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NU160 Mental Health Exam 2 with correct answers.

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NU160 Mental Health Exam 2 with |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




correct answers |||\\\




Types of Anxiety - correct answer✔✔Signal anxiety
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Anxiety state |||\\\




Anxiety trait |||\\\




Signal Anxiety - correct answer✔✔learned response to an anticipated event
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Anxiety State - correct answer✔✔occurs when one's coping abilities become overwhelmed
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and emotional control is lost
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Anxiety Trait - correct answer✔✔learned component of personality, persons with anxiety traits
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react with anxiety in a relatively low-stress situations
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Anxiety - correct answer✔✔a feeling of uneasiness, uncertainty, and helplessness
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Levels of Anxiety - correct answer✔✔Mild
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Moderate

Severe

Panic



Mild Anxiety - correct answer✔✔minimal muscle tension, random but controlled thoughts,
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relative comfort and safety |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\

, Moderate Anxiety - correct answer✔✔tense, excited, alert, attentive, feelings of challenge,
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competitive activity, optimal state of problem solving |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Severe Anxiety - correct answer✔✔fight or flight, senses affected, problem solving is difficult,
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distortion of time, feel threatened, need space |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Panic Anxiety - correct answer✔✔pale, decreased BP, hearing minimal, dissociation, feels
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helpless, total loss of control |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Projection - correct answer✔✔putting of one's own unacceptable thoughts, wishes, emotions
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onto others|||\\\




Rationalization - correct answer✔✔Use of a "good" (but not real) reason to explain behavior |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




to make unacceptable motivation more acceptable
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Denial - correct answer✔✔refusal to acknowledge conflict and thus escaping reality of
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situation



Conversion - correct answer✔✔Ex: A boy who injured and animal by kicking it, develops a limp
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Intellectualization - correct answer✔✔Ex: Wife describes details of nurses' unsuccessful |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




attempts to prevent the death of her husband |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Displacement - correct answer✔✔redirecting of energies to another person or object |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Restitution - correct answer✔✔giving back to resolve guilty feelings |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Regression - correct answer✔✔coping with present conflict or stress by returning to earlier,
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more secure stage of life
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