Mental Status Examination — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What mental apparatus is the executive part of the mind that maintains the balance between id and superego?_____

Answer: Ego (reality principle)

Flashcard 2: The _____ part of our mind has a barrier called repression which separates the contents of the unconscious and the conscious mind

Answer: preconscious

Flashcard 3: Is the superego conscious or unconscious?

Answer: mostly unconscious but also has a conscious component

Flashcard 4: Things that a person says or does to disclose himself or herself as having the status of man or woman is called _____

Answer: gender role

Flashcard 5: Generativity vs Stagnation is the major psychosocial conflict seen in stage _____ of psychosocial development

Answer: 7

Flashcard 6: The _____ part of the brain is characterised by illogical and primitive thoughts called primary process thinking

Answer: unconscious

Flashcard 7: Intimacy vs Isolation is the major psychosocial conflict seen in stage _____ of psychosocial development

Answer: 6

Flashcard 8: What mental apparatus is a reservoir for basic survival instincts, aggression, and survival drives?_____

Answer: Id (new-born)

Flashcard 9: The hierarchy of needs was described by _____.

Answer: Abraham Maslow

Flashcard 10: lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorder in india is _____%

Answer: 13.7

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