NRSG 3400 Exam 1 Self Assessments Questions With Complete Solutions
Mental Health Parity act (1996) - (ANSWER)-U.S insurers must provide equal coverage for mental
illnesses as for other conditions
-Affordable care act (ACA) improved equal coverage by banning annual $ limits and eliminating pre-
existing condition exclusions
Freud's Psychoanalytic theory - (ANSWER)Id: primitive, pleasure-seeking, impulsive
Ego: problem solver, reality tester
Super ego: moral component
Freud's psychoanalytic theory: Levels of awareness - (ANSWER)Conscious: thoughts, beliefs, feelings
Preconscious: acessible but not currently subject of our attention
Unconscious: biggest chunk; primitive feelings, drives, memories (especially traumatic)
goal of psychoanalytic theory - (ANSWER)uncover the truth and understand what is happening at the
unconscious level
Transference - (ANSWER)patient projects intense feelings onto therapist related to previous
relationships
ex: pt acts more immature in from of therapist that reminds them of their mother
countertransference - (ANSWER)therapist developing unconscious emotional reactions to pt
interpersonal theory - (ANSWER)-Herbert Stack Sullivan
- focuses on what occurs b/w people rather than what occurs in the mind (psychoanalytic)
-purpose of behavior is to get needs met through interpersonal interactions and avoid/reduce anxiety
Erikson's theory of Psychosocial development - (ANSWER)8 stages across lifespan that each involve a
specific challenge
Theory of Object Relations (Mahler) - (ANSWER)early relationships with caregiver shape how we
emotionally develop and create our own identity
Mental Health Parity act (1996) - (ANSWER)-U.S insurers must provide equal coverage for mental
illnesses as for other conditions
-Affordable care act (ACA) improved equal coverage by banning annual $ limits and eliminating pre-
existing condition exclusions
Freud's Psychoanalytic theory - (ANSWER)Id: primitive, pleasure-seeking, impulsive
Ego: problem solver, reality tester
Super ego: moral component
Freud's psychoanalytic theory: Levels of awareness - (ANSWER)Conscious: thoughts, beliefs, feelings
Preconscious: acessible but not currently subject of our attention
Unconscious: biggest chunk; primitive feelings, drives, memories (especially traumatic)
goal of psychoanalytic theory - (ANSWER)uncover the truth and understand what is happening at the
unconscious level
Transference - (ANSWER)patient projects intense feelings onto therapist related to previous
relationships
ex: pt acts more immature in from of therapist that reminds them of their mother
countertransference - (ANSWER)therapist developing unconscious emotional reactions to pt
interpersonal theory - (ANSWER)-Herbert Stack Sullivan
- focuses on what occurs b/w people rather than what occurs in the mind (psychoanalytic)
-purpose of behavior is to get needs met through interpersonal interactions and avoid/reduce anxiety
Erikson's theory of Psychosocial development - (ANSWER)8 stages across lifespan that each involve a
specific challenge
Theory of Object Relations (Mahler) - (ANSWER)early relationships with caregiver shape how we
emotionally develop and create our own identity
