Crisis Quiz 1
Crisis: - correct answer ✔a situation that an individual cannot respond to in
an effective way leaving the person in a state of emotional and psychological
imbalance.
4 Parts of a Crisis are: - correct answer ✔precipitating event, perception of
event as threatening/damaging, emotional distress, impairment in functioning
Most crucial component of a crisis to understand? - correct answer
✔perception of the event
Why does a crisis present both a danger and an opportunity? - correct
answer ✔A person in crisis can either achieve a higher or lower state of
functioning as a result of the crisis.
Ego strength, previous history of coping with stressful situations, absence of
personality problems, and physical well-being are examples of - correct
answer ✔personal resources
"crisis prone" refers to people who - correct answer ✔fail to grow from a
crisis experience, resulting in weaker ego strength, becoming less and less
able to cope with stressors.
Factors that can affect the outcome of a crisis state include - correct answer
✔level of intelligence and education, physical well-being and psychological
energy, personality traits and social resources
"cognitive key" refer? - correct answer ✔how the person perceives the
precipitating event
Crisis: - correct answer ✔a situation that an individual cannot respond to in
an effective way leaving the person in a state of emotional and psychological
imbalance.
4 Parts of a Crisis are: - correct answer ✔precipitating event, perception of
event as threatening/damaging, emotional distress, impairment in functioning
Most crucial component of a crisis to understand? - correct answer
✔perception of the event
Why does a crisis present both a danger and an opportunity? - correct
answer ✔A person in crisis can either achieve a higher or lower state of
functioning as a result of the crisis.
Ego strength, previous history of coping with stressful situations, absence of
personality problems, and physical well-being are examples of - correct
answer ✔personal resources
"crisis prone" refers to people who - correct answer ✔fail to grow from a
crisis experience, resulting in weaker ego strength, becoming less and less
able to cope with stressors.
Factors that can affect the outcome of a crisis state include - correct answer
✔level of intelligence and education, physical well-being and psychological
energy, personality traits and social resources
"cognitive key" refer? - correct answer ✔how the person perceives the
precipitating event
