. It also has the function of
persuading the ego to turn to moralistic goals rather than simply realistic
ones and to strive for perfection.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Correct Answer-1. Physiological- food, water,
oxygen, elimination, rest, sex
2. Safety- protection, security, stability, order, structure, limits
3. Love and Belonging Needs- affiliation, affection, lover
4. Esteem- competency, achievement, esteem from others
5. Self Actualization- becoming everything one is capable of
6. Self Transcendent Needs - when an individual "seeks to further a cause
beyond the self and to experience a communion beyond the boundaries of
the self through peak experiences."
Erickson's Stages of Development - Infant: Birth - 1.5 yrs old - Correct
Answer-Trust vs. Mistrust
Task: develop a basic sense of trust and comfort and minimal fear and
uncertainty.
Erickson's Stages of Development - Early childhood (toddler) - 1.5-3 yrs old -
Correct Answer-Autonomy vs. Shame/doubt
Task: gain self control and independence
Erickson's Stages of Development - Preschooler 3-6 yrs old - Correct Answer-
Initiative vs. Guilt
Task: achieve sense of purpose and task mastery
Erickson's Stages of Development - School age 6-12 yrs old - Correct Answer-
Industry vs. Inferiority
