Mental Health Chapter 15 Varcarolis Questions
(Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders)
What defense mechanisms can only be used in healthy ways?
A. Suppression and humor
B. Altruism and sublimation
C. Idealization and splitting
D. Reaction formation and denial - Answer- B. Altruism and sublimation
Altruism and sublimation are known as mature defenses. They cannot be used in unhealthy ways.
Altruism results in resolving emotional conflicts by meeting the needs of others, and sublimation
substitutes socially acceptable activity for unacceptable impulses. This statement is not true of the
other options.
A man continues to speak of his wife as though she were still alive, 3 years after her death. This
behavior suggests the use of which ego defense mechanism?
A. Altruism
B. Denial
C. Undoing
D. Suppression - Answer- B. Denial
Denial involves escaping unpleasant reality by ignoring its existence. This is not the outcome of
any of the other options.
What can be said about the comorbidity of anxiety disorders?
A. Anxiety disorders generally exist alone.
B. Depression may occur prior to onset of anxiety.
C. Anxiety disorders virtually never coexist with mood disorders.
D. Substance abuse disorders rarely coexist with anxiety disorders. - Answer- B. Depression may
occur prior to onset of anxiety.
In many instances, major depression may occur prior to the onset of panic disorder or may occur
at the same time. Clinicians and researchers have clearly shown that anxiety disorders frequently
co-occur with other psychiatric problems. Major depression often co-occurs and produces a
greater impairment with poorer response to treatment.
Selective inattention is first noted when experiencing which level of anxiety?
A. Mild
B. Moderate
C. Severe
D. Panic - Answer- B. Moderate
When moderate anxiety is present, the individual's perceptual field is reduced and the client is not
able to see the entire picture of events. This is not an initial characteristic of any of the other levels
of anxiety.
A symptom commonly associated with panic attacks?
, A. Obsessions
B. Apathy
C. Fever
D. Fear of impending doom - Answer- D. Fear of impending doom
The feelings of terror present during a panic attack are so severe that normal function is
suspended, the perceptual field is severely limited, and misinterpretation of reality may occur.
None of the other symptoms are associated with a panic attack.
Generally, which statement regarding ego defense mechanisms is true?
A. They often involve some degree of self-deception.
B. They are rarely used by mentally healthy people.
C. They seldom make the person more comfortable.
D. They are usually effective in resolving conflicts. - Answer- A. They often involve some degree of
self-deception.
Most ego defense mechanisms, with the exception of the mature defenses, alter the individual's
perception of reality to produce varying degrees of self-deception. This information helps eliminate
the other options as the correct statement.
A 20-year-old was sexually molested at age 10, but he can no longer remember the incident.
Which ego defense mechanism is in use?
A. Projection
B. Repression
C. Displacement
D. Reaction formation - Answer- B. Repression
Repression is a defense mechanism that excludes unwanted or unpleasant experiences,
emotions, or ideas from conscious awareness. This is not the outcome of any of the other options.
Delusionary thinking is a characteristic of which form of anxiety?
A. Chronic anxiety
B. Acute anxiety
C. Severe anxiety
D. Panic level anxiety - Answer- D. Panic level anxiety
Panic level anxiety is the most extreme level and results in markedly disturbed thinking greater
than in any of the other options.
An obsession is defined as what?
A. Thinking of an action and immediately taking the action
B. A recurrent, persistent thought or impulse
C. An intense irrational fear of an object or situation
D. A recurrent behavior performed in the same manner - Answer- B. A recurrent, persistent
thought or impulse
Obsessions are thoughts, impulses, or images that persist and recur so that they cannot be
dismissed from the mind. None of the remaining statements are accurate when defining the term
obsession.
(Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders)
What defense mechanisms can only be used in healthy ways?
A. Suppression and humor
B. Altruism and sublimation
C. Idealization and splitting
D. Reaction formation and denial - Answer- B. Altruism and sublimation
Altruism and sublimation are known as mature defenses. They cannot be used in unhealthy ways.
Altruism results in resolving emotional conflicts by meeting the needs of others, and sublimation
substitutes socially acceptable activity for unacceptable impulses. This statement is not true of the
other options.
A man continues to speak of his wife as though she were still alive, 3 years after her death. This
behavior suggests the use of which ego defense mechanism?
A. Altruism
B. Denial
C. Undoing
D. Suppression - Answer- B. Denial
Denial involves escaping unpleasant reality by ignoring its existence. This is not the outcome of
any of the other options.
What can be said about the comorbidity of anxiety disorders?
A. Anxiety disorders generally exist alone.
B. Depression may occur prior to onset of anxiety.
C. Anxiety disorders virtually never coexist with mood disorders.
D. Substance abuse disorders rarely coexist with anxiety disorders. - Answer- B. Depression may
occur prior to onset of anxiety.
In many instances, major depression may occur prior to the onset of panic disorder or may occur
at the same time. Clinicians and researchers have clearly shown that anxiety disorders frequently
co-occur with other psychiatric problems. Major depression often co-occurs and produces a
greater impairment with poorer response to treatment.
Selective inattention is first noted when experiencing which level of anxiety?
A. Mild
B. Moderate
C. Severe
D. Panic - Answer- B. Moderate
When moderate anxiety is present, the individual's perceptual field is reduced and the client is not
able to see the entire picture of events. This is not an initial characteristic of any of the other levels
of anxiety.
A symptom commonly associated with panic attacks?
, A. Obsessions
B. Apathy
C. Fever
D. Fear of impending doom - Answer- D. Fear of impending doom
The feelings of terror present during a panic attack are so severe that normal function is
suspended, the perceptual field is severely limited, and misinterpretation of reality may occur.
None of the other symptoms are associated with a panic attack.
Generally, which statement regarding ego defense mechanisms is true?
A. They often involve some degree of self-deception.
B. They are rarely used by mentally healthy people.
C. They seldom make the person more comfortable.
D. They are usually effective in resolving conflicts. - Answer- A. They often involve some degree of
self-deception.
Most ego defense mechanisms, with the exception of the mature defenses, alter the individual's
perception of reality to produce varying degrees of self-deception. This information helps eliminate
the other options as the correct statement.
A 20-year-old was sexually molested at age 10, but he can no longer remember the incident.
Which ego defense mechanism is in use?
A. Projection
B. Repression
C. Displacement
D. Reaction formation - Answer- B. Repression
Repression is a defense mechanism that excludes unwanted or unpleasant experiences,
emotions, or ideas from conscious awareness. This is not the outcome of any of the other options.
Delusionary thinking is a characteristic of which form of anxiety?
A. Chronic anxiety
B. Acute anxiety
C. Severe anxiety
D. Panic level anxiety - Answer- D. Panic level anxiety
Panic level anxiety is the most extreme level and results in markedly disturbed thinking greater
than in any of the other options.
An obsession is defined as what?
A. Thinking of an action and immediately taking the action
B. A recurrent, persistent thought or impulse
C. An intense irrational fear of an object or situation
D. A recurrent behavior performed in the same manner - Answer- B. A recurrent, persistent
thought or impulse
Obsessions are thoughts, impulses, or images that persist and recur so that they cannot be
dismissed from the mind. None of the remaining statements are accurate when defining the term
obsession.
