PMHNP Certification Exam Questions
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Tarasoff Principle - correct answer...✔✔1976 - duty to warn victims of potential harm
from client
Deontological Theory - correct answer...✔✔Ethical theory that states an action is
judged as good or bad based on the act itself regardless of the consequences
Teleological Theory - correct answer...✔✔Ethical theory that states an action is judged
as good or bad based on the consequence or outcome
Virtue ethics - correct 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 - correct answer...✔✔birth-1 year
Erikson's developmental stage infancy developmental tasks - correct answer...✔✔trust
vs. mistrust
Erikson's developmental stage infancy indications of developmental mastery - correct
answer...✔✔Ability to form meaningful relationships, hope about the future trust in
others
Erikson's developmental stage infancy indication of developmental failure - correct
answer...✔✔poor relationships, lack of future hope, suspicious of others
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood age - correct answer...✔✔1-3 yo
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood developmental task - correct answer...✔
✔autonomy vs. shame and doubt
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental mastery -
correct answer...✔✔self-control, self-esteem, willpower
Erikson's developmental stage early childhood indications of developmental failure -
correct answer...✔✔poor self-control, low self esteem, self-doubt, lack of independence
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood age - correct answer...✔✔3-6yo
AGRADESOLUTIONS
,Erikson's developmental stage late childhood developmental task - correct answer...✔
✔initiative vs guilt
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental mastery -
correct answer...✔✔self-directed behavior, goal formation, sense of purpose
Erikson's developmental stage late childhood indications of developmental failure -
correct answer...✔✔lack of self-initiated behavior, lack of goal orientation
Erikson's developmental stage school-age ages - correct answer...✔✔6-12yo
Erikson's developmental stage school-age developmental task - correct answer...✔✔
industry vs. inferiority
Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental mastery -
correct answer...✔✔ability to work; sense of competency and achievement
Erikson's developmental stage school-age indications of developmental failure - correct
answer...✔✔sense of inferiority, difficulty with working, learning
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence ages - correct answer...✔✔12-20yo
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence developmental task - correct answer...✔✔
identity vs role confusion
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental mastery -
correct answer...✔✔personal sense of identity
Erikson's developmental stage adolescence indications of developmental failure -
correct answer...✔✔identity confusion, poor self-identification in group settings
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood ages - correct answer...✔✔20-35 years
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood developmental task - correct answer...✔
✔intimacy vs isolation
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental mastery -
correct answer...✔✔committed relationships, capacity to love
Erikson's developmental stage early adulthood indications of developmental failure -
correct answer...✔✔emotional isolation, egocentrism
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood ages - correct answer...✔✔35-65 yo
AGRADESOLUTIONS
,Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood developmental task - correct answer...
✔✔generativity vs. self-absorption or stagnation
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental mastery -
correct answer...✔✔ability to give time and talents to others, ability to care for others
Erikson's developmental stage middle adulthood indications of developmental failure -
correct answer...✔✔self-absorption, inability to row and change as a person, inability to
care for others
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood age - correct answer...✔✔>65yo
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood developmental task - correct answer...✔
✔integrity vs despair
Erikson's developmental stage late adulthood indications of developmental mastery -
correct 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 -
correct answer...✔✔bitterness, sense of dissatisfaction with life, despair over
impending death
Psychodynamic (Psychoanalytic) Theory - correct 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 - correct answer...✔✔Even apparently meaningless,
random, or accidental behavior is actually motivated by underlying unconscious mental
content
Intellectual disability typical age onset - correct answer...✔✔infancy- usually evident at
birth
ADHD typical age onset - correct answer...✔✔early childhood (per DSM by age 12)
Schizophrenia typical age onset - correct answer...✔✔18-25 for men
25-35 for women
AGRADESOLUTIONS
, Major Depression typical age onset - correct answer...✔✔late adolescence to young
adulthood
dementia typical age onset - correct answer...✔✔most common after age 85
Freud's Id - correct answer...✔✔-contains primary drives or instincts
-drives are largely unconscious
-operates on the pleasure principle
-"I want"
pleasure principle - correct answer...✔✔the id seeks immediate satisfaction
freud's ego - correct answer...✔✔-rational mind, logical and abstract thinking
-"I think, I evaluate"
Freud's superego - correct 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 - correct answer...✔✔0-18
months
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage primary means of discharging
drives and achieving gratification - correct answer...✔✔sucking, chewing, feeding,
crying
Freud's psychosexual stage of development oral stage psych disorder linked to failure
of stage - correct answer...✔✔schizophrenia, substance abuse, paranoia
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage age - correct answer...✔✔18
months-3 years
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage primary means of discharging
drives and achieving gratification - correct answer...✔✔sphincter control, activities of
expulsion and retention
Freud's psychosexual stage of development anal stage psych disorder linked to failure
of stage - correct answer...✔✔depressive disorder
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage age - correct answer...✔✔3-6
years
Freud's psychosexual stage of development phallic stage primary means of discharging
drives and achieving gratification - correct answer...✔✔exhibitionism, masturbation with
focus on Oedipal conflict, castration anxiety, and female fear of lost maternal love
AGRADESOLUTIONS
