REGIS COLLEGE NU 665 MIDTERM EXAM
BANK 2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT) / BRAND NEW!! //
ALREADY GRADED A+
All of the following regarding the Baby Blues are true except:
a. occur in up to 50% of women who give birth
b. occurs 3-5 days post delivery
c. are associated with a history of a mood disorder
d. can cause sleep disturbance - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- c. are associated with
a history of a mood disorder
Research has shown that children of mothers with borderline personality are more
likely to exhibit all of the following except:
a. higher rates of emotional and behavioral problems
b. higher rates of psychiatric disorders
c. disorganized attachment to the mother at one year of age
d. successful interpersonal functioning - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- d. successful
interpersonal functioning
Spouse abuse is:
1|Page
,a. carried out by spouses who tend to be independent and assertive
b. a recent phenomenon
c. least likely to occur if a woman is pregnant
d. directed at specific actions of the spouse
e. an act that is self-reinforcing - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- e. an act that is self-
reinforcing
The following screening tool is routinely used to screen for depression in the
perinatal setting:
a. mood disorder questionnaire (MDQ)
b. edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS)
c. connor's rating scales
d. Ham-A Rating scale - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- b. edinburgh postnatal
depression scale (EPDS)
The psychiatric interview serves all to the following except:
a. to establish a therapeutic relationship
b. to implement a treatment plan
c. to assess the nature of the problem
d. to demonstrate the medical provider's expertise
e. none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- d. to demonstrate the medical
provider's expertise
2|Page
,What teratogenic effects can occur by the psychotropics divalproex and lithium?
Select one:
a. divalproex - epstein anomaly; lithium - cleft palate
b. lithium - spina bifida; divalproex - mental retardation
c. lithium - epstein anomaly; divalproex - spina bifida
d. divalproex - limb malformations; lithium - seizure disorder - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- c. lithium - epstein anomaly; divalproex - spina bifida
Which of the following is not recommended in psychotherapeutic treatment of
patients with borderline personality disorder?
a. the therapist is a passive listener
b. the patient and therapist mutually develop a hierarchy of priorities
c. clear roles of patient and therapist are established
d. mutually agreed limit setting is used
e. concomitant individual and group approaches are used - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- a. the therapist is a passive listener
American psychologist Edward L. Thorndike described:
a. drive reduction theory
b. behaviorism
c. trial-and-error learning
d. respondent behavior
e. operant behavior - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- c. trial-and-error learning
3|Page
, Attachment theory states that:
a. infants are generally polytropic in their attachments
b. attachment disorders may lead to failure to thrive
c. attachment occurs instantaneously between the mother and the child
d. attachment is synonymous with bonding
e. separation anxiety is most common when an infant is 5 months old - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- b. attachment disorders may lead to failure to thrive
Erikson differs from Freud by his placing greater emphasis on:
a. interpersonal relationships
b. cultural factors in development
c. instinctual drives
d. psychosexual development
e. object relations - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- b. cultural factors in development
In which of the following age groups is the stage of preoperational thought
present?
a. birth to 2 years
b. ages 2 to 7 years
c. ages 7 to 11 years
d. age 11 through the end of adolescence
e. none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- b. ages 2 to 7 years
4|Page
BANK 2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT) / BRAND NEW!! //
ALREADY GRADED A+
All of the following regarding the Baby Blues are true except:
a. occur in up to 50% of women who give birth
b. occurs 3-5 days post delivery
c. are associated with a history of a mood disorder
d. can cause sleep disturbance - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- c. are associated with
a history of a mood disorder
Research has shown that children of mothers with borderline personality are more
likely to exhibit all of the following except:
a. higher rates of emotional and behavioral problems
b. higher rates of psychiatric disorders
c. disorganized attachment to the mother at one year of age
d. successful interpersonal functioning - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- d. successful
interpersonal functioning
Spouse abuse is:
1|Page
,a. carried out by spouses who tend to be independent and assertive
b. a recent phenomenon
c. least likely to occur if a woman is pregnant
d. directed at specific actions of the spouse
e. an act that is self-reinforcing - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- e. an act that is self-
reinforcing
The following screening tool is routinely used to screen for depression in the
perinatal setting:
a. mood disorder questionnaire (MDQ)
b. edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS)
c. connor's rating scales
d. Ham-A Rating scale - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- b. edinburgh postnatal
depression scale (EPDS)
The psychiatric interview serves all to the following except:
a. to establish a therapeutic relationship
b. to implement a treatment plan
c. to assess the nature of the problem
d. to demonstrate the medical provider's expertise
e. none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- d. to demonstrate the medical
provider's expertise
2|Page
,What teratogenic effects can occur by the psychotropics divalproex and lithium?
Select one:
a. divalproex - epstein anomaly; lithium - cleft palate
b. lithium - spina bifida; divalproex - mental retardation
c. lithium - epstein anomaly; divalproex - spina bifida
d. divalproex - limb malformations; lithium - seizure disorder - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- c. lithium - epstein anomaly; divalproex - spina bifida
Which of the following is not recommended in psychotherapeutic treatment of
patients with borderline personality disorder?
a. the therapist is a passive listener
b. the patient and therapist mutually develop a hierarchy of priorities
c. clear roles of patient and therapist are established
d. mutually agreed limit setting is used
e. concomitant individual and group approaches are used - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- a. the therapist is a passive listener
American psychologist Edward L. Thorndike described:
a. drive reduction theory
b. behaviorism
c. trial-and-error learning
d. respondent behavior
e. operant behavior - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- c. trial-and-error learning
3|Page
, Attachment theory states that:
a. infants are generally polytropic in their attachments
b. attachment disorders may lead to failure to thrive
c. attachment occurs instantaneously between the mother and the child
d. attachment is synonymous with bonding
e. separation anxiety is most common when an infant is 5 months old - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- b. attachment disorders may lead to failure to thrive
Erikson differs from Freud by his placing greater emphasis on:
a. interpersonal relationships
b. cultural factors in development
c. instinctual drives
d. psychosexual development
e. object relations - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- b. cultural factors in development
In which of the following age groups is the stage of preoperational thought
present?
a. birth to 2 years
b. ages 2 to 7 years
c. ages 7 to 11 years
d. age 11 through the end of adolescence
e. none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- b. ages 2 to 7 years
4|Page
