3. A 35-year-old patient, diagnosed with schizophrenia, refusesto eat. The patient tells the nurse: “I am being poisoned.â€According to Erikson’s theory, in what developmental stage wouldyou place the patient?
a. Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
b. Intimacy vs. isolation
c. Generativity vs. self-absorption
d. Trust vs. mistrust
4. The nurse is assessing a client diagnosed with an autismspectrum disorder. According to Mahler’s theory of objectrelations, which describes the client’s unmet developmentalneed?
a. The need for survival and comfort.
b. The need for awareness of an external source offulfillment.
c. The need for awareness of separateness of self.
d. The need for internalization of a sustained image of loveobject/person
