NR 326-Mental Health Exam 1
Mental health - 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 - answer Your mind's way of dealing w/stress in terms of anxiety & grief in
a negative or positive
way.
Anxiety - answer A diffuse apprehension that is vague in nature and is associated with
feelings of uncertainty and
helplessness.
Mild anxiety - answerType of anxiety that is seldom a problem; learning is enhanced.
Moderate anxiety - answerType of anxiety in which the perceptual field diminishes
Severe anxiety - answerType of anxiety where the perceptual fields are so diminished
that concentration centers on one detail only or on many extraneous details
Panic anxiety - answerThe most intense state of anxiety; learning can't occur; unable to
focus on even one detail.
MASLOWS HIERARCHY OF NEEDS - answer1. Physiological needs 2. Safety needs
3. Belongingness and love needs 4. Esteem needs 5. Self-actualization needs
Compensation - answerCovering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a
trait one considers more
desirable.
Rationalization - answerAttempting to make excuses or formulate logical reasons to
justify unacceptable feelings
or behaviors.
Denial - answerRefusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings
associated with it.
Reaction formation** - answerPreventing unacceptable or undesirable thoughts or
behaviors from being expressed
by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors.
, Displacement - answerThe transfer of feelings from one target to another that is
considered less threatening or that
is neutral.
Regression - answerRetreating in response to stress to an earlier level of development
and the comfort measures
associated with that level of functioning.
Identification - answerAn attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes
and characteristics of an
individual one admires.
Repression - answerInvoluntarily blocking unpleasant feelings and experiences from
one's awareness
Intellectualization - answerAn attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions associated
with a stressful situation by
using the intellectual processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis.
Sublimation - answerRechanneling of drives or impulses that are personally or socially
unacceptable into activities
that are constructive.
Introjection - answerIntegrating the beliefs and values of another individual into one's
own ego structure.
Suppression - answerThe voluntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences
from one's awareness.
Isolation - answerSeparating a thought or memory from the feeling, tone, or emotion
associated with it.
Undoing - answerSymbolically negating or canceling out an experience that one finds
intolerable.
Projection - answerAttributing feelings or impulses unacceptable to one's self to another
person.
Dichotomous Thinking - answerIndividual views situations in terms of all or nothing,
black or white, good or bad.
Selective abstraction - answerA conclusion that's based on only a selected portion of
evidence-usually negative evidence.
Personalization - answerPerson takes complete responsibility for situations w/o
considering that other circumstances may have contributed to the outcome.
Mental health - 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 - answer Your mind's way of dealing w/stress in terms of anxiety & grief in
a negative or positive
way.
Anxiety - answer A diffuse apprehension that is vague in nature and is associated with
feelings of uncertainty and
helplessness.
Mild anxiety - answerType of anxiety that is seldom a problem; learning is enhanced.
Moderate anxiety - answerType of anxiety in which the perceptual field diminishes
Severe anxiety - answerType of anxiety where the perceptual fields are so diminished
that concentration centers on one detail only or on many extraneous details
Panic anxiety - answerThe most intense state of anxiety; learning can't occur; unable to
focus on even one detail.
MASLOWS HIERARCHY OF NEEDS - answer1. Physiological needs 2. Safety needs
3. Belongingness and love needs 4. Esteem needs 5. Self-actualization needs
Compensation - answerCovering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a
trait one considers more
desirable.
Rationalization - answerAttempting to make excuses or formulate logical reasons to
justify unacceptable feelings
or behaviors.
Denial - answerRefusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings
associated with it.
Reaction formation** - answerPreventing unacceptable or undesirable thoughts or
behaviors from being expressed
by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors.
, Displacement - answerThe transfer of feelings from one target to another that is
considered less threatening or that
is neutral.
Regression - answerRetreating in response to stress to an earlier level of development
and the comfort measures
associated with that level of functioning.
Identification - answerAn attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes
and characteristics of an
individual one admires.
Repression - answerInvoluntarily blocking unpleasant feelings and experiences from
one's awareness
Intellectualization - answerAn attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions associated
with a stressful situation by
using the intellectual processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis.
Sublimation - answerRechanneling of drives or impulses that are personally or socially
unacceptable into activities
that are constructive.
Introjection - answerIntegrating the beliefs and values of another individual into one's
own ego structure.
Suppression - answerThe voluntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences
from one's awareness.
Isolation - answerSeparating a thought or memory from the feeling, tone, or emotion
associated with it.
Undoing - answerSymbolically negating or canceling out an experience that one finds
intolerable.
Projection - answerAttributing feelings or impulses unacceptable to one's self to another
person.
Dichotomous Thinking - answerIndividual views situations in terms of all or nothing,
black or white, good or bad.
Selective abstraction - answerA conclusion that's based on only a selected portion of
evidence-usually negative evidence.
Personalization - answerPerson takes complete responsibility for situations w/o
considering that other circumstances may have contributed to the outcome.
