ANCC PMHNP Review [Chapter 3]
Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
Who developed the hierarchy of needs theory?
✔✔Abraham Maslow
What is the highest level in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
✔✔Self-actualization
What is the primary focus of cognitive behavioral therapy?
✔✔Changing maladaptive thoughts and behaviors
Which theorist is most associated with the concept of the unconscious mind?
✔✔Sigmund Freud
What term describes the process of redirecting feelings from one person to another in therapy?
✔✔Transference
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,What defense mechanism involves returning to an earlier developmental stage?
✔✔Regression
Which theoretical model views symptoms as learned behaviors that can be unlearned?
✔✔Behavioral theory
According to Piaget, what stage involves developing logical thought about concrete events?
✔✔Concrete operational stage
Who is the founder of the person-centered approach in psychotherapy?
✔✔Carl Rogers
What is the therapeutic technique in person-centered therapy that involves genuine
understanding?
✔✔Empathy
What concept in Bowen’s family systems theory refers to emotional separation from family?
✔✔Differentiation of self
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, What is the goal of psychoanalytic therapy?
✔✔To bring unconscious conflicts into conscious awareness
What is the main belief in humanistic theory about people?
✔✔People have an inherent tendency toward growth
What defense mechanism involves attributing one’s own feelings to others?
✔✔Projection
What does the behavioral concept of positive reinforcement involve?
✔✔Adding a reward to increase a behavior
Which theorist developed the eight psychosocial stages of human development?
✔✔Erik Erikson
What is the purpose of exposure therapy?
✔✔To reduce anxiety through gradual exposure to feared stimuli
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Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
Who developed the hierarchy of needs theory?
✔✔Abraham Maslow
What is the highest level in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
✔✔Self-actualization
What is the primary focus of cognitive behavioral therapy?
✔✔Changing maladaptive thoughts and behaviors
Which theorist is most associated with the concept of the unconscious mind?
✔✔Sigmund Freud
What term describes the process of redirecting feelings from one person to another in therapy?
✔✔Transference
1
,What defense mechanism involves returning to an earlier developmental stage?
✔✔Regression
Which theoretical model views symptoms as learned behaviors that can be unlearned?
✔✔Behavioral theory
According to Piaget, what stage involves developing logical thought about concrete events?
✔✔Concrete operational stage
Who is the founder of the person-centered approach in psychotherapy?
✔✔Carl Rogers
What is the therapeutic technique in person-centered therapy that involves genuine
understanding?
✔✔Empathy
What concept in Bowen’s family systems theory refers to emotional separation from family?
✔✔Differentiation of self
2
, What is the goal of psychoanalytic therapy?
✔✔To bring unconscious conflicts into conscious awareness
What is the main belief in humanistic theory about people?
✔✔People have an inherent tendency toward growth
What defense mechanism involves attributing one’s own feelings to others?
✔✔Projection
What does the behavioral concept of positive reinforcement involve?
✔✔Adding a reward to increase a behavior
Which theorist developed the eight psychosocial stages of human development?
✔✔Erik Erikson
What is the purpose of exposure therapy?
✔✔To reduce anxiety through gradual exposure to feared stimuli
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