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PMHNP Certification Exam Questions With
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Tarasoff Principle - answer✔1976 - duty to warn victims of potential harm from client
Deontological Theory - answer✔Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad
based on the act itself regardless of the consequences
Teleological Theory - answer✔Ethical theory that states an action is judged as good or bad based
on the consequence or outcome
Virtue ethics - answer✔ethical theory that states actions are chosen based on the moral virtues
(eg. honesty, courage, compassion, wisdom, gratitude, self-respect) or the character of the person
making the decision
Erikson's developmental stage infancy age range - answer✔birth-1 year
Erikson's developmental stage infancy developmental tasks - answer✔trust vs. mistrust
Erikson's developmental stage infancy indications of developmental mastery - answer✔Ability to
form meaningful relationships, hope about the future trust in others
Erikson's developmental stage infancy indication of developmental failure - answer✔poor
relationships, lack of future hope, suspicious of others
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood age - answer✔1-3 yo
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood developmental task - answer✔autonomy vs.
shame and doubt
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental mastery -
answer✔self-control, self-esteem, willpower
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental failure -
answer✔poor self-control, low self esteem, self-doubt, lack of independence
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood age - answer✔3-6yo
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood developmental task - answer✔initiative vs guilt
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Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental mastery -
answer✔self-directed behavior, goal formation, sense of purpose
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental failure - answer✔lack
of self-initiated behavior, lack of goal orientation
Erikson's developmental stage school-age ages - answer✔6-12yo
Erikson's developmental stage school-age developmental task - answer✔industry vs. inferiority
Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental mastery - answer✔ability
to work; sense of competency and achievement
Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental failure - answer✔sense
of inferiority, difficulty with working, learning
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence ages - answer✔12-20yo
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence developmental task - answer✔identity vs role
confusion
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental mastery -
answer✔personal sense of identity
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental failure -
answer✔identity confusion, poor self-identification in group settings
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood ages - answer✔20-35 years
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood developmental task - answer✔intimacy vs
isolation
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental mastery -
answer✔committed relationships, capacity to love
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental failure -
answer✔emotional isolation, egocentrism
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood ages - answer✔35-65 yo
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood developmental task - answer✔generativity vs.
self-absorption or stagnation
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental mastery -
answer✔ability to give time and talents to others, ability to care for others
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Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental failure -
answer✔self-absorption, inability to row and change as a person, inability to care for others
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood age - answer✔>65yo
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood developmental task - answer✔integrity vs despair
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood indications of developmental mastery -
answer✔fulfilment and comfort with life, willingness to face death, insight and balanced
perspective on life's events
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood indications of developmental failure -
answer✔bitterness, sense of dissatisfaction with life, despair over impending death
Psychodynamic (Psychoanalytic) Theory - answer✔-Sigmund Freud
-all bx is purposeful and meaningful
-principle of psychic determinism
-most mental activity is unconscious
-conscious behaviors and choices are affected by unconscious mental content
-childhood experiences shape adult personality
-instincts, urges, or fantasies function as drives that motivate thoughts, feelings, and bx
-Id, Ego, Superego
-conflict is experienced consciously as anxiety
Principle of psychic determinism - answer✔Even apparently meaningless, random, or accidental
behavior is actually motivated by underlying unconscious mental content
Intellectual disability typical age onset - answer✔infancy- usually evident at birth
ADHD typical age onset - answer✔early childhood (per DSM by age 12)
Schizophrenia typical age onset - answer✔18-25 for men
25-35 for women
Major Depression typical age onset - answer✔late adolescence to young adulthood
dementia typical age onset - answer✔most common after age 85
Freud's Id - answer✔-contains primary drives or instincts
-drives are largely unconscious
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-operates on the pleasure principle
-"I want"
pleasure principle - answer✔the id seeks immediate satisfaction
freud's ego - answer✔-rational mind, logical and abstract thinking
-"I think, I evaluate"
Freud's superego - answer✔-sense of conscience or right vs wrong
-develops around age 6
-"I should or ought"
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage age - answer✔0-18 months
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage primary means of discharging drives and
achieving gratification - answer✔sucking, chewing, feeding, crying
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage psych disorder linked to failure of stage -
answer✔schizophrenia, substance abuse, paranoia
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage age - answer✔18 months-3 years
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage primary means of discharging drives and
achieving gratification - answer✔sphincter control, activities of expulsion and retention
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage psych disorder linked to failure of stage -
answer✔depressive disorder
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage age - answer✔3-6 years
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage primary means of discharging drives
and achieving gratification - answer✔exhibitionism, masturbation with focus on Oedipal
conflict, castration anxiety, and female fear of lost maternal love
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage psychiatric disorder linked to failure of
stage - answer✔sexual identity disorders
Freud's psychosexual stage of development latency stage age - answer✔6years-puberty
Freud's psychosexual stage of development latency stage primary means of discharging drives
and achieving gratification - answer✔peer relationships, learning, motor-skills development,
socialization
