61 Questions
What is the superego responsible for?
Judging, controlling, and punishing
Which level of awareness stores memories, thoughts, and feelings?
Subconscious
According to Freud, what results from the ego trying to balance impulsive ID with strict SUPEREGO?
Anxiety
What does coping refer to?
The way the mind responds to challenging or threatening events
What are defense mechanisms considered when they interfere with a person's ability to deal with reality or occupational functioning?
Maladaptive
Which defense mechanism involves behaving in the opposite of what one feels?
Reaction Formation
What is the term for a clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome that occurs in a person associated with present distress, disability, or increased risk of death?
Mental illness
What is the legal assessment that a person is able to make reasonable judgments and decisions?
Competency
What is the process of coping effectively with one's environment?
Adaptation
When is a patient considered to have signed themselves into a psychiatric unit?
Voluntary commitment
What is the term for redirecting behavior to another target, such as 'kick the dog syndrome'?
Displacement
What is the term for unconscious process that the mind activates when conscious coping is ineffective?
Defense Mechanisms
What is deinstitutionalism aimed at achieving?
Returning patients to society as productive and independent as possible
Which of the following is not included in the seven important characteristics of mental health?
Experiencing minimal stress
What is personality development influenced by?
Heredity, birth order, environment, and neurological system
According to Freud, which component of the mind demands immediate satisfaction?
The id
What does deinstitutionalism aim to restore to individuals?
A sense of worth, ability, and independence
What is mental health characterized by?
A fluctuating state of emotional, psychological, and social wellness
What are the important characteristics of mental health according to the text?
Experiencing minimal stress, possessing a healthy self-concept, and finding meaning in life
What are the components of personality development?
Ingrained patterns of behavior, perceptions, attitudes, emotions, strengths, and weaknesses
What influences the intensity of drives such as sleep, food, and sex?
Neurotransmitters
What is the id's principle or libido?
The pleasure principle
What does the ego function as according to Freud?
The 'executive of the mind'
What is the aim of deinstitutionalism in relation to patients?
Returning them to society as independent as possible
What are the three functional components of the mind according to Freud?
The id, the ego, and the superego
What influences the intensity of drives such as sleep, food, and sex?
Neurotransmitters
What is deinstitutionalism aimed at achieving?
Returning patients to society as productive and independent as possible
What is the term for the legal assessment of a person's ability to make reasonable judgments and decisions?
Competency
What are the important characteristics of mental health according to the text?
Able to determine reality, possessing a healthy self-concept, being able to relate to others
What is the term for redirecting behavior to another target, such as 'kick the dog syndrome'?
Displacement
What is the term for the unconscious process that the mind activates when conscious coping is ineffective?
Repression
What is the aim of deinstitutionalism in relation to patients?
Returning patients to society as productive members as independent as possible
What does the id represent according to Freud?
The pleasure principle, or libido
What is the term for the process of coping effectively with one's environment?
Adaptation
What is personality development influenced by?
Heredity, birth order, environment, and neurological system
What is the term for redirecting socially unacceptable impulses into constructive, even admirable, behavior?
Sublimation
Which defense mechanism involves separating painful memories from the conscious mind?
Dissociation
What is the term for redirecting behavior to another target, such as 'kick the dog syndrome'?
Displacement
What is the term for a higher level of rationalization, as in 'This is how the experts would handle the situation'?
Intellectualization
What is the term for an unconscious process that the mind activates when conscious coping is ineffective?
Defense Mechanism
What is the term for the redirection of feelings into a socially acceptable behavior, such as an aggressive person becoming a boxer?
Sublimation
What is the term for a process of coping effectively with one's environment?
Adaptation
What is the term for the unconscious part of the mind that is closed to one’s awareness?
Unconscious
What is the term for the part of the mind that judges, controls, and punishes, and is thought of as a conscience?
Superego
What is the term for the process of coping refers to the way the mind responds to things or events that are challenging or threatening?
Coping Mechanism
What is the term for the redirection of behavior to another target, such as 'kick the dog syndrome'?
Displacement
What is the term for the redirection of behavior to another target, such as 'kick the dog syndrome'?
Displacement
What is the term for a clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome that occurs in a person associated with present distress, disability, or increased risk of death?
Mental Illness
Which defense mechanism involves making amends for a behavior one thinks is unacceptable in an attempt to reduce guilt?
Restitution
What is the term for redirecting behavior to another target, such as 'kick the dog syndrome'?
Displacement
What is the term for a higher level of rationalization, as in 'This is how the experts would handle the situation'?
Intellectualization
Which defense mechanism involves separating painful memories from the conscious mind, resulting in an out-of-body experience?
Dissociation
What is the term for redirecting feelings into a socially acceptable behavior, such as an aggressive person becoming a boxer?
Sublimation
What are the seven important characteristics of mental health as per the text?
Being able to determine reality, possessing a healthy self-concept, being able to relate to others, finding meaning in life, demonstrating creativity & productivity, being able to control behavior, possessing adaptability
What influences the intensity of drives such as sleep, food, and sex according to the text?
Heredity, birth order, environment, neurological system
What are the components of personality development as mentioned in the text?
Heredity, birth order, environment, neurological system
What are Freud’s three functional components of the mind as per the text?
The id—the pleasure principle, the ego—the executive of the mind, the superego—the conscience
What is deinstitutionalism aimed at achieving according to the text?
Returning patients to society as productive members as independent as possible
Which of the following is an example of a defense mechanism that involves behaving in the opposite of what one feels?
Reaction Formation
What is the term for redirecting behavior to another target, such as 'kick the dog syndrome'?
Displacement
What is the term for an unconscious process that the mind activates when conscious coping is ineffective?
Defense Mechanism
Study Notes
Mental Health, Personality, and Coping Mechanisms
- Deinstitutionalism aims to reintegrate patients into society as independent and productive members, but not all patients can achieve full independence.
- Mental health encompasses seven important characteristics, including the ability to determine reality, possess a healthy self-concept, and demonstrate adaptability.
- Personality forms an enduring pattern of behavior and characteristics, influenced by heredity, birth order, environment, and the neurological system.
- Freud's three functional components of the mind are the id, ego, and superego, with anxiety resulting from the ego balancing impulsive id with strict superego.
- Coping mechanisms are conscious responses to challenging events, while defense mechanisms are unconscious processes that relieve anxiety, but can become maladaptive.
- Defense mechanisms such as denial, repression, suppression, dissociation, and reaction formation can be overused and interfere with reality, relationships, or occupational functioning.
- Mental illness involves clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndromes that interfere with daily functioning and judgment.
- Competency is a legal assessment of a person's ability to make reasonable judgments, and voluntary commitment occurs when a patient signs themselves into a psychiatric unit.
- Involuntary commitment is initiated by someone other than the client, involves formal petitions and assessments by physicians, and can result in emergency, short-term, or long-term hospitalization.
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