Positive And Negative Attitudes
If you are confident about succeeding in something, you will likely put more _____ into your work.
Effort
This describes your overall condition of your social and emotional well being.
Mental Health
Methods people unconsciously use to deal with life situations are called?
Defense Mechanisms
What are little messages that you send to yourself called?
Self-Talk
Your life experiences and the way you interpret them influence your overall mental attitude.
True
Name four ways a mental attitude develops.
Past experiences, family, peers, and other people.
What does your state of mind depend on?
How you deal with feelings about yourself, others, and the world around you.
When do People use denial in life situations?
When they refuse to accept the reality of something that has happened.
When people are not able to express their feelings or thoughts in words and express themselves with an extreme behavior instead they are ______ ___.
Acting Out
People with negative attitudes think about themselves in favorable ways.
False; positive
______ are patterns of thinking, feeling, and responding that people develop as they interact with their environment.
Attitudes
What does a healthy state of mind look like?
healthy self image, regulating emotions and handling stress in a healthy way, focused on growth.
What is the meaning of rationalization as a defense mechanism?
explaining weaknesses or failures by giving socially acceptable excuses.
Why is it important to face a problem directly?
it's important to face a problem, recognize it, and try to solve it.
Your self-concept is the only thing that contributes to your mental health.
False; self-concept, self-esteem, and overall attitudes.
Understanding how your attitudes affect what you do can help you take steps to control your behaviors and their resulting _______.
Consequences
What are the certain qualities "positive" people have?
Acceptance of themselves, with both strengths and weaknesses, feel equal to and to be liked by others, believe they can handle most situations.
Valuing someone or something far more than it is worth is called ______. If people do this to themselves they may act ______.
Idealization, conceited
Setting ________ _________ can help build a positive attitude, success rate, and personal growth.
reasonable expectations
Mentally healthy people are always happy and don't experience anything negative in their life.
false; they are not always happy, and they do experience feelings of sadness, being hurt, or disappointment.
Attitudes producing actions that may cause the same attitudes to increase is called __________.
A self-prepetuating cycle.
What is the key to having a healthy mental state of mind?
Knowing to handle tough situations with a positive attitude and finding ways to cope.
What is the defense mechanism used by a girl who is unhappy with her social life and is spending too much time watching TV shows or movies to fulfill her need for love?
Fantasy
We are ______ the _____ when we refuse to acknowledge or trivialize positive experiences, achievements, or good qualities.
discounting the positive
When people place the blame for their failures on others it’s called deflection.
False; projection