Family Psychiatric Mental Health I | LATEST VERSION 2025
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A - Regis
Piaget Formal Operations - CORRECT ANSWER-12-adult; ability to think
abstractly; thinking operates in a formal, logical manner
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development - CORRECT ANSWER-Moral
development takes place in stages and awareness of other people increases at
each stage
Preconventional: Punishment/obedience
Conventional: Act in ways to maintain good relationships with others.
Postconventional: Develop ethical principles that are self-accepted.
Erikson's Psychosocial Theory - CORRECT ANSWER-stage theory of psychosocial
development, lifespan consists of eight dilemmas that must be solved correctly in
order to solve the next dilemma
,Trust vs. Mistrust (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER-0-1 years. Erikson's first stage
during the first year of life, infants learn to trust when they are cared for in a
consistent warm manner. Can be associated with psychosis, addiction, and
depression when negative.
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER-1 - 3 years. Using
new mental and motor skills, children want to choose and decide for themselves.
Autonomy is fostered when parents permit reasonable free choice and do not
force or shame the child. Aligns with Freud's anal stage. Can be associated with
paranoia, OCD, and impulsivity when negative.
Initiative vs. Guilt (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER-3-6 yrs, good: sense of purpose,
ability to initiate activities, ability to enjoy accomplishment, bad: fear of
punishment, restrict himself, show off. Can be associated with conversion
disorder, phobias, psychosomatic disorder, and inhibition.
Piaget: Sensorimotor Stage - CORRECT ANSWER-Ages: birth to age 2
The stage during which children learn through senses and motor activities.
Coordination of sensory input and motor responses
Development of object permanence
Piaget Perioperations Subperiod - CORRECT ANSWER-Deferred Imitation,
symbolic play, Graphic imagery, mental imagery, and language.
, Piaget Concrete Operations - CORRECT ANSWER-7-11 years old
Begin abstract thought
Plays games with rules
Cause and effect relationship
Conservation of quantity, weight, volume, inclusion/seriation
Industry vs. Inferiority (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER-6-12 yrs, good:
competence, exercise his/her abilities and intelligence in the world, be able to
affect world in the way that the child desires bad: inadequacy, low self esteem.
Can be associated with creative inhibition, Intertion.
Identity vs. Role Confusion (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER-13-19 yr, **most
crucial** teens struggle with identity crisis, if healthy experimentation is fostered
they attain identity achievement; if not, they face insecurity and low self-worth.
Can be associated with delinquency, BPD, gender confusion.
Intimacy vs. Isolation (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER-20-40 yrs, good: love,
intimate relationships, commitment. bad: avoidance of commitment, alienation,
distancing oneself. Schizoid.
Generativity vs. Stagnation (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER-40-60 years. favorable
resolution results in an individual capable of being a productive, caring, and
contributing member of society. If this crisis is not overcome, one acquires a