Test Bank For Morrison-Valfre’s Foundations of Mental Health Care in Canada, 1st Edition by Boris Bard All Chapters 1-33 LATEST
Compensation - ANSWER Attempt to Overcome Feelings of Inferiority or Make up for Deficiency, Example: A girl thinks she cannot sing studies to become an expert pianist; Nurse with low self-esteem working double shifts so her supervisor will like her
Covering Up a Lack or Weakness by Emphasizing a Desirable Trait, or Making up for a Frustration in one are by Overemphasis in Another area. Learned early in Childhood and may be Recognized in Adult Behavior - ANSWER Compensation, Example: The Physically Handicapped Individual who is an Outstanding Scholar, Chuck is awkward in sports activities and puts his energies into being an honor student
Conversion - ANSWER Channeling of Unbearable Anxieties into Body Signs and Symptoms, Example: A boy who injured an animal by kicking it develops a painful limp
Denial - ANSWER REFUSAL to Acknowledge Conflict and thus Escapes Reality of
Situation, Example: A child covered with chocolate refuses to admit eating candy
REFUSAL to Face Reality. The Ego Protects itself from Unpleasant pain or conflict by Rejecting Obvious Facts or Truth. - ANSWER Denial, Example: A Person Not seeing a Doctor because he does not want to know the truth, Helen is Unable to face
the reality that she has a terminal illness
Displacement - ANSWER Redirecting of Energies to Another Person or Object, Example: A Husband shouts at his wife; the wife then berates her child, who then scolds the dog, Bob took out his on the job frustrations on his wife and children
Discharging Pent-up Feelings from one object to a Less Dangerous object - ANSWER Displacement, Example: Your Supervisor yells at you and you yell at your
husband
Dissociation - ANSWER Separation of Emotions from Situation; Isolation of Painful
Anxieties, Example: A soldier casually describes the battle in which he lost his legs
Fantasy - ANSWER Distortion of Unacceptable Wishes, Behaviors;
Example: A teenager doing poorly in school daydreams about owning a private jet airplane Gratification by Imaginary Achievements and Wishful Thinking - ANSWER Fantasy, Example: Children's play
Identification - ANSWER Taking on of Personal Characteristics of ADMIRED Person to Conceal Own Feelings of Inadequacy;
Example: Teenage adolescents dress and behave like the members of a popular singing group
Assumption of Desirable Personality Attributes of one ADMIRED. Satisfaction can be
derived from assuming the success or the experience of others - ANSWER Identification, Example: Nurse who Feels Sick Watching a Traumatic Procedure on her Patient, Lynn says NO to Cocaine, having Adopted her parents' Values Rejecting
the Use of drugs
Intellectualization - ANSWER Focusing of Attention on Technical or Logical Aspects of Threatening Situation;
Example: A wife describes the details of nurses unsuccessful attempts to prevent the
death of her husband
Isolation - ANSWER Separation of Feelings from Content to Cope Unemotionally with Topics that would normally be Overwhelming; Example: A soldier humorously describes how he was seriously wounded in combat
Walling off of certain ideas, attitudes, or feelings. Separating the feelings from the intellect, by putting our emotions concerning a specific traumatic event into an isolated compartment; This pattern can be positive if used temporarily to keep the ego from being overwhelmed. - ANSWER Isolation, Example: The Individual talks about a significant situation such as an accident or death without a display of feelings; Six months after the Death of his Son, Jeff could discuss it Without Experiencing Earlier Painful Feelings
Projection - ANSWER Putting of one's own unacceptable thoughts, wishes, emotions onto others;
Example: A woman is afraid to leave her house because she knows people will ridicule her
Attribution of one's own Undesirable traits to someone else. - ANSWER Projection,
Example: The child who says to a parent, "You hate me," after the parent has spanked the child. In an adult, this technique may be a predominant indicator of paranoia; Luther Blames his Wife's Frigidity for his own Infidelity
Rationalization - ANSWER Use of a "good" but not real reason to explain behavior to make unacceptable motivation more acceptable;
Example: A student justifies failing an examination by saying that there was too much material to cover
The attempt that is Almost Universally Employed to prove or justify behavior. It is face saving to give a reason that is acceptable rather than the real reason - ANSWER Rationalization, Example: "It wasn't worth it anyway", "It's all for the best",
Compensation - ANSWER Attempt to Overcome Feelings of Inferiority or Make up for Deficiency, Example: A girl thinks she cannot sing studies to become an expert pianist; Nurse with low self-esteem working double shifts so her supervisor will like her
Covering Up a Lack or Weakness by Emphasizing a Desirable Trait, or Making up for a Frustration in one are by Overemphasis in Another area. Learned early in Childhood and may be Recognized in Adult Behavior - ANSWER Compensation, Example: The Physically Handicapped Individual who is an Outstanding Scholar, Chuck is awkward in sports activities and puts his energies into being an honor student
Conversion - ANSWER Channeling of Unbearable Anxieties into Body Signs and Symptoms, Example: A boy who injured an animal by kicking it develops a painful limp
Denial - ANSWER REFUSAL to Acknowledge Conflict and thus Escapes Reality of
Situation, Example: A child covered with chocolate refuses to admit eating candy
REFUSAL to Face Reality. The Ego Protects itself from Unpleasant pain or conflict by Rejecting Obvious Facts or Truth. - ANSWER Denial, Example: A Person Not seeing a Doctor because he does not want to know the truth, Helen is Unable to face
the reality that she has a terminal illness
Displacement - ANSWER Redirecting of Energies to Another Person or Object, Example: A Husband shouts at his wife; the wife then berates her child, who then scolds the dog, Bob took out his on the job frustrations on his wife and children
Discharging Pent-up Feelings from one object to a Less Dangerous object - ANSWER Displacement, Example: Your Supervisor yells at you and you yell at your
husband
Dissociation - ANSWER Separation of Emotions from Situation; Isolation of Painful
Anxieties, Example: A soldier casually describes the battle in which he lost his legs
Fantasy - ANSWER Distortion of Unacceptable Wishes, Behaviors;
Example: A teenager doing poorly in school daydreams about owning a private jet airplane Gratification by Imaginary Achievements and Wishful Thinking - ANSWER Fantasy, Example: Children's play
Identification - ANSWER Taking on of Personal Characteristics of ADMIRED Person to Conceal Own Feelings of Inadequacy;
Example: Teenage adolescents dress and behave like the members of a popular singing group
Assumption of Desirable Personality Attributes of one ADMIRED. Satisfaction can be
derived from assuming the success or the experience of others - ANSWER Identification, Example: Nurse who Feels Sick Watching a Traumatic Procedure on her Patient, Lynn says NO to Cocaine, having Adopted her parents' Values Rejecting
the Use of drugs
Intellectualization - ANSWER Focusing of Attention on Technical or Logical Aspects of Threatening Situation;
Example: A wife describes the details of nurses unsuccessful attempts to prevent the
death of her husband
Isolation - ANSWER Separation of Feelings from Content to Cope Unemotionally with Topics that would normally be Overwhelming; Example: A soldier humorously describes how he was seriously wounded in combat
Walling off of certain ideas, attitudes, or feelings. Separating the feelings from the intellect, by putting our emotions concerning a specific traumatic event into an isolated compartment; This pattern can be positive if used temporarily to keep the ego from being overwhelmed. - ANSWER Isolation, Example: The Individual talks about a significant situation such as an accident or death without a display of feelings; Six months after the Death of his Son, Jeff could discuss it Without Experiencing Earlier Painful Feelings
Projection - ANSWER Putting of one's own unacceptable thoughts, wishes, emotions onto others;
Example: A woman is afraid to leave her house because she knows people will ridicule her
Attribution of one's own Undesirable traits to someone else. - ANSWER Projection,
Example: The child who says to a parent, "You hate me," after the parent has spanked the child. In an adult, this technique may be a predominant indicator of paranoia; Luther Blames his Wife's Frigidity for his own Infidelity
Rationalization - ANSWER Use of a "good" but not real reason to explain behavior to make unacceptable motivation more acceptable;
Example: A student justifies failing an examination by saying that there was too much material to cover
The attempt that is Almost Universally Employed to prove or justify behavior. It is face saving to give a reason that is acceptable rather than the real reason - ANSWER Rationalization, Example: "It wasn't worth it anyway", "It's all for the best",
