NR326 Exam 1 Mental Health | Actual
Questions and Answers Latest Updated
2025/2026 (Graded A+) – Chamberlain
Mental health - correct answer The successful adaptation to stressors from
the internal or external environment, evidenced
by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors 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 centers on one detail only or on many
extraneous details
, NR326 Exam 1 Mental Health | Actual
Questions and Answers Latest Updated
2025/2026 (Graded A+) – Chamberlain
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 needs 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
, NR326 Exam 1 Mental Health | Actual
Questions and Answers Latest Updated
2025/2026 (Graded A+) – Chamberlain
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.
Sublimation - correct answer Rechanneling of drives or impulses that are
personally or socially unacceptable into activities
that are constructive.
Introjection - correct answer Integrating the beliefs and values of another
individual into one's own ego structure.
Questions and Answers Latest Updated
2025/2026 (Graded A+) – Chamberlain
Mental health - correct answer The successful adaptation to stressors from
the internal or external environment, evidenced
by thoughts, feelings, and behaviors 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 centers on one detail only or on many
extraneous details
, NR326 Exam 1 Mental Health | Actual
Questions and Answers Latest Updated
2025/2026 (Graded A+) – Chamberlain
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 needs 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
, NR326 Exam 1 Mental Health | Actual
Questions and Answers Latest Updated
2025/2026 (Graded A+) – Chamberlain
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.
Sublimation - correct answer Rechanneling of drives or impulses that are
personally or socially unacceptable into activities
that are constructive.
Introjection - correct answer Integrating the beliefs and values of another
individual into one's own ego structure.
