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Aggressive Behavior Nursing Diagnosis Questions
Question 1 of 5
A Filipino American patient had a nursing diagnosis of situational low self-esteem related to poor social skills as evidenced by lack of eye contact. Interventions were used to raise the patient’s self-esteem, but after 3 weeks, the patient’s eye contact did not improve. What is the most accurate analysis of this scenario?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
Psychodynamic theory as developed by Freud saw phobias as:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Freud’s psychodynamic theory posits phobias as repressed Id impulses (Option B), unconscious drives (e.g., sexual or aggressive) displaced onto external objects via defense mechanisms like displacement. The ego (A) manages conflict, the superego (C) enforces morality, and defense mechanisms (D) are tools, not the repressed content.
Question 3 of 5
A common feature of panic attacks is Hyperventilation and it is due to:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
Mood is considered to have a role in perseverative psychopathologies such as OCD. One such account is the Mood as input hypothesis, which suggests that OCD suffers persevere with their compulsive activities because:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
Mrs. R., the mother of a young schizophrenic patient, seeks you out and begins to cry. She expresses concern over her daughters behavior. Your best response to this woman is:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.