1.

Erikson characterizes development as a series

of what?
• A. psychosexual stages
• B. sociophallic stages
• C. psychosocial stages
• D. psychomoral stages
2. An 82-year-old client complains that he is "sick,
old, and useless," and that people are "no good and
don't care." The nurse recognizes that these
statements at this age indicate negative resolution
of which task, according to Erikson?
• a. Integrity vs Despair
• b. Generativity vs stagnation
• c. Intimacy vs Isolation
• d. Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt
3. A suspicious client smokes several packs of cigarettes daily
and drinks as much coffee or soda as he is able to afford. The
nurse finds that every nursing intervention is met with
sarcasm. When she asks for advice from a peer, the most
helpful response would be
• a. "You are dealing with a very difficult and resistant client
just stick to your plan."
• b. "If you haven't been able to establish client trust ask for
a change of assignment."
• c. "It might help if you remember that sarcasm and
smoking represent oral-stage fixation."
• d. "You are attempting to work with a client who likes to
keep others off balance."
4. Eight-year old Steven has a difficult time making
friends at school. He has trouble completing his
schoolwork accurately and on time, and as a result,
receives little positive feedback from his teacher
and parents. According to Erikson’s theory, failure at
this stage of development results in
_____________?
• a. feeling of inferiority
• b. sense of guilt
• c. mistrust
• d. role confusion
5. Which behavior, seen in a 30-year-old patient,
would alert the nurse to the fact that the patient
is not in his appropriate developmental stage
according to Erikson?
• a. States he is happily married
• b. Frequently requests to call his brother “just
to check in”
• c. Looks forward to visits from a co-worker
• d. Says “I'm still trying to find myself.”
6. ______ is the basic strength /virtue of infancy.
• A) Hope
• B) Faith
• C) Will
• D) Love
7. A 10-Year-old boy proudly displays his
principal's award certificate. This is an example
of which of Erikson’s stages?
a. Initiative versus guilt
b. Autonomy versus shame and doubt
c. Trust versus mistrust
d. Industry versus inferiority
8. 13-year-old girl fights with her mother about
appropriate dress. This is an example of which of
Erikson’s stages?
• a. intimacy versus isolation
• b. identity versus role confusion
• c. initiative versus guilt
• d. industry versus inferiority
9. A 45-year-old man meets a goal of guiding his
two children into rewarding careers. This is an
example of which of Erikson’s stages?
• a. intimacy versus isolation
• b. identity versus role confusion
• c. generativity versus stagnation
• d. ego integrity versus despair
10. The major developmental task of “gaining
some self-control and independence” belongs to
which of Erikson’s stages?
a. Initiative versus guilt
b. Autonomy versus shame and doubt
c. Trust versus mistrust
d. Industry versus inferiority
11. The Oedipus conflict occurs during which
stage of psychosexual development?
• A. oral
• B. anal
• C. phallic
• D. latent
12. The incestual attraction the boy has toward
his mother and its accompanying desire to kill
the rival for his mother's affection (i.e. father)
and fear of castration by his father is called the
__________ _______?
• A. castration anxiety
• B. oedipus complex
• C. electra complex
• D. all of the above
13. Sexuality repressed; focus on relationships
with same-sex peers are part of which of Freud’s
stages?
• A. oral
• B. phallic
• C. latency
• D. genital
14. According to Freud, which portion of the
mind includes all the memories that may, with
attention, be readily recalled?
• A. conscious mind
• B. preconscious mind
• C. unconscious mind
• D. subconscious mind
15. Freud believed that adults who are
stubborn, stingy, miserly, malevolent, cruel to
others, disorganized, and/or untidy may have
had too strict or rigid toilet training during which
stage?
• A. oral
• B. phallic
• C. anal
• D. genital