CMN 548 Module 3 Study Questions with Correct
Answers
A patient is found to have a sudden onset of retrograde amnesia, a loss of personal identity, and
minimal anterograde amnesia. She also is unable to recall her name. This patient is likely
experiencing which of the following:
A. Psychogenic amnesia
B. Neurological amnesia
C. Infantile amnesia
D. None of the above✔✔A. Psychogenic Amnesia
A 4-year-old child participates in the following behaviors: deferred imitation, symbolic play,
graphic imagery (drawing), mental imagery, and language. Which of the following stages of
intellectual development would the child be classified?
A. Sensorimotor
B. Concrete Operations
C. Preoperations Subperiod
D. Formal Operations✔✔C. Preoperations Subperiod
Gender identity:
A. Can be the same or different from a person's assignment at birth
B. Is the person's personal experience of whether they are male or female
C. Is assessed by using the S.A.T. test
D. Both A & B✔✔D. Both A and B
Which of the following are considered processes that produce the states and traits usually
identified as psychologically healthy:
,A. Happiness
B. Environmental mastery
C. Avoidance of oneself
D. Satisfaction✔✔B. Environmental Mastery
There are three phases of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship. The three phases consist of
the introduction (orientation) phase, the working (identification and exploitation) phase, and
the termination (resolution) phase. Which of the following is an appropriate nursing action
during the working (identification and exploitation) phase:
A. Establishing professional boundaries.
B. Providing diagnostic evaluation.
C. Measuring outcomes of care
D. Focusing on self-management strategies.✔✔C. Measuring outcomes of care
Conflict is normally dealt with using defense mechanisms. Unconsciously excluding unwanted,
disturbing emotions, thoughts, and impulses from conscious awareness is an explanation of
which defense mechanism:
A. Undoing
B. Suppression
C. Denial
D. Repression✔✔D. Repression
Erickson's developmental stages and the milestones or tasks that accompany them give insight
into age-appropriate behaviors, measure levels of comprehension for client teaching, and
provide a context within which to evaluate assessment data. One indication of developmental
mastery is the ability to give time and talents to others, and the ability to care for others. This
occurs during which of the following developmental stages:
A. Middle Adulthood
B. Early Adulthood
C. School Age
,D. Adolescence✔✔A. Middle Adulthood
The intrapsychic splitting or separation of affect from content resulting in repression of either
idea or affect or the displacement of affect to a different or substitute content describes which
defense mechanism:
A. Isolation
B. Inhibition
C. Suppression
D. Intellectualization✔✔A. Isolation
This form of positive psychotherapy combines techniques of cognitive therapy with the
Buddhist practice of mindfulness meditation, which encourages people to be more aware of
what they are thinking, to live in the moment, and to refrain from evaluating judgements about
their own thoughts.
A. Positive Behavioral Support
B. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
C. Hope Therapy
D. Quality of Life Therapy✔✔B. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Which of the following are part of the 4 major stages of cognitive development according to
Piaget?
A. Sensorimotor
B. Sensory processing
C. Preoperational thought
D. Concrete operations
E. Formal operations✔✔A. Sensorimotor
C. Preoperational thought
D. Concrete operations
, E. Formal operations
Which of the following is the most prevalent and best-studied example of diencephalic
amnesia?
A. Anoxic encephalopathy
B. Alzheimer disease
C. Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome
D. Temporal lobe epilepsy✔✔C. Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome
Which of the following is true regarding the concept of symbolism according to Freud?
A. A symbol is representative of or substitute for some other idea from which it derives a
secondary significance that it does not possess of itself.
B. A symbol represents secondary elements by reason of a common element that these ideas
share.
C. A symbol is characteristically motor and separate from nature.
D. A symbol is a manifest expression of an idea that is conscious and visible.
E. Symbolic modes of thought represent the present stage of mental development and tend to
function in more conscious expressions and conditions.✔✔A. A symbol is representative of or
substitute for some other idea from which it derives a secondary significance that it does not
possess of itself.
Which of the following is an example of immature defenses?
A. Displacement
B. Externalization
C. Introjection
D. Humor✔✔C. Introjection
Answers
A patient is found to have a sudden onset of retrograde amnesia, a loss of personal identity, and
minimal anterograde amnesia. She also is unable to recall her name. This patient is likely
experiencing which of the following:
A. Psychogenic amnesia
B. Neurological amnesia
C. Infantile amnesia
D. None of the above✔✔A. Psychogenic Amnesia
A 4-year-old child participates in the following behaviors: deferred imitation, symbolic play,
graphic imagery (drawing), mental imagery, and language. Which of the following stages of
intellectual development would the child be classified?
A. Sensorimotor
B. Concrete Operations
C. Preoperations Subperiod
D. Formal Operations✔✔C. Preoperations Subperiod
Gender identity:
A. Can be the same or different from a person's assignment at birth
B. Is the person's personal experience of whether they are male or female
C. Is assessed by using the S.A.T. test
D. Both A & B✔✔D. Both A and B
Which of the following are considered processes that produce the states and traits usually
identified as psychologically healthy:
,A. Happiness
B. Environmental mastery
C. Avoidance of oneself
D. Satisfaction✔✔B. Environmental Mastery
There are three phases of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship. The three phases consist of
the introduction (orientation) phase, the working (identification and exploitation) phase, and
the termination (resolution) phase. Which of the following is an appropriate nursing action
during the working (identification and exploitation) phase:
A. Establishing professional boundaries.
B. Providing diagnostic evaluation.
C. Measuring outcomes of care
D. Focusing on self-management strategies.✔✔C. Measuring outcomes of care
Conflict is normally dealt with using defense mechanisms. Unconsciously excluding unwanted,
disturbing emotions, thoughts, and impulses from conscious awareness is an explanation of
which defense mechanism:
A. Undoing
B. Suppression
C. Denial
D. Repression✔✔D. Repression
Erickson's developmental stages and the milestones or tasks that accompany them give insight
into age-appropriate behaviors, measure levels of comprehension for client teaching, and
provide a context within which to evaluate assessment data. One indication of developmental
mastery is the ability to give time and talents to others, and the ability to care for others. This
occurs during which of the following developmental stages:
A. Middle Adulthood
B. Early Adulthood
C. School Age
,D. Adolescence✔✔A. Middle Adulthood
The intrapsychic splitting or separation of affect from content resulting in repression of either
idea or affect or the displacement of affect to a different or substitute content describes which
defense mechanism:
A. Isolation
B. Inhibition
C. Suppression
D. Intellectualization✔✔A. Isolation
This form of positive psychotherapy combines techniques of cognitive therapy with the
Buddhist practice of mindfulness meditation, which encourages people to be more aware of
what they are thinking, to live in the moment, and to refrain from evaluating judgements about
their own thoughts.
A. Positive Behavioral Support
B. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
C. Hope Therapy
D. Quality of Life Therapy✔✔B. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Which of the following are part of the 4 major stages of cognitive development according to
Piaget?
A. Sensorimotor
B. Sensory processing
C. Preoperational thought
D. Concrete operations
E. Formal operations✔✔A. Sensorimotor
C. Preoperational thought
D. Concrete operations
, E. Formal operations
Which of the following is the most prevalent and best-studied example of diencephalic
amnesia?
A. Anoxic encephalopathy
B. Alzheimer disease
C. Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome
D. Temporal lobe epilepsy✔✔C. Alcoholic Korsakoff Syndrome
Which of the following is true regarding the concept of symbolism according to Freud?
A. A symbol is representative of or substitute for some other idea from which it derives a
secondary significance that it does not possess of itself.
B. A symbol represents secondary elements by reason of a common element that these ideas
share.
C. A symbol is characteristically motor and separate from nature.
D. A symbol is a manifest expression of an idea that is conscious and visible.
E. Symbolic modes of thought represent the present stage of mental development and tend to
function in more conscious expressions and conditions.✔✔A. A symbol is representative of or
substitute for some other idea from which it derives a secondary significance that it does not
possess of itself.
Which of the following is an example of immature defenses?
A. Displacement
B. Externalization
C. Introjection
D. Humor✔✔C. Introjection
