Chapter 27: Inward-Focused Emotions: Suicide

Chapter 27: Inward-Focused Emotions: Suicide

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. Self-protective responses are seen in behaviors that meet basic:

a.	Goals
b.	Needs
c.	Wants
d.	Demands

 

 

ANS:  B

People behave in many ways to secure basic safety and security needs.

 

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 314

OBJ:   1                    TOP:   Continuum of Behavioral Responses

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment   MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

 

2. Bob drives fast everywhere he goes, especially when he is drinking. Last night, he was arrested for gambling and loud behavior. Bob is engaging in ____ behavior.

a.	Adaptive
b.	Suicidal
c.	Direct self-destructive
d.	Indirect self-destructive

 

 

ANS:  D

Indirect self-destructive behaviors are behaviors that may result in harm or death to the individual who has no intention of ending his or her life. Suicide and direct self-destructive behavior are behaviors that convey an active wish to die. The behavior in this situation is maladaptive, not adaptive.

 

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application           REF:   p. 314

OBJ:   1                    TOP:   Continuum of Behavioral Responses

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment   MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

 

3. Suicide in the United States is:

a.	Not a problem
b.	The tenth leading cause of death
c.	Most prevalent among the middle-aged
d.	Controlled by the use of antidepressants

 

 

ANS:  B

Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States.

 

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 315

OBJ:   2                    TOP:   Impact of Suicide on Society

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment   MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

 

4. The theory that suicide rates are affected by group support, social changes, regulations, religion, legal sanctions or limitations, and philosophical beliefs is known as the ____ theory.

a.	Biological
b.	Sociological
c.	Interpersonal
d.	Psychoanalytical

 

 

ANS:  B

Sociological theory considers the relationship between the number of suicides and the social conditions in an area. Biological theory refers to anxiety and depression caused by irregularities in neurotransmitters, leading to suicide; interpersonal theory views suicide as the result of an inability to resolve interpersonal conflicts; and psychoanalytical theory considers suicide as anger turned inward.

 

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 317

OBJ:   6                    TOP:   Theories About Suicide

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment   MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity