NR 326-Mental Health Exam 1
questions and Answers 2025\2026 update)
Mental health - ANS>> 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 - ANS>> Your mind's way of dealing w/stress in terms of anxiety & grief in a negative or
positive
way.
Anxiety - ANS>> A diffuse apprehension that is vague in nature and is associated with feelings of
uncertainty and
helplessness.
Mild anxiety - ANS>> Type of anxiety that is seldom a problem; learning is enhanced.
Moderate anxiety - ANS>> Type of anxiety in which the perceptual field diminishes
Severe anxiety - ANS>> Type of anxiety where the perceptual fields are so diminished that concentration
centers on one detail only or on many extraneous details
Panic anxiety - ANS>> The most intense state of anxiety; learning can't occur; unable to focus on even
one detail.
MASLOWS HIERARCHY OF NEEDS - ANS>> 1. Physiological needs 2. Safety needs 3. Belongingness and
love needs 4. Esteem needs 5. Self-actualization needs
Compensation - ANS>> Covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait one considers
more
desirable.
, Rationalization - ANS>> Attempting to make excuses or formulate logical reasons to justify unacceptable
feelings
or behaviors.
Denial - ANS>> Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings associated with
it.
Reaction formation** - ANS>> Preventing unacceptable or undesirable thoughts or behaviors from
being expressed
by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors.
Displacement - ANS>> The transfer of feelings from one target to another that is considered less
threatening or that
is neutral.
Regression - ANS>> Retreating in response to stress to an earlier level of development and the comfort
measures
associated with that level of functioning.
Identification - ANS>> An attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes and
characteristics of an
individual one admires.
Repression - ANS>> Involuntarily blocking unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's awareness
Intellectualization - ANS>> An attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions associated with a stressful
situation by
using the intellectual processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis.
Sublimation - ANS>> Rechanneling of drives or impulses that are personally or socially unacceptable into
activities
questions and Answers 2025\2026 update)
Mental health - ANS>> 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 - ANS>> Your mind's way of dealing w/stress in terms of anxiety & grief in a negative or
positive
way.
Anxiety - ANS>> A diffuse apprehension that is vague in nature and is associated with feelings of
uncertainty and
helplessness.
Mild anxiety - ANS>> Type of anxiety that is seldom a problem; learning is enhanced.
Moderate anxiety - ANS>> Type of anxiety in which the perceptual field diminishes
Severe anxiety - ANS>> Type of anxiety where the perceptual fields are so diminished that concentration
centers on one detail only or on many extraneous details
Panic anxiety - ANS>> The most intense state of anxiety; learning can't occur; unable to focus on even
one detail.
MASLOWS HIERARCHY OF NEEDS - ANS>> 1. Physiological needs 2. Safety needs 3. Belongingness and
love needs 4. Esteem needs 5. Self-actualization needs
Compensation - ANS>> Covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait one considers
more
desirable.
, Rationalization - ANS>> Attempting to make excuses or formulate logical reasons to justify unacceptable
feelings
or behaviors.
Denial - ANS>> Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings associated with
it.
Reaction formation** - ANS>> Preventing unacceptable or undesirable thoughts or behaviors from
being expressed
by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors.
Displacement - ANS>> The transfer of feelings from one target to another that is considered less
threatening or that
is neutral.
Regression - ANS>> Retreating in response to stress to an earlier level of development and the comfort
measures
associated with that level of functioning.
Identification - ANS>> An attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes and
characteristics of an
individual one admires.
Repression - ANS>> Involuntarily blocking unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's awareness
Intellectualization - ANS>> An attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions associated with a stressful
situation by
using the intellectual processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis.
Sublimation - ANS>> Rechanneling of drives or impulses that are personally or socially unacceptable into
activities
