NU 136 UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
acute illness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A sudden illness from which a person is expected to
recover
chronic illness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔an on-going illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no
known cure; it can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Seyle's concept that the body
responds to stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion
Repression (defense mechanism) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔YOU FORGET THE NAME OF
SOMEONE FOR WHOM YOU HAVE INTENSE NEGATIVE FEELING TOWARDS.
Denial (defense mechanism) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Refusing to acknowledge the existence of
a real situation or the feelings associated with it.
EX: A women drinks alcohol every day and cannot stop, failing to acknowledge that she has a
problem.
projection (defense mechanism) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Attributing feelings or impulses
unacceptable to ones self to another person.
EX: Sue feels a strong sexual attraction to her track coach and tells her friend, "Hes coming on to
me!"
, reaction formation (defense mechanism) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Preventing unacceptable
thoughts or behaviors from being expressed by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of
behaviors.
EX: Jane hates nursing. She attended nursing school to please her parents. During career day,
she speaks to prospective students about the excellence of nursing as a career.
Regression (defense mechanism) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Responding to stress by retreating to
an earlier level of development and the comfort measures associated with that level of
functioning.
EX: When 2 year old Jay is hospitalized for tonsillitis he will drink only from a bottle, although his
mother states he has been drinking from a cup for over 6 months.
Rationalization (defense mechanism) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Attempting to make excuses or
formulate logical reasons to justifying unacceptable feelings or behaviors.
EX: John tells the rehab nurse, "I drink because its the only way I can deal with my bad marriage
and awful job."
IDENTIFICATION (DEFENSE MECHANISM) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔MODELING BEHAVIOR AFTER
SOMEONE ELSE
A 6 YEAR OLD GIRL DRESSES UP IN HER MOMS DRESS
displacement (defense mechanism) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The transfer of feelings from one
target to another that is considered less threatening or that is neutral.
EX: A client is angry at his doctor, does not express it, but becomes verbally abusive with the
nurse.
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
acute illness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A sudden illness from which a person is expected to
recover
chronic illness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔an on-going illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no
known cure; it can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Seyle's concept that the body
responds to stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion
Repression (defense mechanism) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔YOU FORGET THE NAME OF
SOMEONE FOR WHOM YOU HAVE INTENSE NEGATIVE FEELING TOWARDS.
Denial (defense mechanism) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Refusing to acknowledge the existence of
a real situation or the feelings associated with it.
EX: A women drinks alcohol every day and cannot stop, failing to acknowledge that she has a
problem.
projection (defense mechanism) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Attributing feelings or impulses
unacceptable to ones self to another person.
EX: Sue feels a strong sexual attraction to her track coach and tells her friend, "Hes coming on to
me!"
, reaction formation (defense mechanism) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Preventing unacceptable
thoughts or behaviors from being expressed by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of
behaviors.
EX: Jane hates nursing. She attended nursing school to please her parents. During career day,
she speaks to prospective students about the excellence of nursing as a career.
Regression (defense mechanism) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Responding to stress by retreating to
an earlier level of development and the comfort measures associated with that level of
functioning.
EX: When 2 year old Jay is hospitalized for tonsillitis he will drink only from a bottle, although his
mother states he has been drinking from a cup for over 6 months.
Rationalization (defense mechanism) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Attempting to make excuses or
formulate logical reasons to justifying unacceptable feelings or behaviors.
EX: John tells the rehab nurse, "I drink because its the only way I can deal with my bad marriage
and awful job."
IDENTIFICATION (DEFENSE MECHANISM) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔MODELING BEHAVIOR AFTER
SOMEONE ELSE
A 6 YEAR OLD GIRL DRESSES UP IN HER MOMS DRESS
displacement (defense mechanism) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The transfer of feelings from one
target to another that is considered less threatening or that is neutral.
EX: A client is angry at his doctor, does not express it, but becomes verbally abusive with the
nurse.
