A Resident Is Paralyzed from the Waist Down

question 35

Multiple Choice

A resident is paralyzed from the waist down. You would expect the person to learn to use a

• A) Mechanical lift
• B) Prosthesis
• C) Walker
• D) Wheelchair

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Definitions:

Oedipal Complex

A Freudian theory in psychoanalytic psychology that a child, typically around the age of three to five, experiences a desire for the opposite-sex parent and hostility toward the same-sex parent.

Phallic Complex

A Freudian theory phase of childhood development characterized by attachment to the parent of the opposite sex and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Defence Mechanisms

Psychological strategies used unconsciously to protect oneself from anxiety and to cope with reality.

Fixation

In psychology, refers to a persistent focus of the id’s pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier stage of psychosexual development.