MODULE 6-7

Question 1

A process where the internal demands of motivations are brought into harmonious relation with the external demands of reality.

Answer 1

ADJUSTMENT

Question 2

Inventing of excuses or reasons for behavior that is inadequate, unacceptable, or damaging to personal integrity and status; it operates unconsciously and protects self-esteem without guilty feelings.

Answer 2

RATIONALIZATION

Question 3

Involves self-deception by adopting a conviction, and giving up and relinquishing all efforts towards a goal because it is not worth the efforts anyway.

Answer 3

SOUR GRAPES MECHANISM

Question 4

Desirable qualities are found in what was not truly wanted.

Answer 4

SWEET LEMON MECHANISM

Question 5

A form of rationalization; a process of shifting the responsibility for an act or thought from oneself to an outside object or to another person.

Answer 5

PROJECTION

Question 6

A type of projection, which is the process of shifting a response or reaction from its original object to another which is less dangerous.

Answer 6

DISPLACEMENT

Question 7

An unconscious process wherein shameful thoughts, guilt-producing memories, painful experiences, or distasteful tasks are removed from awareness or forced below the level of consciousness.

Answer 7

REPRESSION

Question 8

The deliberate, conscious control of unacceptable or undesirable thoughts or impulses; the same purpose as repression but it involves conscious intent.

Answer 8

SUPRESSION

Question 9

The unconscious pretension to superior qualities and traits that serve to obscure the existence of a basic inferiority.

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EGOCENTRISM

Question 10

A device which makes it possible to discharge tensions by diverting one’s energies from a desired goal to substitute one; this sometimes called transferred compensation.

Answer 10

SUBSTITUTION

Question 11

The mechanism where the individual devotes time and effort to a pursuit with increased vigor in an attempt to make up for real or imagined inadequacy.

Answer 11

COMPENSATION

Question 12

The generation of an intense desire to succeed in an area in which one has experienced failure or inferiority.

Answer 12

DIRECT COMPENSATION

Question 13

The effort to find success in one field when there has been failure in another.

Answer 13

INDIRECT COMPENSATION

Question 14

The concentration of efforts on a narrow field at the expense of a well-rounded and complete adjustment to a variety of life’s demands.

Answer 14

OVERCOMPENSATION

Question 15

The unconscious redirection of the primitive energies natural impulses to socially and morally acceptable channels of activity.

Answer 15

SUBLIMATION

Question 16

Urges that are not acceptable to the consciousness are repressed, and opposite attitudes or modes of behavior are expressed with considerable force.

Answer 16

REACTION FORMATION

Question 17

A way of adjusting to a threatening situation by escaping from it; it enables the person to get away from the scene of the conflict.

Answer 17

AVOIDANCE MECHANISM

Question 18

A mental mechanism where a person substitutes real satisfactions for imaginary satisfactions.

Answer 18

FANTASY

Question 19

A process of relieving anxiety or threat by falling back on thoughts, feelings, or behavior, which worked successfully during the earlier period of life.

Answer 19

REGRESSION

Question 20

Is the development of real physical symptoms which enable a person to withdraw from a difficult situation; mental conflict is converted into physical symptom.

Answer 20

MOTOR HYSTERIA

Question 21

The refusal to participate in a tense situation; this is a type of avoidance-mechanism manifested through either an active or passive resistance towards the external demands on the individual.

Answer 21

NEGATIVISM

Question 22

The mechanism where the individual enhances self-esteem by patterning him/herself after another person; this is the process of attaining success through the accomplishments of an external agents.

Answer 22

IDENTIFICATION

Question 23

A premature termination of some aspect of personality development or a delay in maturation.

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FIXATION

Question 24

Caused by varying circumstances, most frequently due to hereditary factors and glandular deficiencies.

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MENTAL RETARDATION

Question 25

Display unusual ability in a particular area, such as in music, art and other creative abilities.

Answer 25

GIFTED INDIVIDUALS

Question 26

Refers to acts which violate acceptable moral and social standards that bring the individual into conflict with society.

Answer 26

DELINQUENCY

Question 27

CAUSES OF DELINQUENCY

Answer 27

PSYCHOLOGICAL CAUSES
SOCIOLOGICAL CAUSES
PREVENTION

Question 28

The overuse of alcohol to the extent of habituation, dependence or addiction. It is a chronic disease with multiple causes involving psychological, social, and physical factors.

Answer 28

ALCOHOLISM

Question 29

Means “shaking all over”, is a form of mental confusion characterized by body tremors, hallucinations, and delirium; it can last from two to ten days, making a person a total nervous wreck.

Answer 29

DELIRIUM TREMENS

Question 30

A drug that interferes with the metabolism of alcohol, which develops severe nausea.

Answer 30

ANTABUSE

Question 31

A drug that causes violent nausea and vomiting, is administered before the person drinks.

Answer 31

EMETIC

Question 32

A state of periodic or chronic intoxication by the repeated consumption of a drug

Answer 32

DRUG ADDICTION

Question 33

A state arising form repeated administration of a drug on a periodic or continuous basis.

Answer 33

DRUG DEPENDENCE

Question 34

Reduces anxiety and excitement (barbiturates, tranquilizers, and alcohol)

Answer 34

SEDATIVES

Question 35

Increases alertness and physical disposition (amphetamines and cocaine)

Answer 35

STIMULANTS

Question 36

Affects sensation, thinking, self-awareness and emotion (LSD, mescaline, and THC)

Answer 36

HALLUCINOGENS/PSYCHEDELICS

Question 37

Relieves pain and induces sleep (Opium, morphine, heroin)

Answer 37

NARCOTICS/OPIATES