NURS 306: Exam 1 Study Guide
Question and answers correctly solved
Mental illness - correct answer ✔"Maladaptive responses to stressors from
the internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors that are incongruent with the local and cultural norms and interfere
with the individual's social, occupational, or physical functioning."
Mental health - correct 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."
Compensation - correct answer ✔an ego defense mechanism in which an
individual covers up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait that
one considers more desirable
Denial - correct answer ✔refusal to acknowledge the existence of a real
situation and/or the feelings associated with it
Displacement - correct answer ✔feelings that are transferred from one target
to another that is considered less threatening or neutral
identification - correct answer ✔an attempt to increase self-worth by
acquiring certain attributes and characteristics of an individual one admires
Intellectualization - correct answer ✔an attempt to avoid expressing actual
emotions associated with a stressful situation by using the intellectual
processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis
, Introjection - correct answer ✔the beliefs and values of another individual are
internalized and symbolically become a part of the self to the extent that the
feeling of separateness or distinctness is lost
isolation - correct answer ✔the separation of a thought or a memory from the
feeling tone or emotions associated with it
projection - correct answer ✔attributing to another person feelings or
impulses unacceptable to oneself
rationalization - correct answer ✔attempting to make excuses or formulate
logical reasons to justify unacceptable feelings or behaviors
reaction formation - correct answer ✔preventing unacceptable or undesirable
thoughts or behaviors from being expressed by exaggerating opposite
thoughts or types of behaviors
regression - correct answer ✔a retreat to an earlier level of development and
the comfort measures associated with that level of functioning
repression - correct answer ✔the involuntary clocking of unpleasant feelings
and experiences from one's awareness
sublimation - correct answer ✔the rechanneling of personally and/or socially
unacceptable drives or impulses into activities that are more tolerable and
constructive
suppression - correct answer ✔the voluntary blocking from one's awareness
of unpleasant feelings and experiences
Question and answers correctly solved
Mental illness - correct answer ✔"Maladaptive responses to stressors from
the internal or external environment, evidenced by thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors that are incongruent with the local and cultural norms and interfere
with the individual's social, occupational, or physical functioning."
Mental health - correct 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."
Compensation - correct answer ✔an ego defense mechanism in which an
individual covers up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait that
one considers more desirable
Denial - correct answer ✔refusal to acknowledge the existence of a real
situation and/or the feelings associated with it
Displacement - correct answer ✔feelings that are transferred from one target
to another that is considered less threatening or neutral
identification - correct answer ✔an attempt to increase self-worth by
acquiring certain attributes and characteristics of an individual one admires
Intellectualization - correct answer ✔an attempt to avoid expressing actual
emotions associated with a stressful situation by using the intellectual
processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis
, Introjection - correct answer ✔the beliefs and values of another individual are
internalized and symbolically become a part of the self to the extent that the
feeling of separateness or distinctness is lost
isolation - correct answer ✔the separation of a thought or a memory from the
feeling tone or emotions associated with it
projection - correct answer ✔attributing to another person feelings or
impulses unacceptable to oneself
rationalization - correct answer ✔attempting to make excuses or formulate
logical reasons to justify unacceptable feelings or behaviors
reaction formation - correct answer ✔preventing unacceptable or undesirable
thoughts or behaviors from being expressed by exaggerating opposite
thoughts or types of behaviors
regression - correct answer ✔a retreat to an earlier level of development and
the comfort measures associated with that level of functioning
repression - correct answer ✔the involuntary clocking of unpleasant feelings
and experiences from one's awareness
sublimation - correct answer ✔the rechanneling of personally and/or socially
unacceptable drives or impulses into activities that are more tolerable and
constructive
suppression - correct answer ✔the voluntary blocking from one's awareness
of unpleasant feelings and experiences
