Exam 57: Health, Stress, and Coping: Defenses, Helplessness, and Depression

Jill insists over and over that she loves her mother.However,her mother is a long-time hypochondriac who fakes illness after illness.Currently,her mother's alleged ill health has required Jill to give up an independent social life. Jill might be suspected of displaying the defense mechanism of

Jack LaLanne,who made a successful career out of bodybuilding in spite of the fact that he was thin and sickly as a young man,and Helen Keller,who was blind and deaf but became an outstanding thinker and writer,would be examples of people who used which defense mechanism to overcome feelings of inferiority?

Regarding repression,which of the following statements is FALSE?

You go to the on-line grade book to check out your grade on the last test.The grade is a 60.You tell yourself this has to be a mistake.The teacher must have recorded someone else's grade or graded your test with the wrong answer key.Which defense mechanism are you using?

If you are in a situation in which the stressor appears to be uncontrollable,you will most likely show which two reactions?

Extreme events that cause psychological injury or intense emotion pain are referred to as

Paul had planned to go on a two-week vacation.Because of problems at work,he will only be able to take off a couple of days now and then during the summer.So,Paul searches the Internet for interesting places to visit within short driving distances.Paul is dealing with this situation by using _______ coping.

Discuss how the "college blues," or mild depression affects college students,the reasons many college students suffer from this mild depression,how to distinguish the "college blues" from a more serious type of depression,and ways to combat the "college blues."

Which defense mechanism involves separating contradictory thoughts or feelings into "logic­tight" mental comparments so that they do not come into conflict?

Common reactions to a traumatic experience include

Mary tends to see her own shortcomings,such as her bad temper and her unacceptable aggressive impulses,in others.She believes that others intentionally provoke her to anger and that it is these other people who are the aggressors,not her.Mary is using which defense mechanism?

When one is depressed,it is best to combat it by "sleeping it off."

Which of the following is the most successful defense against feelings of inferiority?

The psychiatrist who first identified many of the defense mechanisms and assumed these mechanisms operated unconsciously was _______.

Victims of traumatic stresses,such as war or natural disasters,tend to suffer from all of the following symptoms EXCEPT

Unconsciously preventing anxiety-producing experiences from reaching conscious awareness is called

As a consequence of his horrendous nightmares,Steve channeled these diabolical images and thoughts into becoming a mystery writer.Which of the following defense mechanisms is he using?

Although Greg tends to be "invisible" to his fellow classmates,he spends a great deal of his class time daydreaming about being the most popular student at school with lots of friends.Greg is using the defense mechanism known as

When traumatic stresses are severe or repeated,people may suffer from crippling anxiety,become emotionally numb,and have continual thoughts about the disturbing event.These symptoms indicate that the person is suffering from a type of _______disorder.

Acting out an opposite behavior to block threatening impulses or feelings is the basic idea behind which defense mechanism?