The Following Questions for Readings: "Public Health Ethics: Mapping the Terrain

question 36

Multiple Choice

The Following Questions For Readings: "Public Health Ethics: Mapping the Terrain," James F. Childress, et al.
-According to Childress, et al., moral principles in public health are

• A) absolutist.
• B) autonomous.
• C) political.
• D) prima facie.

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Stage

In Freudian psychology, one of the developmental stages (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) through which a child's personality forms as they experience sexual pleasures from specific body areas and caregivers interfere or do not interfere with these pleasures.

Fixation

An obsessive interest or attachment to someone or something that can interfere with normal psychological development or functioning.

Excessive Gratification

The act of satisfying desires or indulging to an excessive degree, often leading to negative consequences or addiction.

Psychosexual Development

A Freudian theory that proposes that children pass through a series of stages centered on erogenous zones that influence their adult personality.