NU 160 MENTAL HEALTH CONCEPTS EXAM
4 FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS
⫸ Signal Anxiety Answer: learned response to an anticipated event
⫸ Anxiety State Answer: occurs when one's coping abilities become
overwhelmed and emotional control is lost
⫸ Anxiety Trait Answer: learned component of personality, persons
with anxiety traits react with anxiety in a relatively low-stress situations
⫸ Anxiety Answer: a feeling of uneasiness, uncertainty, and
helplessness
⫸ Levels of Anxiety Answer: Mild
Moderate
Severe
Panic
⫸ Mild Anxiety Answer: minimal muscle tension, random but
controlled thoughts, relative comfort and safety
, ⫸ Moderate Anxiety Answer: tense, excited, alert, attentive, feelings of
challenge, competitive activity, optimal state of problem solving
⫸ Severe Anxiety Answer: fight or flight, senses affected, problem
solving is difficult, distortion of time, feel threatened, need space
⫸ Panic Anxiety Answer: pale, decreased BP, hearing minimal,
dissociation, feels helpless, total loss of control
⫸ Projection Answer: putting of one's own unacceptable thoughts,
wishes, emotions onto others
⫸ Rationalization Answer: Use of a "good" (but not real) reason to
explain behavior to make unacceptable motivation more acceptable
⫸ Denial Answer: refusal to acknowledge conflict and thus escaping
reality of situation
⫸ Conversion Answer: Ex: A boy who injured and animal by kicking it,
develops a limp
⫸ Intellectualization Answer: Ex: Wife describes details of nurses'
unsuccessful attempts to prevent the death of her husband
⫸ Displacement Answer: redirecting of energies to another person or
object
4 FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS
⫸ Signal Anxiety Answer: learned response to an anticipated event
⫸ Anxiety State Answer: occurs when one's coping abilities become
overwhelmed and emotional control is lost
⫸ Anxiety Trait Answer: learned component of personality, persons
with anxiety traits react with anxiety in a relatively low-stress situations
⫸ Anxiety Answer: a feeling of uneasiness, uncertainty, and
helplessness
⫸ Levels of Anxiety Answer: Mild
Moderate
Severe
Panic
⫸ Mild Anxiety Answer: minimal muscle tension, random but
controlled thoughts, relative comfort and safety
, ⫸ Moderate Anxiety Answer: tense, excited, alert, attentive, feelings of
challenge, competitive activity, optimal state of problem solving
⫸ Severe Anxiety Answer: fight or flight, senses affected, problem
solving is difficult, distortion of time, feel threatened, need space
⫸ Panic Anxiety Answer: pale, decreased BP, hearing minimal,
dissociation, feels helpless, total loss of control
⫸ Projection Answer: putting of one's own unacceptable thoughts,
wishes, emotions onto others
⫸ Rationalization Answer: Use of a "good" (but not real) reason to
explain behavior to make unacceptable motivation more acceptable
⫸ Denial Answer: refusal to acknowledge conflict and thus escaping
reality of situation
⫸ Conversion Answer: Ex: A boy who injured and animal by kicking it,
develops a limp
⫸ Intellectualization Answer: Ex: Wife describes details of nurses'
unsuccessful attempts to prevent the death of her husband
⫸ Displacement Answer: redirecting of energies to another person or
object
