1. Mental health The successful adaptation to stressors from the internal or external environ-
ment, evidenced
by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are age appropriate and congruent
with local and cultural norms.
2. Mental illness Your mind's way of dealing w/stress in terms of anxiety & grief in a negative or
positive
way.
3. Anxiety A dittuse apprehension that is vague in nature and is associated with feelings
of uncertainty and
helplessness.
4. Mild anxiety Type of anxiety that is seldom a problem; learning is enhanced.
5. Moderate anxiety Type of anxiety in which the perceptual field diminishes
6. Severe anxiety Type of anxiety where the perceptual fields are so diminished that concentration
centers on one detail only or on many extraneous details
7. Panic anxiety The most intense state of anxiety; learning can't occur; unable to focus on even
one detail.
8. MASLOWS HIER- 1. Physiological needs 2. Safety needs 3. Belongingness and love needs 4.
ARCHY OF NEEDS Esteem needs 5. Self-actualization needs
9. Compensation Covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait one considers
more
desirable.
10. Rationalization Attempting to make excuses or formulate logical reasons to justify unacceptable
feelings
or behaviors.
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11. Denial Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings asso-
ciated with it.
12. Reaction forma- Preventing unacceptable or undesirable thoughts or behaviors from being
tion** expressed
by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors.
13. Displacement The transfer of feelings from one target to another that is considered less
threatening or that
is neutral.
14. Regression Retreating in response to stress to an earlier level of development and the
comfort measures
associated with that level of functioning.
15. Identification An attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes and character-
istics of an
individual one admires.
16. Repression Involuntarily blocking unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's aware-
ness
17. Intellectualization An attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions associated with a stressful
situation by
using the intellectual processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis.
18. Sublimation Rechanneling of drives or impulses that are personally or socially unacceptable
into activities
that are constructive.
19. Introjection Integrating the beliefs and values of another individual into one's own ego
structure.
20. Suppression