FOUNDATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH
CARE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Compensation - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT
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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER-Displacement, Example: Your Supervisor
yells at you and you yell at your husband
Dissociation - CORRECT ANSWER-Separation of Emotions from
Situation; Isolation of Painful Anxieties, Example: A soldier casually
describes the battle in which he lost his legs
,Fantasy - CORRECT 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 -
CORRECT ANSWER-Fantasy, Example: Children's play
Identification - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Projection, Example: The child who says to a
parent, "You hate me," after the parent has spanked the child. In an
CARE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH 100% SOLVED SOLUTIONS |
NEWEST 2025
Compensation - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT
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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER-Displacement, Example: Your Supervisor
yells at you and you yell at your husband
Dissociation - CORRECT ANSWER-Separation of Emotions from
Situation; Isolation of Painful Anxieties, Example: A soldier casually
describes the battle in which he lost his legs
,Fantasy - CORRECT 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 -
CORRECT ANSWER-Fantasy, Example: Children's play
Identification - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Projection, Example: The child who says to a
parent, "You hate me," after the parent has spanked the child. In an
