NR 326-Mental Health Exam 1
Mental health - CORRECT ANSWER - The successful adaptation to stressors from the internal or
external environment, evidenced
by thoughts, feelings, and behaviours that are age appropriate and congruent with local and cultural
norms.
Mental illness - CORRECT ANSWER - Your mind's way of dealing w/stress in terms of anxiety & grief
in a negative or positive
way.
Anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER - A diffuse apprehension that is vague in nature and is associated with
feelings of uncertainty and
helplessness.
Mild anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of anxiety that is seldom a problem; learning is enhanced.
Moderate anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of anxiety in which the perceptual field diminishes
Severe anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of anxiety where the perceptual fields are so diminished
that concentration centres on one detail only or on many extraneous details
Panic anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER - The most intense state of anxiety; learning can't occur; unable to
focus on even one detail.
MASLOWS HIERARCHY OF NEEDS - CORRECT ANSWER –
1. Physiological needs
2. Safety needs
3. Belongingness and love need
4. Esteem needs
5. Self-actualization needs
, Compensation - CORRECT ANSWER - Covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a
trait one considers more
desirable.
Rationalization - CORRECT ANSWER - Attempting to make excuses or formulate logical reasons to
justify unacceptable feelings
or behaviors.
Denial - CORRECT ANSWER - Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings
associated with it.
Reaction formation** - CORRECT ANSWER - Preventing unacceptable or undesirable thoughts or
behaviors from being expressed
by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors.
Displacement - CORRECT ANSWER - The transfer of feelings from one target to another that is
considered less threatening or that
is neutral.
Regression - CORRECT ANSWER - Retreating in response to stress to an earlier level of development
and the comfort measures
associated with that level of functioning.
Identification - CORRECT ANSWER - An attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes
and characteristics of an
individual one admires.
Repression - CORRECT ANSWER - Involuntarily blocking unpleasant feelings and experiences from
one's awareness
Intellectualization - CORRECT ANSWER - An attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions associated
with a stressful situation by
using the intellectual processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis.
Mental health - CORRECT ANSWER - The successful adaptation to stressors from the internal or
external environment, evidenced
by thoughts, feelings, and behaviours that are age appropriate and congruent with local and cultural
norms.
Mental illness - CORRECT ANSWER - Your mind's way of dealing w/stress in terms of anxiety & grief
in a negative or positive
way.
Anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER - A diffuse apprehension that is vague in nature and is associated with
feelings of uncertainty and
helplessness.
Mild anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of anxiety that is seldom a problem; learning is enhanced.
Moderate anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of anxiety in which the perceptual field diminishes
Severe anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of anxiety where the perceptual fields are so diminished
that concentration centres on one detail only or on many extraneous details
Panic anxiety - CORRECT ANSWER - The most intense state of anxiety; learning can't occur; unable to
focus on even one detail.
MASLOWS HIERARCHY OF NEEDS - CORRECT ANSWER –
1. Physiological needs
2. Safety needs
3. Belongingness and love need
4. Esteem needs
5. Self-actualization needs
, Compensation - CORRECT ANSWER - Covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a
trait one considers more
desirable.
Rationalization - CORRECT ANSWER - Attempting to make excuses or formulate logical reasons to
justify unacceptable feelings
or behaviors.
Denial - CORRECT ANSWER - Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings
associated with it.
Reaction formation** - CORRECT ANSWER - Preventing unacceptable or undesirable thoughts or
behaviors from being expressed
by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors.
Displacement - CORRECT ANSWER - The transfer of feelings from one target to another that is
considered less threatening or that
is neutral.
Regression - CORRECT ANSWER - Retreating in response to stress to an earlier level of development
and the comfort measures
associated with that level of functioning.
Identification - CORRECT ANSWER - An attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes
and characteristics of an
individual one admires.
Repression - CORRECT ANSWER - Involuntarily blocking unpleasant feelings and experiences from
one's awareness
Intellectualization - CORRECT ANSWER - An attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions associated
with a stressful situation by
using the intellectual processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis.
