FOUNDATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE 6TH
EDITION MORRISON VALFRE ALL CHAPTERS
2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
TOP REVIEW A+
◉ Assumption of Desirable Personality Attributes of one ADMIRED.
Satisfaction can be derived from assuming the success or the
experience of others. 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. 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. 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.. 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. 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..
Answer: Projection, Example: The child who says to a parent, "You
hate me," after the parent has spanked the child. In an adult, this
technique may be a predominant indicator of paranoia; Luther
Blames his Wife's Frigidity for his own Infidelity
◉ Rationalization. Answer: Use of a "good" but not real reason to
explain behavior to make unacceptable motivation more acceptable;
Example: A student justifies failing an examination by saying that
there was too much material to cover
◉ The attempt that is Almost Universally Employed to prove or
justify behavior. It is face saving to give a reason that is acceptable
rather than the real reason. Answer: Rationalization, Example: "It
, wasn't worth it anyway", "It's all for the best", This Mechanism
relieves anxiety temporarily and helps the person avoid facing
reality; Bea feels avoids dating by saying she prefers to sit and watch
TV alone
◉ Reaction formation. Answer: Prevention of expression of
threatening material by engaging in behaviors that are directly
opposite to repressed material; Example: A young man with
homosexual feelings, which he finds to be threatening, engages in
excessive heterosexual activities
◉ Prevention of Dangerous Feelings and Desires from being
expressed by exaggerating the opposite attitude-a kind of denial..
Answer: Reaction-Formation, Example: The overly Neat, Polite,
conscientious individual may have an unconscious desire to be
Untidy and Carefree; Although Dick was Overly Polite, always
smiling and joking, his humor was Sarcastic and Hostile
◉ Regression. Answer: Coping with present conflict, stress by
returning to earlier, more secure stage of life;
Example: A 4 year old boy whose parents are going through a
divorce starts to suck his thumb and wet his pants
◉ Resorting to an Earlier developmental level in order to deal with
reality. Is an immature way of responding, and is frequently seen
during a physical illness. It is sometimes used to an extreme degree
EDITION MORRISON VALFRE ALL CHAPTERS
2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
TOP REVIEW A+
◉ Assumption of Desirable Personality Attributes of one ADMIRED.
Satisfaction can be derived from assuming the success or the
experience of others. 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. 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. 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.. 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. 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..
Answer: Projection, Example: The child who says to a parent, "You
hate me," after the parent has spanked the child. In an adult, this
technique may be a predominant indicator of paranoia; Luther
Blames his Wife's Frigidity for his own Infidelity
◉ Rationalization. Answer: Use of a "good" but not real reason to
explain behavior to make unacceptable motivation more acceptable;
Example: A student justifies failing an examination by saying that
there was too much material to cover
◉ The attempt that is Almost Universally Employed to prove or
justify behavior. It is face saving to give a reason that is acceptable
rather than the real reason. Answer: Rationalization, Example: "It
, wasn't worth it anyway", "It's all for the best", This Mechanism
relieves anxiety temporarily and helps the person avoid facing
reality; Bea feels avoids dating by saying she prefers to sit and watch
TV alone
◉ Reaction formation. Answer: Prevention of expression of
threatening material by engaging in behaviors that are directly
opposite to repressed material; Example: A young man with
homosexual feelings, which he finds to be threatening, engages in
excessive heterosexual activities
◉ Prevention of Dangerous Feelings and Desires from being
expressed by exaggerating the opposite attitude-a kind of denial..
Answer: Reaction-Formation, Example: The overly Neat, Polite,
conscientious individual may have an unconscious desire to be
Untidy and Carefree; Although Dick was Overly Polite, always
smiling and joking, his humor was Sarcastic and Hostile
◉ Regression. Answer: Coping with present conflict, stress by
returning to earlier, more secure stage of life;
Example: A 4 year old boy whose parents are going through a
divorce starts to suck his thumb and wet his pants
◉ Resorting to an Earlier developmental level in order to deal with
reality. Is an immature way of responding, and is frequently seen
during a physical illness. It is sometimes used to an extreme degree
