Foundations of Nursing Practice: Key
Concepts from Chapter 5 - Exam 1
Review
Psychodynamic Theories - correct answer ✔✔focus on personality trait development and psychological
challenges at different ages
Behavioral Theories - correct answer ✔✔designed to explain the development of specific behaviors and
suggest their relationships to other developing social skills
Humanist Theories - correct answer ✔✔describe the influence of human experiences such as love and
attachment on behavior and personality development
, Cognitive Theories - correct answer ✔✔focus on advancement of the development of thinking
Sociocultural Theories - correct answer ✔✔describe how culture influences behavior
Classical Conditioning - correct answer ✔✔Developed by Pavlov; has to do with associating (pairing)
things in the environment. Example- an individual eats a food that causes unpleasant symptoms of food
poisoning then develops an aversion to that food.
Electra Anxiety - correct answer ✔✔Coined by Carl Jung- occurs when little girls compete with their
mothers for the love and attention of their fathers. At the end of this stage, the little girl stops competing
and identifies with the mother, again desiring attention from both parents. Occurs around age 5.
Extrovert - correct answer ✔✔Coined by Carl Jung- an outgoing person who focuses on others in the
environment
Information-Processing Theory - correct answer ✔✔States that information is input, is processed
mentally, and is then followed by an output of judgment and decision making. Basis of problem-solving
and critical-thinking abilities. Does not change with age, only the speed and efficiency improves with age
to adulthood.
Introvert - correct answer ✔✔Coined by Carl Jung- a quiet person who focuses inwardly on self
Looking-Glass Self - correct answer ✔✔Developed by Charles Horton Cooley- states that the self-image is
formed through three steps. 1.) Imagining how we portray ourselves to others. 2.) Imagining how others
evaluate us. 3.) Combining these to formulate a self concept or idea of what we are like.
Oedipus Complex - correct answer ✔✔Developed by Freud- believed that this arises during the phallic
stage of development and suggested that little boys compete with their fathers for the mother's love and
attention. During this stage, the boy prefers attention from the opposite-sex aren't. As the stage ends,
the boy decides to identify with his father, and attention is desired from both parents again.
Operant Conditioning - correct answer ✔✔B.F. Skinner- Involves behavioral consequences such as
reward or punishment. Reinforcing positive behavior with a reward will eventually develop a regular
practice of that behavior.
Concepts from Chapter 5 - Exam 1
Review
Psychodynamic Theories - correct answer ✔✔focus on personality trait development and psychological
challenges at different ages
Behavioral Theories - correct answer ✔✔designed to explain the development of specific behaviors and
suggest their relationships to other developing social skills
Humanist Theories - correct answer ✔✔describe the influence of human experiences such as love and
attachment on behavior and personality development
, Cognitive Theories - correct answer ✔✔focus on advancement of the development of thinking
Sociocultural Theories - correct answer ✔✔describe how culture influences behavior
Classical Conditioning - correct answer ✔✔Developed by Pavlov; has to do with associating (pairing)
things in the environment. Example- an individual eats a food that causes unpleasant symptoms of food
poisoning then develops an aversion to that food.
Electra Anxiety - correct answer ✔✔Coined by Carl Jung- occurs when little girls compete with their
mothers for the love and attention of their fathers. At the end of this stage, the little girl stops competing
and identifies with the mother, again desiring attention from both parents. Occurs around age 5.
Extrovert - correct answer ✔✔Coined by Carl Jung- an outgoing person who focuses on others in the
environment
Information-Processing Theory - correct answer ✔✔States that information is input, is processed
mentally, and is then followed by an output of judgment and decision making. Basis of problem-solving
and critical-thinking abilities. Does not change with age, only the speed and efficiency improves with age
to adulthood.
Introvert - correct answer ✔✔Coined by Carl Jung- a quiet person who focuses inwardly on self
Looking-Glass Self - correct answer ✔✔Developed by Charles Horton Cooley- states that the self-image is
formed through three steps. 1.) Imagining how we portray ourselves to others. 2.) Imagining how others
evaluate us. 3.) Combining these to formulate a self concept or idea of what we are like.
Oedipus Complex - correct answer ✔✔Developed by Freud- believed that this arises during the phallic
stage of development and suggested that little boys compete with their fathers for the mother's love and
attention. During this stage, the boy prefers attention from the opposite-sex aren't. As the stage ends,
the boy decides to identify with his father, and attention is desired from both parents again.
Operant Conditioning - correct answer ✔✔B.F. Skinner- Involves behavioral consequences such as
reward or punishment. Reinforcing positive behavior with a reward will eventually develop a regular
practice of that behavior.
