RASMUSSEN MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!!
, Culture - ANSWER Includes traditions of thought and behavior, such as language and
history that can be socially acquired, shared, and passed on to new generations.
The concept of culture is most often considered with racial or ethnic minority groups.
However, the concept of culture also includes sexual orientation, age groups, physical
abilities or disabilities, gender, religion, or socioeconomic status.
FREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY - ANSWER Chapter 3
Id - ANSWER The primitive, PLEASURE-seeking part (according to Freud,
predominantly sexual pleasure) of our personalities that lurks in the unconscious mind.
The IMPULSIVE part of our psyche which responds directly and immediately to the
instincts.
Engages in PRIMARY PROCESS thinking, which is primitive, illogical, irrational, and
fantasy oriented.
Ego - ANSWER Our sense of self. And acts as an intermediary between the Id and the
world by using ego defense mechanisms, such as repression, denial, and
rationalization.
Engages in secondary process thinking, which is rational, REALISTIC, and orientated
towards PROBLEM SOLVING.
Superego - ANSWER Assigned to those processes that Freud referred to as our
conscience (our sense of what is right or wrong) and is greatly influenced by our
parents' or caregivers' MORALS and ETHICAL stances.
The superego's function is to control the id's impulses, especially those which society
forbids, such as sex and aggression. It also has the function of persuading the ego to
turn to moralistic goals rather than simply realistic ones and to strive for perfection.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANSWER 1. Physiological- food, water, oxygen,
elimination, rest, sex
2. Safety- protection, security, stability, order, structure, limits
3. Love and Belonging Needs- affiliation, affection, lover
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!!
, Culture - ANSWER Includes traditions of thought and behavior, such as language and
history that can be socially acquired, shared, and passed on to new generations.
The concept of culture is most often considered with racial or ethnic minority groups.
However, the concept of culture also includes sexual orientation, age groups, physical
abilities or disabilities, gender, religion, or socioeconomic status.
FREUD'S PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY - ANSWER Chapter 3
Id - ANSWER The primitive, PLEASURE-seeking part (according to Freud,
predominantly sexual pleasure) of our personalities that lurks in the unconscious mind.
The IMPULSIVE part of our psyche which responds directly and immediately to the
instincts.
Engages in PRIMARY PROCESS thinking, which is primitive, illogical, irrational, and
fantasy oriented.
Ego - ANSWER Our sense of self. And acts as an intermediary between the Id and the
world by using ego defense mechanisms, such as repression, denial, and
rationalization.
Engages in secondary process thinking, which is rational, REALISTIC, and orientated
towards PROBLEM SOLVING.
Superego - ANSWER Assigned to those processes that Freud referred to as our
conscience (our sense of what is right or wrong) and is greatly influenced by our
parents' or caregivers' MORALS and ETHICAL stances.
The superego's function is to control the id's impulses, especially those which society
forbids, such as sex and aggression. It also has the function of persuading the ego to
turn to moralistic goals rather than simply realistic ones and to strive for perfection.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANSWER 1. Physiological- food, water, oxygen,
elimination, rest, sex
2. Safety- protection, security, stability, order, structure, limits
3. Love and Belonging Needs- affiliation, affection, lover
