Exam 2: NU160 / NU 160 (
2025 / 2026) Mental Health Concepts Test Questions with Answers 100 % Correct - Galen
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Psychoanalysis (Freud)
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the exploration of the unconscious mind
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Id
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in psychoanalysis, the part of the psyche functioning in the unconscious that is the source of instinctive energy, impulses, and drives; based on the pleasure principle; has strong tendencies toward self-preservation
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Ego
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in psychoanalysis, the part of the psyche that experiences and maintains conscious contact with reality; rational part of the personality; seat of mental processes such as perception and memory; develops defense mechanisms to cope with anxiety
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Superego
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in psychoanalysis, that part of the psyche, functioning mostly in the unconscious, that develops when the standards of the parents and society are incorpo into the ego
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what are the two parts of the superego
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conscience-punishes through guilt and anxiety when behaviors move away from its standards.ego ideal-which rewards with feelings of and well being for good behaviors.
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Libidinal energy
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the need to seek sexual pleasure
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Chelation
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treatment using the chemical EDTA to bind with heavy metals and remove them from the body
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
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therapy using controlled eye movements to help reprocess traumatic memories
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Physical coping mechanisms
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efforts to directly face and handle the problem
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