Review Questions

10 Questions

1. The social worker at a clinic has arranged for a safe and secure apartment for a young single parent and her children. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, which of the following is the next level of need for her to meet?
   1. Food and water
   2. Love and belonging
   3. Self-actualization
   4. Sexual needs
   5. Esteem and recognition
2. Freud was the first person to discuss which of the following concepts in psychology?
   1. The developmental stages
   2. Dreaming
   3. The hierarchy of needs
   4. The unconscious mind
   5. Human sexuality
3. According to Kohlberg, many people
   1. never develop a sense of right or wrong
   2. do not follow laws
   3. do not reach the highest level of moral development
   4. are afraid of their parents
   5. never develop a sense of morality
4. According to Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, young children who obey their parents do so because of their
   1. sense of right and wrong
   2. awareness of law and order
   3. awareness that family harmony is the ultimate good
   4. desire to avoid punishment
   5. older sibling’s behavior
5. According to Piaget, the following behaviors would be shown by children in the sensorimotor stage of development, EXCEPT
   1. placing objects into their mouths
   2. drawing a picture of an apple
   3. watching a pinwheel turn
   4. playing peek-a-boo
   5. rubbing their faces on a soft blanket
6. A patient continues to smoke despite repeated instruction and information that the medical assistant provides at appointments. She says that she smokes because her friends all smoke. Which of the following age groups is she likely to be in?
   1. Senior citizen
   2. Middle-aged adult
   3. Adolescent
   4. School-age child
   5. Late 20s adult
7. By the age of 18–24 months, children may cry or become frightened at the sight of a medical assistant wearing a lab coat. Which psychological theory is this an example of?
   1. Conditioning
   2. Cognitive therapy
   3. Grief and loss
   4. Hierarchy of needs
   5. Play therapy
8. Providing an obese child with a gold star sticker at each appointment at which they experience a weight loss is an example of
   1. role playing
   2. patient education
   3. behavior reinforcement
   4. patient-centered care
   5. cognitive therapy
9. A four-year-old child who has been potty-trained for almost a year begins wetting the bed. No medical basis is identified, and the parents state that the bed-wetting began soon after the birth of a sibling. The toddler probably is exhibiting what defense mechanism?
   1. Repression
   2. Projection
   3. Denial
   4. Compensation
   5. Regression
10. A physician recommends surgery for a female patient who is found to have a mass in her breast. The patient refuses surgery, stating that she will decrease her caffeine intake and the mass will go away. What defense mechanism is the patient displaying?
    1. Denial
    2. Undoing
    3. Regression
    4. Sublimation
    5. Rationalization