CH 4: Stress and Defense Mechanisms

Question 1

altruism

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 1

reaching out to others

Question 2

sublimation

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 2

substituting acceptable forms of expression

Question 3

suppression

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 3

consciously denying thoughts and feelings

Question 4

repression

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 4

unconsciously putting unacceptable ideas, thoughts, and emotions out of awareness

Question 5

regression

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 5

childlike or primitive

Question 6

displacement

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 6

shifting feelings related to something onto another less threatening something

Question 7

reaction formation

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 7

out of awareness by overcompensating or demonstrating

Question 8

undoing

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 8

making up

Question 9

rationalization

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 9

reasonable for unacceptable behavior

Question 10

dossociation

Answer 10

diruptions that results in compartmentalization of aspects of oneself

Question 11

denial

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 11

pretending truth is not reality

Question 12

compensation

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 12

emphasizing strengths

Question 13

identification

Answer 13

assumption of charateristics of others

Question 14

intellectualization

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 14

separation of emotions and logical facts

Question 15

conversion

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 15

development of physical manifestations

Question 16

splitting

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 16

inability to reconcile negative and positive attributs of self/others into a cohesive image

Question 17

projection

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 17

attributing one’s acceptable thoughts/feelings onto another who does not have them

Question 18

acute anxiety

(immediate state)

Answer 18

precipitated by imminent loss/change that threatens security

Question 19

chronic anxiety

(sustained trait)

Answer 19

develops over time
- might display fatigue, frequent headaches

Question 20

mild anxiety

Answer 20

• part of everyday
• increases ability to perceive reality
• has identifiable cause

mild discomfort, restlessness, irritability, impatience, apprehension

Question 21

moderate anxiety

Answer 21

• reduced perception and processing
• selective inattention
• thinking is hampered (learning/ problem-solving occurs)
• benefits from direction of others

difficulty concentration, tired, pacing, vioce changes, high HR, RR

Question 22

severe anxiety

Answer 22

• perceptual field greatly reduced and distorted
• learning and problem solving do not occur
• behaviors automatic; functioning effective

confusion, impending doom, hyperventilation, tachycardia, loud/rapid

Question 23

panic-level anxiety

Answer 23

• disturbed behavior
• not able to process
• lose reality

fright/terror, immobility, hyperactivity, dilationg, delusions, hallucin

Question 24

interventions of mild-moderate

Answer 24

• active listening
• calm, recognize distress
• eval coping
• explore alt
• paticipation

Question 25

interventions of severe-panic

Answer 25

• environment for safety and physical needs
• quiet
• meds/restrain
• gross motor activities
• limits; firm, short, simple statements
• focus on reality and present